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Helen Xenos, Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, addresses the critical challenge of interconnect requirements for massive GPU clusters at OFC. She presents Ciena’s multi-faceted approach to solving scale-up and scale-out network demands through innovative connectivity solutions. Xenos demonstrates two key technologies: the Nitro Linear ReDriver for active copper cable applications and the Vesta 200 optical engine platform. These innovations target the industry-wide challenge of supporting ultra-high-capacity interconnect needs in modern AI infrastructure deployments.
**What You Will Learn:**
– The interconnect challenges facing massive GPU cluster deployments
– How active copper cable technology extends electrical connectivity reach
– The role of linear ReDriver technology in low-power copper interconnect solutions
– Specifications and capabilities of 6.4 terabit optical engine platforms
– The difference between scale-out and scale-up network applications
– How open pluggable optical engines address next-generation data center requirements