ScaleFibre today announced a strategic partnership with a global leader in silicon photonics. Through the partnership, ScaleFibre has launched a range of pluggable optical transceivers for AI and data centre networks, from 10G to 1.6T, and opened an early-access programme for near-packaged optics (NPO). The partner designs and manufactures the optical modules. ScaleFibre supplies them, together with its fibre connectivity, to data centre and network customers.
The pluggable range covers a wide variety of form factors. It includes multimode and single-mode modules for links from short-reach rack connections to long distance metro links. At the top of the range, the 1.6T OSFP224 modules support modern links for AI and GPU cluster fabrics. Each module is available coded for the major switch vendors, including NVIDIA, Cisco, Juniper and Arista, or as a generic module.
“AI clusters are rapidly being limited by optical bandwidth and power, rather than compute. This partnership gives our customers access to world-class silicon photonics, from today’s pluggables to the near-packaged optics that will connect the next generation of GPU fabrics,” said Daniel Rose, CEO of ScaleFibre.
NPO moves the optical engine from the switch faceplate to a position next to the switch ASIC. This shortens the electrical path and decreases the power for each component. ScaleFibre will supply NPO products and the related fibre connectivity for the next generations of AI switch fabrics.
Network operators and system builders can now apply for the early-access programme. ScaleFibre brings the fibre connectivity these architectures depend on, including high-density MPO assemblies, ribbon cables and ThinSHUFFLE flex-circuit shuffles, together with regional supply and support through its entities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The pluggable transceiver range is available now through ScaleFibre’s regional entities.
