Ranovus and Mellanox Announce OpenOptics Multi-Source Agreement
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. and Ranovus, Inc. today announced the founding of an industry consortium to standardize Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) for an interoperable 100G WDM standard for 2 kilometer reach, covering today’s and tomorrow’s large cloud data center interconnectivity requirements. The OpenOpticsmulti-source agreement (MSA) combines 1550 nm WDM laser and silicon photonics for QSFP-based solutions enabling the lowest cost, highest density, and highest bandwidth single mode fiber (SMF) connectivity, significantly improving terabit-scale data center infrastructure ROI.
“As the migration of data center network connectivity towards Leaf and Spine architecture accelerates, operators require innovative interconnect solutions to enable a scalable infrastructure at much better economics,” said Saeid Aramideh, chief marketing and sales officer for RANOVUS. “We believe that the application of a multi-channel channel laser source coupled with silicon photonics to enable connectivity in 1550 nm band in QSFP form/factor is a game changer in reducing the data center fiber plant connectivity cost by 4 to 7 times compared to legacy multi-mode fiber implementations.”
The OpenOptics MSA will add additional members to this consortium to achieve a true multi-sourcing supply chain. The key highlights of OpenOptics MSA specification are:
- 100Gb/s, 1550 nm C-band, 4x25Gb/s WDM
- Industry Standard Media: Single pair of single mode fiber (SMF)
- Reach: 2 km and beyond
- Standard WDM Spacing: ITU-T grid
- Industry Standard Form Factor: QSFP28
- Scalable data rates: 400G and beyond
