Keysight Expands Active and Passive 1.6T Copper Interconnect Validation for Scale-Out Data Centers
Business Wire•14/10/2026•11:35 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Keysight launched FITS-16CH for digital-layer validation of 1.6T optical and copper interconnects
- ➤FITS-16CH doubles channel density to 16 transmit and 16 receive channels
- ➤Platform validates 106G and 212G lane rates for 800G and emerging 1.6T technologies
- ➤Automated lane tuning can reduce tuning time to minutes from hours, days, or weeks
Expert Statements
Ameet Suri, Vice President of Product, Credo Technologies
“The tighter margins at 1.6T make it essential to evaluate active electrical cable performance at the system level, not in isolation for each link. Keysight's solutions give Credo a practical way to test our AEC cables during development and qualification, so issues surface sooner and designs reach production with greater assurance.”
Ram Periakaruppan, Vice President and General Manager, Network Test & Security Solutions, Keysight
“As interconnect speeds increase, manufacturers need to validate more lanes simultaneously on many types of interconnects without adding unnecessary complexity to their labs. FITS-16CH expands our functional interconnect validation portfolio with the capacity, flexibility, and automation needed to help engineers move from product development and qualification to mass production with greater confidence.”
Keysight Expands Active and Passive 1.6T Copper Interconnect Validation for Scale-Out Data Centers
Validating digital-layer error performance is the next step for high-speed interconnects after completing optical and electrical layer compliance testing
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