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OIF Experts to Provide Technology Updates on Power Consumption in Next Generation Optical AI Networking, Common Electrical I/O (CEI) Trends at DesignCon 2024

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Fremont, Calif. – OIF experts will provide valuable insights into the latest trends and developments in power consumption in optical AI networking and 224 Gbps Common Electrical I/O (CEI) at DesignCon 2024, taking place from January 30 to February 1, 2024, in Santa Clara, California.

DesignCon is the premier event for chip, board and systems design engineers in the high-speed communications and semiconductor industries. This year, OIF will lead two panel discussions:

Panel 1 – Wednesday, January 31, 2024: 12:15pm – 1pm PT

Reining in Power Consumption Trends for Next Generation Optical Networking – this panel will focus on strategies to address the ever-increasing power consumption challenges in the next generation of optical networking, featuring experts from leading companies in the field.

Moderator: Jeff Hutchins, Physical and Link Layer (PLL) Working Group (WG) Energy Efficient Interfaces (EEI) Vice Chair and Board Member, Ranovus

Panelists: Karl Bois, OIF Technical Committee Chair, NVIDIA; Yi Tang, OIF PLL WG Electrical Vice Chair, Cisco; and Nathan Tracy, OIF President, TE Connectivity

Panel 2 – Wednesday, January 31, 2024: 4pm – 5:15pm PT

OIF Update on 224 Gbps CEI Development – in this session, OIF will provide updates on the development of 224 Gbps CEI with insights from industry leaders involved in this cutting-edge technology.

Moderator: Nathan Tracy, OIF President, TE Connectivity

Panelists: John Calvin, Keysight Technologies; Mike Klempa, OIF PLL Interoperability WG Chair, Alphawave Semi; Mike Li, OIF Board Member, Intel and Cathy Liu, OIF Vice President, Broadcom Inc.

“Our participation at DesignCon 2024 underscores OIF’s commitment to driving technological innovation,” said Tracy. “These panel discussions offer a unique opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s foremost thought leaders and gain critical insights into OIF’s work. DesignCon provides a platform for connecting with colleagues, sharing insights and collectively shaping the future of optical networking and CEI. It’s where collaboration meets innovation.”

CMIS Technical Webinar Series: Separate from DesignCon, OIF is also hosting a series of free, public CMIS tutorial webinars. These webinars aim to equip engineers, developers and industry professionals with a comprehensive understanding of CMIS. The next session in the series – Data Path State Machine (DPSM) and Application Advertising – will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Presenters are Doug Cattarusa, Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco and Paul Brooks, Applications and Technology, VIAVI Solutions. More information on the series can be found here.

About OIF

OIF is where the optical networking industry’s interoperability work gets done. With more than 25 years of effecting forward change in the industry, OIF represents the dynamic ecosystem of 150+ industry leading network operators, system vendors, component vendors and test equipment vendors collaborating to develop interoperable electrical, optical and control solutions that directly impact the industry’s ecosystem and facilitate global connectivity in the open network world. Connect with OIF at @OIForum, on LinkedIn and at http://www.oiforum.com.

 

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Wilkinson + Associates for OIF

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OIF Launches Forward-Looking Project to Explore the Next Generation of Energy-Efficient Electrical and Optical Interfaces

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Critical applications driving demand for energy-efficient links include data center networking, artificial intelligence training/machine learning and disaggregation

Fremont, Calif.— OIF, where the optical networking industry’s interoperability work gets done, today announced the launch of an innovative new project, the Energy Efficient Interfaces (EEI) Framework. The project, initiated at the Q2 2023 Technical and MA&E Committees meeting in May, will focus on studying new energy-efficient electrical and optical interfaces (which, among others, includes the next generation of low power optics, also referred to as “Linear” or “Direct Drive”). These new interfaces will be required to meet the demands of various applications such as data center networking, artificial intelligence (AI) training/machine learning (ML) and disaggregation.

“With an increasing industry-wide demand, particularly from data center operators, the focus on energy efficiency is more important than ever,” said Rob Stone, Meta Platforms and OIF Board Member. “Addressing this need head-on, the new OIF framework will explore energy-efficient interfaces for the optical interconnects of next-generation data centers that will support the performance scaling of current internet applications and enable groundbreaking AI-driven applications and immersive experiences.”

Through this project, OIF will explore and study energy-efficient links with less than fully retimed interfaces, which have the potential to unlock a multitude of benefits for diverse stakeholders. The objective is to identify critical applications and their requirements for next-generation electrical and optical links, including die-to-die, co-packaged, near-packaged and pluggable solutions. The project will conduct a thorough study to identify critical issues associated with these links and identify opportunities to pursue interoperability standards. The findings of the study will be outlined in the Framework Document, which will serve as a technical white paper for the project.

“A primary goal of this project is to identify new opportunities for interoperability standards, laying the groundwork for potential future collaborations at OIF or other standards organizations,” added Jeff Hutchins, OIF Board Member and Physical & Link Layer (PLL) Working Group Co-Packaging Vice Chair and Ranovus.

“OIF is always listening to the wants and needs our members bring forward, and this project start proposal authored by several industry leading companies directly addresses a need that exists across many IT applications,” said Nathan Tracy, OIF Co-chair of the Market Awareness and Education committee and TE Connectivity. “This one project has the potential to significantly benefit several critical industry applications.”

Additionally, Yi Tang, Cisco Systems, was recently appointed as PLL Working Group Electrical Vice Chair.

About OIF

OIF is where the optical networking industry’s interoperability work gets done. Celebrating 25 years of effecting forward change in the industry, OIF represents the dynamic ecosystem of 140+ industry leading network operators, system vendors, component vendors and test equipment vendors collaborating to develop interoperable electrical, optical and control solutions that directly impact the industry’s ecosystem and facilitate global connectivity in the open network world. Connect with OIF at @OIForum, on LinkedIn and at http://www.oiforum.com.

 

PR Contact:

Leah Wilkinson

Wilkinson + Associates for OIF

703-907-0010

leah@wilkinson.associates