M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. and Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. announced their collaboration to support initial orders and production ramp of 100G QSFP28 optical transceiver solutions for datacenter applications. QSFP28 transceiver is the predominant form factor for 100G switching and routing connectivity, and a key enabler as 100G begins to ramp in datacenters. As part of the collaboration, AOI will leverage MACOM's broad portfolio of CDRs, drivers and TIA chipsets in its QSFP28 solution.

MACOM chipsets provide low power and a small form factor which are critical enablers for the QSFP28 solutions.