First COBO-compliant optical modules to be debuted at ECOC 2018

Rome, Italy, 20 September 2018 – The Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) will host the global premiere of the world’s first COBO-compliant optical modules at the ECOC Exhibition 2018. Featuring solutions from Molex, Ciena and SENKO, TE Connectivity, Credo, and AOI, the COBO-hosted showcase will reveal a glimpse into next-generation system architectures which mount on-board optical modules to printed circuit boards. A goal of COBO is to bring interoperable and interchangeable optical modules into the manufacturing of networking equipment to help address industry challenges, including continual traffic growth, the need…

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COBO President: “Advance bandwidth growth with new optical modules to help realise next generation of technology”

Gothenburg, 18 September 2017 – Next-generation technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, 5G, and the Internet of Things (IoT) stand to benefit from equipment manufacturers’ adoption of on-board optics, the President of Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO), Brad Booth highlighted today. Speaking on the opening day of ECOC 2017 – Europe’s largest global optical communications exhibition – Booth explained how the data center infrastructure will need new approaches such as on-board optics to better cope with the large increases in traffic generated by these new innovative technologies. “Consumers are getting used…

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