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Pat Chou

Product Manager

Service Provider - Transceiver Modules Group

Since 2012, Pat Chou has been a Product Manager in Cisco’s Transceiver Modules Group, where he manages pluggable optic transceivers for use in data centers, campus networks, and service provider networks. Prior to joining Cisco he held positions in sales, marketing, and R&D at optical technology leaders Bell Laboratories (now Nokia), JDSU (now Lumentum), and optical technology startups AOptix, Phaethon, and AiDi. Pat received his PhD and Bachelor’s Degree from MIT, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California, all in electrical engineering. He’s back in school again, sort of, studying improv and sketch comedy at The Groundlings and The Upright Citizens Brigade.

Articles

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Fiber Optics: Not Something To Make Light Of – Part 1

Everything you always wanted to know about fiber optic data communication but were afraid to ask. Part 1: Total Internal Reflection

December 15, 2017 • 2 min read

sp360: Service Provider

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Too Slow? 25G Speeds Up Data Centers and Campus Backbones

As data demands continues to rise, 25G provides 2.5x bandwidth in the same familiar 10G SFP+ package.

December 7, 2017 • 2 min read

sp360: Service Provider

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Multi-Rate Ports Mean Multiple Options for Data Center Upgrades

With 40G/100G ports, you don’t have to replace the entire network all at once. Upgrade to 100G at your own pace.

November 15, 2017 • 1 min read

sp360: Service Provider

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Forward Error Correction Enables 40km Reach QSFP28 100Gb Pluggable Optical Transceivers

Forward Error Correction Enables 40km Reach with Cisco QSFP28 100Gb Pluggable Optical Transceivers

October 25, 2017 • 1 min read

sp360: Service Provider