Ecosystem Enables Cloud Operators to Optimally
Scale Regional Data Center Connectivity for the AI
Era
SANTA
CLARA, Calif., Sept. 5,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor
solutions, Lumentum Holdings Inc., a market-leading designer and
manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and
Coherent Corp., a leader in compound semiconductors and high-speed
optical networking technology today announced the successful
interoperability demonstration of 800G ZR/ZR+ optical modules over
transmission links up to 500km. This achievement demonstrates that
multivendor standards-based pluggable modules can interoperate
while achieving the performance required for data center
interconnects between regional cloud data centers spanning
distances up to 500km, an industry first for 800G.
Cloud operators are scaling their infrastructure for AI services
by building more regional data centers, which require optimized
power and cost to interconnect. Pluggable coherent modules and DSPs
have increased bandwidth by 8X while reducing power consumption per
bit by 30% with each new generation. The emergence of a
standards-based, multi-vendor ecosystem has further accelerated
innovation and minimized the risk of vendor lock-in.
The 800G ZR/ZR+ optical modules used in the demonstration are
all based on the Marvell® Orion 800G coherent
optical DSP. Modules from the three companies were used to showcase
interoperable metro-distance transmission using 16 quadrature
amplitude modulation (QAM) over a 520km G.652 fiber link with more
than 2dB margin.
Marvell, Lumentum and Coherent were able to develop modules,
each with their own optics and module technology that enabled the
reach to be extended from the standard 120km up to 500km leveraging
the capabilities of the Orion DSP while maintaining compliance with
the OIF 800G ZR specification.
"At more than 100% CAGR since 2022, the deployment growth of
pluggable coherent modules exceeds that of any other coherent
technology in history," said Scott
Wilkinson, lead analyst at Cignal AI. "Their performance
increasingly rivals traditional embedded optics, and the
interoperable test results with 800 Gbps ZR/ZR+ modules for
long-distance DCI delivered by Marvell, Lumentum, and Coherent
demonstrate that the application space for pluggables is expanding
well beyond short-reach data center interconnect."
"Long-distance optical connectivity used to be the exclusive
domain of embedded optical solutions but that's no longer the
case," said Stephen Adolph, Vice
President of Marketing at Marvell. "Interoperable ZR/ZR+
modules like the Marvell® COLORZ® 800
are now available from multiple vendors to address the
longer data center interconnect distances of cloud operators as
they scale their infrastructure for the AI era."
"The demand for greater bandwidth and longer distances continues
to grow rapidly across all parts of the network, from data center
interconnect to submarine cables," said Wupen Yuen, President of
Cloud and Networking at Lumentum. "We're excited to collaborate
with Marvell on developing this latest generation of
high-performance optics and pluggable modules. Our partnership
demonstrates how pluggable modules can scale even the largest
networks to meet future challenges, offering cost-effective,
space-efficient and power-efficient solutions."
"Pluggability everywhere is a critical inflection point in the
transmission space," said Pranay
Aiya, Vice President, Product Line Management for
Transmission Solutions at Coherent. "Each generation of pluggable
coherent modules further expands network coverage, enabling 800G
services beyond data center interconnects to metro and regional
applications. These results demonstrate interoperability at optimal
performance for 800G pluggables and support a cost-efficient
supplier ecosystem for both cloud and traditional network
operators."
About Marvell
To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the
world, we're building solutions on the most powerful foundation:
our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world's leading
technology companies for over 25 years, we move, store, process and
secure the world's data with semiconductor solutions designed for
our customers' current needs and future ambitions. Through a
process of deep collaboration and transparency, we're ultimately
changing the way tomorrow's enterprise, cloud, automotive, and
carrier architectures transform—for the better.
About Lumentum
Lumentum is a market-leading
designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic
products enabling optical networking and laser applications
worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of
virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center
network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques
and diverse applications, including next-generation 3D sensing
capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California, with R&D,
manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information,
visit www.lumentum.com.
About Coherent Corp.
Coherent empowers market
innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies,
from materials to systems. We deliver innovations that resonate
with our customers in diversified applications for the industrial,
communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets.
Headquartered in Saxonburg,
Pennsylvania, Coherent has research and development,
manufacturing, sales, service, and distribution facilities
worldwide. For more information, please visit us at
coherent.com.
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