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2nd Summer School

1st – 4th August 2016 2nd Summer School on Optical Interconnects In University of St. Andrews, Scotland, the oldest University of Scotland     Co-organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (Fraunhofer IZM) and Seagate Technology in the frame of European ICT Project PhoxTroT, the summer school focuses on high-performance, low-energy and low-cost optical interconnects across the … Continue reading “2nd Summer School”

3rd Optical Interconnect in Data Centers Symposium

29 September 2015, Valencia, Spain (co-located with ECOC) Feria Valencia Convention and Exhibition Centre (CCE), Room Joaquin Rodrigo Suite 1 Register here. The 3rd Optical Interconnect in Data Centers Symposium takes place on the 29th of September 2015 in Valencia/Spain. The symposium is focused on high-performance, low-energy and cost and small-size optical interconnects across the different hierarchy … Continue reading “3rd Optical Interconnect in Data Centers Symposium”

Fourth PhoxTroT Newsletter released

PhoxTroT Newsletter No4 ECOC14 Special Our fourth PhoxTroT-Newsletter is now ready for download. We dedicated this newsletter as a special edition to the The European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Cannes this year. ECOC Exhibition, the largest European optical communications event, is a key meeting place for those within the fibre optic communication … Continue reading “Fourth PhoxTroT Newsletter released”

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  2012 1:”First Light: Pluggable Optical Interconnect Technologies for Polymeric Electro-Optical Printed Circuit Boards in Data Centers”, R. Pitwon, Journal of Lightwave Technology (Volume:30 , Issue: 21 ) Nov.1, 2012 IEEE   2013 2:”960 Gb/s Optical Backplane Ecosystem using Embedded Polymer Waveguides and Demonstration in a 12G SAS Storage Array”, K. Schmidtke (Finisar), Journal of … Continue reading “LIST OF PUBLICATIONS”

Summer School on Optical Interconnects: Videos launched

Co-organized by the Greek national research institute namely Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in the frame of European ICT Project PhoxTroT, the summer school focuses on high-performance, low-energy and low-cost optical interconnects across the different hierarchy levels in data center and high-performance computing systems. This … Continue reading “Summer School on Optical Interconnects: Videos launched”

PhoxTroT – Video launched!

Berlin, 05.03.2014 PhoxTroT’s dissemination-video is now available on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and here, on our PhoxTroT-website, of course. The video has a length of three minutes and shows the PhoxTroT objectives and aims. It furthermore explains the expected results and, as an outcome, the advantages for a new generation of computers and data centers. Watch … Continue reading “PhoxTroT – Video launched!”

1st Optical Interconnect in Data Centers Symposium

The 1st Optical Interconnect in Data Centers Symposium takes place on the 18th and 19th of March 2014 in Berlin/ Germany. It is focused on high-performance, low-energy and low-cost and small-size optical interconnects across the different hierarchy levels in data center and high-performance computing systems: on-board, board-to-board and rack-to-rack. Pre-register now for free to remain … Continue reading “1st Optical Interconnect in Data Centers Symposium”

Coming up in March 2014: Technology Workshop – “Optical Interconnect in Data Centers”

The workshop takes place on the 18th and 19th of March 2014 in Berlin/ Germany. It is focused on high-performance, low-energy and low-cost and small-size optical interconnects across the different hierarchy levels in data center and high-performance computing systems: on-board, board-to-board and rack-to-rack. Pre-register now for free to remain informed on www.epic-assoc.com/events Invited SPEAKERS and … Continue reading “Coming up in March 2014: Technology Workshop – “Optical Interconnect in Data Centers””

“Accelerating data centre performance” – PhoxTroT article in International Innovation

Berlin, 24.01.2013 In the latest issue of the “International Innovation – Emerging Horizons” (No. 124), you can find a three-pages-article about our project PhoxTroT. The article is based on the interview with Tolga Tekin (Fraunhofer IZM) and Nikos Pleros (CERTH), where they explain how PhoxTroT is revolutionizing the optical interconnects in data centers. To read … Continue reading ““Accelerating data centre performance” – PhoxTroT article in International Innovation”

Second PhoxTroT Newsletter released

Our second PhoxTroT-Newsletter is now ready for download. We dedicated this newsletter as a special edition to the The European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) in London this year. The ECOC is an important conference and exhibition for PhoxTroT and the project is therefore broadly represented by our partners. Find out more about … Continue reading “Second PhoxTroT Newsletter released”