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24 June 2015

Today’s Photonics-enabled Disaggregated Data Centers Improve Energy Efficiency and Capacity

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24 June 2015

Today’s Photonics-enabled Disaggregated Data Centers Improve Energy Efficiency and Capacity

New Report from The Optical Society Provides Requirements for the Optics Industry

 

WASHINGTON — A new report from The Optical Society’s Industry Development Associates (OIDA) explores data center market trends and growth potential. Disaggregation in the data center refers to the dis-integration of traditional server architecture to create modular, pooled resources – such as pooled microprocessors, memory or storage. Disaggregation improves efficiency and data capacity. Optical technologies are making progress toward enabling the disaggregated data center architecture by reducing cost and improving performance bandwidth provisioning between racks. The analysis issued on 10 June 2015, details how optics will outcompete electrical interconnects for the links that enable disaggregation in the data center according to metrics of cost, performance and size. This report is one of many member benefits available to OIDA members.
 
“A key point of the research report is a list of specifications that interconnects must accomplish to enable disaggregation within the data center,” stated Tom Hausken, senior advisor, The Optical Society. “The specifications apply to both electronic and optical interconnects, but if optical components can meet them, they will prevail.  A level of disaggregation is already happening for longer-reach interconnects, and it is only a matter of time before it prevails in the shorter-reaches.”

Volume manufacturing at the optical component level continues to drive the price point of optical interconnects to the range necessary for disaggregated networking. The report provides insights from data center players such as Facebook, IBM and Intel on the needs and requirements to move to a photonic-enabled disaggregated data center. Additional insights included within the report are power, latency and architecture requirements, for optical component suppliers looking ahead to meet system-level design requirements.
 
About OSA Industry Development Associates
The Optical Society Industry Development Associates (OIDA) serves and represents the optics and photonics community of more than 260 corporate members. Members include the leading providers of optics and photonics components and systems and leading universities and research institutions. The OIDA provides roadmap reports and market data for the industry, serves as the voice of the industry to government and academia, acts as a liaison with other trade associations worldwide and provides a network for the exchange of ideas and information within the optics and photonics community. To learn more about a corporate membership with OIDA, visit: OIDA Membership. 

About The Optical Society
Founded in 1916, The Optical Society (OSA) is the leading professional organization for scientists, engineers, students and entrepreneurs who fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate achievements in the science of light. Through world-renowned publications, meetings and membership initiatives, OSA provides quality research, inspired interactions and dedicated resources for its extensive global network of optics and photonics experts. OSA is a founding partner of the National Photonics Initiative and the 2015 International Year of Light. For more information, visit: www.osa.org.

 


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