OIF launches higher baud rate coherent driver modulator project
The OIF has begun a new project to develop a higher baud rate coherent driver modulator. The “Higher Baud Rate ...
In Focus: OIF
🏛️ OIF Implementation Agreements for Optical Networking and High-Speed Interconnects | |
| OIF is an industry consortium that develops implementation agreements for interoperable optical networking, electrical signaling and high-speed interconnect technologies. Its work helps align suppliers and operators around practical specifications used in carrier networks, cloud data centers and emerging AI infrastructure. | |
| Why It Matters | OIF specifications and interoperability demonstrations help move advanced optical and electrical interface technologies from concept to deployable products. Converge Digest tracks OIF because its work directly shapes coherent optics, 800G/1.6T networking, co-packaged optics and next-generation AI data center connectivity. |
| Category | Industry Consortium |
| Mission | Develop interoperable implementation agreements for optical, electrical and control-plane technologies used in high-performance networks. |
| Focus Areas | Coherent optics • 800G and 1.6T interfaces • Common Electrical I/O • Co-packaged optics • Optical interconnects • Interoperability demonstrations |
| Key Members | Broadcom • Ciena • Cisco • Coherent • Intel • Marvell • Nokia • NVIDIA |
| Related Technologies | Coherent Optics • Co-Packaged Optics • Pluggable Optics • Silicon Photonics |
| Related Organizations | Ethernet Alliance • IEEE • Open Compute Project |
OIF releases CFP2-DCO and HB-CDM specs
OIF completed two new Implementation Agreements (IAs) — the CFP2-Digital Coherent Optics Module (CFP2-DCO) and High Bandwidth- Coherent Driver Modulator ...
OIF and Ethernet Alliance run FlexE traffic over 400G
At OFC in San Diego, OIF and the Ethernet Alliance are running Flex Ethernet (FlexE) traffic sent over three bonded ...
OIF to provide CEI-112G project update at DesignCon
At next week's DesignCon conference in Santa Clara, California, The panel, called “112-Gbps Electrical Interface: An OIF Update on CEI-112G,” ...
OIF Launches FlexE 2.1 Project
OIF has launched the FlexE 2.1 project, which covers FlexE over 50Gbe PHY applications. It also adds an extension to ...
OIF project tackles Requirements for Integrated Packet Optical SDN
The OIF announced its newest project — “Requirements for Integrated Packet Optical SDN.” The goal is to outline requirements for ...
OIF completes Flex Ethernet and Common ACO Electrical I/O agreements
The OIF announced three Interoperability Agreements (IAs) aimed at expanded interoperability of Flex Ethernet and increased data rates. These include: ...
OIF validates Transport Application Programming Interface (T-API) 2.0
The Optical Internetworking Forum's Transport Application Programming Interface (T-API) 2.0 is market ready, following a six week, multi-vendor interoperability demonstration. ...
Optical Internetworking Forum tests SDN transport API
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), in collaboration with MEF, successfully concluded its 2018 Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Transport Application Programming Interface (T-API) ...
OIF initiates CEI-112G-XSR project
The OIF has launched a CEI-112G-XSR project for Die-to-Die (D2D) and Die-to-Optical Engine (D2OE) Common Electrical Interface, which will enable ...
OIF plans SDN Transport API interoperability demo presentations
The OIF (Optical Internetworking Forum) will conduct several public read-out events to present the results of the 2018 Software-Defined Networking ...
OIF hosts Interoperability demos of FlexE, 56G PAM4, 112G per lane
This week at OFC in San Diego, the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is conducting a series of multi-vendor interoperability demonstrations ...
OIF advances Common Electrical I/O for 56 Gbps
The OIF has published “Common Electrical (I/O) CEI 4.0” with a focus on Serdes standards for 56 Gbps. The result ...
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