KD showcases its new transceiver at ECOC, a key event for optical communications

2025-10-03

This week KD has shown its latest optical transceiver KD7251 to the public who attended ECOC 2025, in Copenhagen, Denmark. There, visitors who came to our booth, C1407, were attended by our team of specialists, represented by our CTO David Ortiz, our Analog & Mixed-Signal Design Manager Alberto Rodríguez-Pérez and our BDM Pablo Blázquez, and have been able to observe some demonstrations of our technology. Among them was the backbone demo and the brand new IEEE 802.3cz-compliant multigigabit vision system solution, delivering scalable data communications up to 10 Gb/s. This is the first implementation of our 10GBASE-AU KD7251 optical transceiver into an optical automotive multigigabit camera, LI-VENUS-ISX031-BASE-AU, from Leopard Imaging. Corning Incorporated designed and developed a hybrid cable and connector system utilizing Corning’s automotive grade cables and connectors. It provides a future-enabling solution to meet the challenging network requirements of automotive applications such as autonomous driving, assisted driving (ADAS), digital video recording, and machine vision.

The European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC stands as Europe’s premier gathering for optical communications, holding a prominent position as one of the globe’s most significant events in this field. This conference unites pioneers and professionals from academia, research, and industry, fostering the exchange of cutting-edge discoveries and future-oriented perspectives.

At KD, we think it’s great to see how the datacenter market is evolving and to learn from it for the automotive industry. Over the last few days, we have enjoyed plenty of inspiring discussions with suppliers and telecom experts, a reminder of how much we can bring from telecoms to mobility. We look forward to returning next year to continue growing and collaborating together.