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FYI: Yokogawa Electric Develops World's First 40Gbps Optical Packet Network System

Tokyo (JCNN) - Yokogawa Electric (TSE: 6841) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the transmission of video data using a 40Gbps optical packet networking system it has prototyped.

The system consists of a 40Gbps optical packet switch with optical buffering functionality and an optical media manager device, allowing each PC terminal to directly exchange data over a high-speed optical packet network.

The prototype network enables 10 PC users to simultaneously access a server and download 2-hour DVD video data in approximately 10 seconds.

Yokogawa Electric plans to commercialize the system in 2006, aiming to generate sales of 100 billion yen ($980.4 mil) in optical communications devices in 2010.

The company is disclosing the experiment results at the FIBER OPTICS EXPO (FOE) 2005 (January 19 E21, Tokyo Big Sight).