• January 09. 2026

In the digital economy, scenarios such as 5G backbone networks, cross-city data center interconnection, and enterprise wide area networks urgently require "high-speed + long-distance" optical transmission solutions. The 40G ZR4 optical module, with its ultra-long-distance transmission capability of 80km, has become a cost-effective choice for bridging 10G and 100G, with ETU-LINK products gaining m...

• November 14. 2025

Driven by the demands of cross-domain disaster recovery in cloud computing, 5G backbone network transmission, and wide-area data interconnection, 40G optical modules need to balance short-distance high density with long-distance breakthroughs. ETU-LINK has expanded to include an 80km ultra-long-distance model, forming a full-distance coverage matrix ranging from 100 meters to 80 kilometers. With m...

• July 02. 2025

Despite the rapid development of 100G and 400G technologies, 40G QSFP+ optical modules are still the mainstream choice for small and medium-sized data center upgrades due to their high cost-effectiveness and mature ecosystem. Faced with the two major technical routes of QSFP-40G-SR-BD (short-distance bidirectional) and QSFP-40G-LR4-S ( medium- distance single-mode), how to accurately match the nee...

• March 21. 2024

With the continuous development of network technology, the speed and efficiency of data transmission have become the key factors for network fluency and stability. 40G QSFP+ ER4 optical module as the latest generation of optical fiber transmission module, with its high speed, high efficiency, long distance transmission and other characteristics, is gradually being widely used in data centers,...

• March 15. 2024

In the previous article, we understand the 40G QSFP+ ER4 optical module, and the content of this article will continue to share 40G optical modules - 40G QSFP+ LR4 optical module products! This paper will deeply discuss the technical principle, application scenario and future development prospect of 40G QSFP+ LR4 optical module. 40G QSFP+ LR4 Optical Module Product Information: I. Technical princi...

• November 10. 2023

In the process of digitization, data processing, storage and transmission have developed rapidly. The rapid growth of a large number of data search services and video services has led to the development of data centers based on supercomputers and storage. As the main product for short-distance data center interconnection applications, high-speed parallel transmission optical modules have broad mar...

• November 02. 2023

High speed cable DAC is a fixed component that supports high-speed data transmission, using a small connector module as an optical transceiver on one end of the cable. With cost advantages and energy-saving advantages, it is widely used in data centers for short distance applications. High speed cable DACs come in different packaging and speeds: 10G SFP+ DAC, 25G SFP28 DAC, 40G/56G QSFP+ ...

• October 08. 2023

In the deployment of 40G networks, the 40G QSFP+ optical module is one of the most widely used, defined by IEEE 802.3ba, and supports different applications. The two basic interface specifications for QSFP+ optical modules are 40G BASE-SR4 and 40G BASE-LR4. In this blog, ETU-LINK will talk about the differences between 40 QSFP+ SR4 optical modules and 40G QSFP+ LR4 optical modules. Let's take a lo...