Open Eye Consortium Announces 53Gbps Per Lane Multi-Mode SR4 and Single-Mode LR Specifications for Datacenter and Wireless Fronthaul Applications Along With Two Technical Webinars
Summary
These specifications are ideal for 53Gbps SFP28 Long-Reach (LR) and 200Gbps QSFP Short-Reach (SR) optical module designs for next generation 5G wireless, enterprise and data center networking applications. The Open Eye MSA aims to accelerate the adoption of PAM-4 optical interconnects scaling to 50Gbps, 100Gbps, 200Gbps, and 400Gbps by expanding upon existing standards to enable optical module implementations using less complex, lower cost, lower power, and optimized analog clock and data recovery (CDR) based architectures in addition to existing digital signal processing (DSP) architectures. A whitepaper is available to view and download here for interested parties to learn more about the Open Eye’s MSA mission and latest technical information. The Open Eye MSA approach is a natural evolution relative to today’s high-volume optical nodes, enabling users to scale to next generation Baud rates. Promoters include: Applied Optoelectronics Inc., Cambridge Industries Group (CIG), Juniper Networks, Luxshare-ICT, MACOM Technology Solutions Inc., Molex, and Semtech Corporation.