Psm4 MSA is mainly committed to reduce the cost of optical modules for expensive 100gbase-lr4 applications, so that it can be suitable for 500 meters of data center applications.
Full English name
Parallel Single Mode 4 lane
abbreviation
PSM4
Psm4 MSA is mainly committed to reduce the cost of optical modules for expensive 100gbase-lr4 applications, so that it can be suitable for 500 meters of data center applications. Compared with the psm4, several other similar MSAs include openoptics, cwdm4 and 100g Clr4, all of which are dedicated to 2km.
Psm4 MSA was established in March 2014, and has released two module standards about 100g and 500m.
At present, the members of psm4 MSA alliance include:
Avago Technologies
Brocade
Delta Electronics
Finisar
JDSU
Juniper Networks
Luxtera
MACOM
Microsoft
Oclaro
Panduit
US CONEC