The Case for Near-Packaged Optics
Near-Packaged Optics (NPO) is concept that has emerged recently embodying many of the advantages of Co-packaged optics (CPO) but simpler to implement. We think that given that CPO technology is …
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The Rise of Co-Packaged Optics and the (Gradual) Decline of Pluggables
Pluggable optical modules in the way we have known them are on their way out. Co-packaged Optics is garnering a great deal of attention and while it will largely displace/replace …
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5 Reasons Why the OIF Co-Packaged Optics Framework is Significant
While early 2021 was more dramatic in terms of new co-packaged optics (CPO) products, the past year proved to be the period in which CPO took its first baby steps …
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The Need for CPO in the Latency-sensitive Data Center
Evolution of CPO in 2021 and Early 2022 Co-packaged optics (CPO) has emerged as technology of considerable interest as a platform for deploying optics in large data centers. A considerable …
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The Drivers and Timeframe for CPO Deployment
The demand for co-packaged optics (CPO) will be driven by many factors. Today, latency-sensitive traffic such as AI and ML is getting a lot of attention. However, this is mostly …
Co-packaged Optics Standards Moves CPO Forward
Co-packaged Optics standards activity have moved CPO from the realm of discussion closer to real-world adoption: (1) COBO has established a CPO working group. (2) CPO specifications have materialized in …
What Makes Routers Edge Specific Routers?
The purpose of this article is to identify the several kinds of edge routers that are now appearing on the market. Edge-specific routers must be able to handle the functionalities …
Edge Computing Processors
Excerpted from CIR’s upcoming report on Edge Computing Processors. Although edge computing has seen a lot of developments in recent years, it is not a new concept. “Content delivery networks” …
POET Takes Co-Packaging Beyond Communications Markets
One of main predictions of CIR’s 2020 report on co-packaged optics (CPO) is that next-generation switching chips is just the beginning for CPO. We took the position that CPO is …
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Opportunities in the Edge Computing Software Segment
The edge computing software segment is expected to be one of the most rapidly growing and diverse segments within the entire edge computing market and it includes platform, AI and …
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