On August 28, the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) announced that it has successfully concluded its Q3 ‘24 Technical and MA&E Committees meeting, which occurred August 6-8, 2024, in Ottawa, Canada.
The forum reported that three new projects were initiated during the meeting:
- Energy Efficient Interfaces (EEI) Compute Optics Interface (COI) for AI scale-up, which will develop high-efficiency, low-latency photonic interfaces.
- EEI-224G-RTLR, which will aim to develop an Implementation Agreement (IA) for 224G Retimed Tx Linear Rx (RTLR) optical interfaces.
- Common Electrical I/O (CEI)-448G Framework, which will develop a comprehensive framework for 448G electrical interfaces.
The event also included Physical & Link Layer Working Group meetings.
OIF Technical Committee Chair Karl Bois said in a press release, “Our in-person meetings provide a critical platform for collaboration and progress, allowing us to push the boundaries of innovation and address the evolving needs of the networking and AI/Machine Learning industries.”
OIF’s Q4 2024 Technical and MA&E Committees meeting will be November 4-8, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia.
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