First of 2 statements of information released By the company in early August.
In this statement they are implying that each of their interconnects will provide 28 watts of electrical savings over existing technology.
Secondly they are using a 32 port top of rack switch to indicate they can save about 800 watts on this type of DC equipment application. (The next release I will post indicate there are close to 30 interconnects required for this type of DC equipment)
Thirdly, there are 1,000 watts necessary to create a kilowatt. Kilowatts are measured hourly by utility company’s, with price per KW hour varying anywhere from .06-.12 cents on average depending on geographic locations and sources of power available.
I will also post the second statement of information the company released a short time after this one.
The purpose here would be to narrow down the number of cables they are using to base the up to $20 million in electrical saving they can provide to an existing HYPERSCALE DC, with an estimated number of servers at 100,000.
Obviously the technology advancement and cost savings are the most important aspects, but I want to quantify the SIZE of their market opportunity by identifying potential cable connectors per center.
YPL, you seem to have the most working knowledge of being in the industry for 20 years, please help out here! I will pose a couple of questions for you in the next post...
Spectra7 Achieves Low Power Benchmark of 6mW/Gbps for New Data Center Interconnects
Cloud Operators can Save up to 28W per Interconnect with 400G OSFP Form-Factor for Server-to-Switch and Switch-to-Switch Links
Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. (TSX:SEV) (“Spectra7” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-performance analog semiconductor products for broadband connectivity markets, today announced it has achieved a new low power benchmark of 6mW/Gbps for 400G OSFP Ethernet interconnects, 12x lower than competing optical solutions that are as much as 75mW/Gbps.
“U.S. data centers use more than 90 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, requiring roughly 34 giant (500-megawatt) coal-powered plants. Global data centers used roughly 416 terawatts (4.16 x 1014 watts) (or about 3% of the total electricity) last year, nearly 40% more than the entire United Kingdom. And this consumption will double every four years. This is a big problem, and it's getting bigger,” reports Radoslav Danilak for Forbes Technology Council.
Spectra7 GaugeChangerTM enabled Active Copper Cables (ACCs) can replace Active Optical Cables (AOCs) for lengths up to 7m, which account for over 90% of the links in a typical data center. At a savings of up to 28 watts per interconnect, this adds up to almost 800 watts per 32-port top-of-rack switch. A large data center using Spectra7 technology could save several megawatts by incorporating ACCs over AOCs.
Read more at https://www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2018/07/26/spectra7-achieves-low-power-benchmark-of-6mw-gbps-for-new-data-center#XfbRHTWlbKm3HIGQ.99