Mitsubishi Electric to Ship Samples of 200Gbps PIN-PD Chip for Both 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps Optical-fiber Communication

TOKYO, August 20, 2024 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it will begin shipping samples of its new 200Gbps PIN-photodiode (PD) chip for use in next-generation optical transceivers to support 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps fiber communication from October 1 this year. The addition of the new receiver chip to Mitsubishi Electric's optical device lineup will enable existing devices capable of transmitting at 800Gbps/1.6Tbps to newly receive optical data at these same speeds, thereby expanding the communication capacity of optical transceivers, including for high-speed, high-capacity communication in data centers.