[AusNOG] 10GBase-T SFP modules?

[Pieter Hulshoff]

On 10-07-14 07:56, Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
> On 10-07-14 02:04, Lincoln Dale wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Pieter Hulshoff 
>> <phulshof at aimvalley.nl <mailto:phulshof at aimvalley.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 09-07-14 22:47, Alexander Neilson wrote:
>>
>>         I may be wrong in this however when I have seen this question
>>         before I was told that the power needs for pushing 10Gbps
>>         over copper cables was greater than what was available over SFP+
>>
>>
>>     I've seen similar discussions. From what I could find, phys are
>>     quickly coming down in power towards the 1.5W it needs to be for
>>     an SFP+, so this might become viable in the not too distant future.
>>
>>
>> Alas, no, you won't just yet.  The next-generation 10GBASE-T PHYs at 
>> 28nm are still not within 1.5W power envelope of SFP+, nor is the die 
>> size necessary for them something that fits inside a SFP+.
>>
> You may very well be right; I'll have to do some investigating to see 
> if there's none on any of the roadmaps either.

I ran into this press release from 2013: 
http://linleygroup.com/newsletters/newsletter_detail.php?num=5089&year=2013&tag=1 
: 19 mm^2, and 1.5W for loops < 10m. It seems like it's getting there.

Kind regards,

Pieter Hulshoff

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