Mark Nowell

Distinguished Engineer
Data Center Switching

Mark Nowell is a Distinguished Engineer in Cisco’s Data Center Switching team. His focus is on next generation interconnect technology innovation to meet Cisco's needs. Mark is also active within the industry standards and forums and has chaired multiple IEEE 802.3 Ethernet projects. He represents Cisco on the Boards of the Ethernet Alliance and the Consortium of On Board Optics (COBO). Mark also chairs a number of industry MSA (Multi-source Agreement) groups focusing on next generation optical module form factors (QSFP-DD) and optical interface signaling technology (100G Lambda MSA, 400G BiDi MSA).

Mark Nowell's Articles

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  Data Center

  In Praise of the QSFP – from 40GbE to 400GbE and Beyond

  March 6, 2019 - 0 Comments

  Cisco is building and testing QSFP-DD systems and modules capable of driving 400GbE Ethernet electrical interfaces and cooling 20W modules with margin to address thermal and high-speed electrical challenges. These

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  Data Center

  Cisco Makes Terabit Scale Ethernet Networking a Reality with 400 GbE Technology

  September 24, 2018 - 11 Comments

  The Cisco Nexus switch with 400 GbE of bandwidth gets put to the test in the Ethernet Alliance’s High-Speed Ethernet Plugfest in August.

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