OIF @ OFC 2015

OIF Technology Showcase 2015
It’s Happening Now
56G Electrical Interfaces and Pluggable Coherent Optics

OFC 2015 – LA Convention Center
March 24-26, 2015

Demos and Participants
Live and static displays:

  • Live CEI-56G-VSR-NRZ Channel with Credo Semiconductor, Multilane, Tektronix, Yamaichi Electronics
  • Live CEI-56G-VSR-PAM QSFP Compliance Board with Anritsu, Molex, Multilane, TE Connectivity, Tektronix, Yamaichi Electronics
  • CEI-56G-VSR-PAM Optical Static Display (concept) with Molex, Multilane, TE Connectivity
  • Live CEI-56G-MR/LR-PAM Backplane with Keysight Technologies, Molex
  • Live CEI-56G-MR/LR-NRZ Backplane with Credo Semiconductor, Keysight Technologies, TE Connectivity
  • Live CEI-56G-MR-NRZ Passive Copper Cable with Credo Semiconductor, Keysight Technologies, Molex, TE Connectivity, Yamaichi Electronics
  • CFP2-Analog Coherent Optics – Pluggable Coherent Optics with Keysight Technologies, Multilane

Static displays of equipment aimed at developing the ecosystems for 56G electrical interfaces and pluggable coherent optics included modules, test equipment, connectors, compliance boards, DSPs, drivers, transimpedance amplifiers and components from ClariPhy Communications, Finisar, Inphi, Kandou Bus, MACOM, Molex, MoSys, NEC Corporation, Oclaro, Qorvo and TE Connectivity.

OIF Speaking Engagements at OFC 2015

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 – 9:15am-10:45am
Service Provider Summit – Panel 1: Value and Cost of Multi-Layer SDN
Panelist: Vishnu Shukla, Verizon, OIF President

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 – 2:00pm-3:00pm – EXPO Theater II
OIF Panel: Transport SDN – Clearing the Roadblocks to Wide-scale Commercial Deployment
Moderator: Dave Brown, Alcatel-Lucent, OIF Vice President, Marketing
Lead Speaker: Vishnu Shukla, Verizon, OIF President
Speakers:
Yiran Ma, China Telecom, OIF Representative
Lyndon Ong, Ciena, OIF MA&E Committee Co-Chair – Networking
Jonathan Sadler, Coriant, OIF Technical Committee Vice Chair

Thursday, March 26, 2015 – 10:30am-11:30am – EXPO Theater II
OIF Panel: OIF CEI-56G – It’s Happening Now
Moderator: Nathan Tracy, TE Connectivity, OIF Technical Committee Chair
Speakers:
Ed Frlan, Semtech, OIF Physical & Link Layer Interoperability Working Group Chair;
Brian Holden, Kandou Bus, OIF MA&E Committee Co-Chair – Physical & Link Layer;
Tom Palkert,  MoSys, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group – Electrical Vice Chair

Thursday, March 26, 2015 – 11:30am-12:30pm – EXPO Theater II
OIF Panel: System Architectures Using OIF CEI-56G Interfaces
Moderator: Dave Stauffer, Kandou Bus, OIF Physical & Link Layer Working Group Chair
Speakers:
Ed Frlan, Semtech, OIF Physical & Link Layer Interoperability Working Group Chair; Edward Priest, Juniper Networks; Nathan Tracy, TE Connectivity, OIF Technical Committee Chair