Same old same old the latest of 160 years of innovation at Corning to satisfy recent developments in the fiber optics markets

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1 Same old same old the latest of 160 years of innovation at Corning to satisfy recent developments in the fiber optics markets New England Fiberoptic Council John A. Jay Manager, Market Development Corning 7 February 2012

2 Corning Incorporated Founded: 1851 Headquarters: Corning, New York Employees: ~ 26,000 worldwide 2011 Sales: $7.9 Billion Corning is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. We create and make keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications, and life sciences. We succeed through sustained investment in R&D, 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, and a distinctive collaborative culture. Fortune 500 Rank (2010): 391 2

3 A Culture of Innovation Corning s growth has been and will be fueled by a commitment to innovation Corning re-invests approximately 10% of its sales in R&D 1879 Glass envelope for Thomas Edison s light bulb 1934 Dow Corning silicones 1952 Glass ceramics 1970 First low-loss optical fiber 1982 Active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) glass 2007 Thin, lightweight, cover glass with exceptional damage resistance Pre Label-free screening platform for drug discovery 1915 Heat-resistant Pyrex glass 1947 Processes for mass producing the television bulb 1964 Fusion overflow process 1972 Ceramic substrates for automotive catalytic converters Environmentally friendly LCD glass 3

4 Corning invented low loss optical fiber in 1970, revolutionizing the telecommunications industry Robert Maurer, Peter Schultz, Donald Keck 4

5 Verizon expands its FiOS FTTP network to Manhattan. New FTTP products are necessary for MDU deployments. Manhattan image courtesy of Wikitravel 5

6 FTTP in the MDU presented a challenging array of deployment environments, conditions and practices. 6

7 Corning s ClearCurve suite of Bend Insensitive Fibers, Cable and Hardware enables FTTP deployment in MDU ClearCurve XB Fiber 10 mm Bend Radius ClearCurve LBL Fiber 7.5 mm Bend Radius ClearCurve ZBL Fiber 5 mm Bend Radius Strength member FRNC Sheath OptiTect Local Convergence Cabinet Gen III Series China FTTx Drop Cable (Pixian)* ClearCurve Compact & Rugged Drop Cables * 7

8 E-commerce has made the data center the factory of the 21 st century. More are being built and faster - than ever before Web Services from Zero to $500M/yr in 4 years 80,000 physical servers >620M users >60,000 servers New $500M data center 224,000 servers 8

9 The rapid expansion of and growth within data centers resulted in application of poor practices and haphazard construction 9

10 Bend insensitive multimode fiber enables innovative passive optical products to revolutionize the data center Pretium EDGE jumper cables Legacy 50/125 μm MMF Pretium EDGE ClearCurve solutions module MMF Pretium EDGE solutions housing 10

11 Long Haul Fiber Optics The report of my death was an exaggeration Mark Twain The report of the death of the long haul market was an exaggeration John Jay Emerging economies long haul networks 40 & 100 Gb/s transmission standards Low Latency Networks 11

12 While the long haul market stalled, innovation continued, changing the game, obsolescing legacy designs and products Electronic Dispersion Compensation Advanced Modulation Formats EDC drawing US Patent Number Digital coherent receiver from Zhou et al 32 Tb/s (320 x 114 Gb/s PDM-RZ-8QAM transmission over 580 km of SMF-28 ultra-low-loss fiber OFC 2009, PDP B4 12

13 How important is attenuation? Loss matters: Low attenuation optical fibers are critical elements of modern long haul systems One can t be too rich or too thin Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor or have too low attenuation John Jay SMF-28 ULL fiber OSNR [db] Number of spans Huang, et al, Small Size Ultra Low Attenuation 48-fiber OPGW for Long Repeater-Span Application, IWCS 2011, pp

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