Corning Incorporated has announced the availability of its high-speed MXC optical cable assembly to support Intel Silicon Photonics.

The cabling solution can send up to 1.6TBp/s of data at up to 300meters according to Corning.

It said by using an MXC optical connector and its ClearCurve LX fiber, optical cable assembly can transfer large data amounts up to 2.5 times faster than that conveyed by standard 10GbE connections.

The ClearCurve LX fibers have one-fifth the bend radius compared with other standard fibers available. The company said its fibers are more flexible for routing through crowded server-switch-storage racks.

Intel said its Silicon Photonics devices are designed to be low-cost, fast, scalable and energy-efficient whilst providing “extremely high” bandwidth over longer distances than conventional electrical or optical solutions.

It said the device’s flexibility should enable data center designers to become more creative in how they architect the facility as they will no longer be “encumbered” with obstacles such as distance between servers.