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Moderator: Scott Kipp, Brocade, President of Ethernet Alliance Panelist #1: Glenn Wellbrock, Verizon Panelist #2: Nathan Tracy, TE Connectivity

400GbE Optics and Applications

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Disclaimer

§  The views WE ARE expressing in this presentation are our own personal views and should not be considered the views or positions of the Ethernet Alliance.

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Growth in 5 Years

Internet Users

2012 2017

2.3B

3.6B

Internet Devices

2012 2017

12B

19B

IP Traffic

(Exabytes

/ Day)

2012 2017

1.4

4.0

Broadband Speeds (Mb/s)

2012 2017

11

39

Source: Cisco VNI

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Ethernet Speeds and Feeds

1T

100G

10G

2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

Standard Completed

400G

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b/s

) Key: Ethernet Speeds

40G

400GbE 16X25G

100GbE 10X10G

100GbE 4X25G

40GbE 4X10G

10GbE 1X10G

These are finished or established IEEE Task Forces or Study Groups

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400GbE Optical Modules

CDAUI 16X25G

Electrical Interface

16X25G Optical Interface

CDAUI 16X25G

Electrical Interface

8X50G Optical Interface

x:1Electrical Mux, PAM-n Encoder WDM with n λs

CDAUI 16X25G

Electrical Interface

4X100G Optical Interface

4X4 Wavelength WDM

4X 100GBASE-SR4 4X 100G PSM4 CFP4, QSFP28

or CDFP

4X 100GBASE-LR4

CFP4

16 LASERs and Retimers

?

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Ethernet Speeds 2010-2025 Key: Ethernet Speeds Ethernet Electrical Interfaces Hollow Symbols = predictions Stretched Symbols = Time Tolerance

1T

100G

10G

1G

400G

40G

4x10.3125G 10X10.3125G

2010 2015 2020 2025

Standard Completed

100GbE 10X10G

40GbE 4X10G

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Ra

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b/s

)

16x25.8G

400GbE 16X25G

4x25.8G

100GbE 4X25G

8X50G

400GbE 8X50G

400GbE 4X100G

100GbE 1X100G

TbE 10X100G

1.6TbE 16X100G

40GbE 1X40G

nX100G

The Holy Grail of “100G Serial” leads to Terabit Speeds

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I/O Density & Manageability

Router/Switch/Transport 100G CFP

100G CFP2

400G CFP

1.6T 1.6T 1.6T

• Backplane and switch fabric speeds are growing faster than I/O speeds

• Fewer interfaces and cables to manage even if we can make them smaller

• Avoid multi-chassis platform implementations

• Improve scalability within a product family

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CDFP MSA Addresses 1st Gen. 400G Short Reach

§  First product will be active optical cables (AOC) and copper cables

§  Transceivers will follow §  Leverage 4x CAUI-4 25Gb/s

electrical channel §  Leverage 25Gb/s optics §  Quick to market, leverages what

is available §  32mm pitch allows >10/linecard

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Longer Reaches §  Leverage 25Gb/s electrical channels with

higher order modulation signaling §  Utilize CWDM to serve the industry with SM

duplex fiber

§  2nd generation uses 50G electrical channel

ASIC/ FPGA

16x25G

PAM4

PAM4

Driver IC

TIA

Lase

rs D

ete

cto

rs 8λ

8λ

SM Duplex Fiber 8λX50G