200G Active Electrical Cable

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3.5W(per end) | QSFP56 to QSFP56 | 8m

  • Support 4x56G (PAM4) electrical data rates
  • Link length up to 8m (30AWG)
  • Typical power consumption 3.5 W typical per end
  • Single +3.3 V supply, BER(Post-FEC ) < 10⁻¹⁵
  • Hot pluggable and I2C management interface
  • Compliant with QSFP MSA, SFF-8636 and RoHS
  • Operating case temperature range: 0 to +70ºC
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The 200G QSFP56 Active Electrical Cable (AEC) is engineered for high-density data-centre and HPC environments where passive DAC cables run out of reach and optical fibre is overkill at short distances. Each QSFP56 end houses integrated signal-conditioning electronics that extend reliable 200 Gb/s (4×56G PAM4) transmission up to 8 metres — well beyond the 3–5 m ceiling of passive copper — while keeping typical power consumption to just 3.5 W per end. Unlike passive DAC cables, the onboard DSP retimes and equalises every lane, achieving a post-FEC bit-error rate below 10⁻¹⁵ across the full 0–70 °C operating range. The standard 38-pin QSFP56 edge connector and SFF-8636 EEPROM map guarantee interoperability with leading merchant-silicon switches, storage platforms and compute nodes without additional configuration. Available up to 8 m lengths, the cable is RoHS compliant.

Module Form FactorQSFP56
Management InterfaceI2C
Data Rate200Gbps
Number of Data Lanes4 TX and 4 RX per module (PAM4)
Link Distance8m
BER (Post-FEC)1.0x10-15
Power Consumption3.5W(per end)
Supply Voltage3.3V
Op. Temperature0 to 70°C (32 to 158°F)
ProtocolsQSFP MSA and CMIS5.2