Episode 31 of the Cisco Optics Podcast is now posted! See under for episode notes.
Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 31
Why optics are extra necessary than ever for prime finish routing, with Ammar Khan. Part 3 of 6.
Cisco’s 8000 Series Router modified the sport in excessive finish routers, largely due to the Silicon One ASIC. It additionally launched to the business a few of the first 400G ports together with Cisco’s QSFP-DD type issue pluggable optics. In Episode 31, we proceed our dialog with Ammar Khan, Product Management Leader for the 8000 Series Router. In this episode we discuss why top quality optics is extra necessary for routing nowadays.
– Pat Chou, Cisco Optics Product Manager
Ammar obtained his BSEE on the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He began his profession as member of technical workers at an ASIC emulation start-up, the place he labored on leading edge ASIC and FPGA designs. His first foray into networking system design was at one other startup based mostly out of Massachusetts. He then moved to Broadcom by means of the corporate’s acquisition and launched and managed merchandise with over $250M in income. In 2010 he moved to Ericsson’s IP Division and outlined their edge router line with an annual income of over $150M. Ammar joined Cisco in 2018 and has been with the 8000 Series Router workforce for over 4 and half years. He has labored on varied areas of the 8000 product line, together with mounted and modular techniques, line playing cards, materials, optics, platform safety, and extra.
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Timestamps
2:25 Commodity vs asset information
7:11 Impact of dependable optics at increased information charge
8:30 Challenge of enormous footprint networks
11:00 Importance of optics qualification, e.g. Digital Coherent Optics
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Upbeat by Mixaund
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