CREDO HiWire LP SPAN AEC | 400G QSFP-DD to QSFP-DD Active Electrical Cable (AEC)

Key Features

Cables are low power plug and play AOC replacements for port-to-port and rack-to-rack connectivity.
HiWire LP SPAN AECs are used to SPAN between racks for Distributed Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) and TOR to Leaf interconnect applications.

• LP (Low Power) up to 50% less power than optics
• Up to 5m length (7m on request)
• Up to 2.5x longer life than optics
• Up to 100x better MTBF than optics

Description

Credo’s HiWire™ Low Power SPAN Active Electrical Cable (LP SPAN AEC) is a reliable, plug & play replacement of Active Optical Cable (AOC) for high-speed interconnects (up to 400Gbps). Intended for rack-to-rack connectivity, these cables support up to 7m reach, consume 75% less power than optics, cost up to 50% less than optics, and offer a 10-year service life.

Credo’s CAC4XXXX1D1D-Cx-HW HiWire LP SPAN AEC is designed for telecom and data center use. It can sustain 8 lanes of 56G- PAM4 signal in each direction, providing bi-directional 400Gbps traffic per cable. The use and replacement of CAC4XXXX1D1D- Cx-HW AEC is simple and straightforward as it adopts standard QSFP-DD type 2 form factor and complies to MSA specifications

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