By Fady Masoud, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing at Nokia The massive scale of AI model training, inference and data movement between distributed compute clusters is dramatically increasing east-west and data center...
Arista Networks announced the formation of the XPO (eXtra-dense Pluggable Optics) Multi-Source Agreement (MSA), an industry initiative aimed at defining a next-generation pluggable optical module optimized for large-scale AI infrastructure. The...
Marvell introduced a new generation of coherent optical technology designed to scale interconnect capacity between AI data centers. The company unveiled what it describes as the industry’s first 1.6T ZR/ZR+...
At last month's Optica + APC Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Summit, Andy Bechtolsheim, Chief Architect and Chairman of Arista Networks, closed the event with a characteristically data-driven argument for why pluggable optics...
Coherent, CUbIQ Technologies, HPE Juniper Networking, and Liberty Global outlined a proof-of-concept (POC) that demonstrates how quantum-safe networking can be deployed at scale without disrupting existing infrastructure. The POC highlights...
Check out OFC Conference and Exposition 2025 videos here: https://ngi.fyi/ofc25yt 800G ZR and ZR+ pluggable coherent optics are unlocking high-capacity, cost-efficient metro networking by enabling direct router-to-router transmission over DWDM...
At OFC 2025, members of the Open ROADM Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) demonstrated the first multi-vendor 800G pluggable ROADM link and a fully interoperable optical transport network reaching data rates up...
Marvell Technology has unveiled a 1.6T silicon photonics light engine designed for low-power, rack-scale optical interconnects in AI networks. Demonstrated at OFC 2025 in a 1.6T OSFP linear pluggable optics...
Coherent has introduced a new portfolio of pluggable optical transceivers engineered specifically for use in AI/ML data center architectures that incorporate optical circuit switches (OCSs). These transceivers, launching at OFC...
The Linear Pluggable Optics Multi-Source Agreement (LPO MSA) group has announced the release of its new 100Gbps-per-lane Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO) specification, designed to enable optical interconnects supporting up to...
What's driving the evolution of optical networking in 2025? Armond Hairapetian, Founder and CTO from TeraSignal shares three predictions:- Linear optics emerges as the preferred choice for 8x100 and 200G...
What's driving the evolution of optical networking in 2025? Chris Collins, VP of Sales & Marketing for Optical DSPs from Credo makes three predictions for 2025: - Pluggable optics with...
Arelion successfully completed a live field trial on its Chicago-to-Denver route using Cisco 400G Ultra Long Haul (ULH) QSFP-DD pluggable coherent optical modules and Cisco 8000 series routers powered by...
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