As optical fiber connectivity has become the leading media platform
that supports the demands created by the massive growth
of both hyperscale and cloud, old fiber connector technology
developed over 30 years ago is causing significant challenges.
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: Steve Cheng is CEO and principal
architect of Swick Designs. He has spent more than 20 years
successfully designing, building, and operating the world’s most
advanced connected network infrastructures for companies like
Microsoft, Facebook, and Google. Known by insiders as one of
the industry’s leading experts, Steve has helped shape and define
best-in-class connectivity and infrastructure design principles,
cabling and component specification standards, and installation
and operations best practices. Most recently, Steve designed and
patented the first and only high capacity 144-f (192-f upcoming),
self-cleaning and self-protecting low-loss universal fiber connector.
Steve is on a mission to bring true innovation to the market
by creating groundbreaking solutions that have been developed
from the ground up, designed specifically to solve the core
challenges faced by designers, installers, and operators in
supporting the incredible demands of physical connectivity.
Steve can be reached at steve@swickdesigns.com.
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The hyper-capacity connector, patch panels, and
fanout cables are designed to meet the needs for higher
capacity, lower costs, scalability/flexibility, environment/
operability, redundancy/reliability and excellent performance
for the data center today and tomorrow.
CONCLUSION
The industry is faced with explosive growth due to both
hyperscale and the cloud. Connected infrastructure comprises
65 percent of total data center spend, expected
cabling infrastructure market growth is 9 percent, annualized
bandwidth growth rate is 50 percent, and the CAGR
for physical connectors is greater than 12 percent.
As optical fiber connectivity has become the leading
media platform, current fiber connector technology
faces significant challenges in meeting high-bandwidth
and connected infrastructure growth demands. These
challenges include data center connected infrastructure
capacity, costs, performance, operability, flexibility,
scalability, and longevity. However, the connector
technology that is predominantly used to support
today’s extraordinary hyperscale and cloud growth
was developed over 30 years ago! The connected components
industry has long been overdue for a refresh
and revitalization.
Some manufacturers are rising to the occasion
to help address these challenges by developing new
connector technologies that are specifically designed
to support high-density, low-loss connectivity, ease
of installation, faster deployment, lower total cost
of ownership, and greater flexibility for growth
and scale. The connector revolution has begun!
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