• IEEE 802.3bm 100GBASE-SR4 standard compliance ensures full interoperability with multi-vendor QSFP28 host systems and eliminates vendor lock-in for parallel optics deployments
• Four-lane parallel architecture uses independent 850nm VCSEL transmitters and PIN photodetectors, each operating at 25.78125 Gbps with internal CDR for aggregate 100 Gbps full-duplex transmission
• 1.9 dB minimum optical link budget supports 100m transmission over OM4 fiber or 70m over OM3, accommodating typical data center spine-leaf distances with margin for connector and splice loss
• MTP/MPO-12 ribbon cable interface uses 8 active fibers (4 transmit, 4 receive) for single-connector deployment, reducing cable management complexity in high-density 100G environments
• Operates from single 3.3V supply with <3.5W power dissipation, lowering thermal load and per-port power costs compared to active copper alternatives at equivalent reach
• Hot-swappable in energized QSFP28 ports per MSA specification, allowing field replacement or port migration without service interruption or host reboot
• DDM parameters accessible via I2C conform to SFF-8636 management interface for integration with network monitoring systems and automated threshold alerting