OIF to tackle metro 100G, new gearbox, chip-to-chip communications
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) launched three new projects at its third-quarter meeting last week. The projects will investigate extending the organization’s work in long-haul 100-Gbps DWDM to intermediate-reach application such as the metro, create the second generation of its Multi-Link Gearbox specifications, and look at optical engines for chip-to-chip communications.