Here is how Cisco Prisma SuperQAM XFP Transmitter module can help cable operators.

Available as of today, Prisma SuperQAM XFP Transmitter module is billed as another key piece of Cisco's Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) migration plan, with the goal to help cable operators to leverage their existing infrastructure, while adopting

an incremental deployment approach to add network capacity.

According to Cisco, with this module operators will be able to double the density of their current chassis, and reduce power consumption by half. 

Connectikpeope has also discovered that, the module will fit into the optical physical interface card (PIC) in Cisco's next-generation Terabit CCAP product, the converged Broadband Router (cBR-8), which will directly link to the optical node and further reduce rack space in the cable headend.

About CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform)

‘’Spearheaded by CableLabs, CCAP is the new cable access architecture in the works that combines the functions of two key technologies: the cable modem termination system (powers DOCSIS/high speed broadband services) and edge QAM (powers video services). Combining the two functions helps service providers reduce rack space, save power, and accelerates the transition to an all-IP network that can simplify the delivery of video content to multiple screens’’.