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13 May 2013
OIDA Releases 2013 Data Center Workshop Report
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OIDA Releases 2013 Data Center Workshop Report
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013—The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) today announced the release of a new report titled “Future Needs of ‘Scale-Out’ Data Centers: An OIDA Workshop for Stakeholders,” summarizing the output of a workshop co-hosted by OIDA, The Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.
The workshop, collocated with OFC/NFOEC 2013 in Anaheim, Calif., brought together key stakeholders from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Finisar, and more to gain perspective from end-users, system vendors, and component suppliers on the future of interconnected data centers, distributed switches, disaggregation of servers, and other innovations that will all rely on greater use of optical technologies.
Participants’ key findings are presented in the new report, which was written by market research firm Ovum, will be used for planning research requirements, standards-setting, funding decisions, and other industry- and government-wide efforts. The report includes:
- An updated look at the data center roadmap through the year 2022
- Market and technology trends for data center architectures and components
- Projected rate of growth over the next decade for transceivers
- Key takeaways from presentations by leaders in the growing market
“Through these discussions, we’ve found data center operators are successfully using standard or derivative optical products and upgrading their architectures on short time scales—months to years—but there is some doubt in the industry whether there is sufficient investment in component manufacturing for longer-range solutions,” said workshop organizer Tom Hausken, OSA’s senior advisor for engineering and applications. “The participants provided us with their candid perspectives on long-term resolutions for the industry, and OIDA is pleased to provide the optics community with this important resource.”
For more information about the report, visit the OIDA website.
