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Scott Kipp
President of Ethernet Alliance
Ethernet Alliance
100GbE Challenges
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Disclaimer
The views expressed in this presentation are
the views of the Roadmap Subcommittee
and the Ethernet Alliance.
3© 2014 Ethernet Alliance
Agenda
Historic trends in Ethernet optics
100GbE Single Lambda Holy Cup
100GbE SFP+ Holy Grail
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10G Recap – SFP+ Wins!
100M
10M
1M
100K
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
2010 SFP+
Becomes the
Clear Winner
2015 SFP+
surpasses 10M!
2016 40G
QSFP+ >1M
Based on LightCounting Forecasts
XFP and Others
never reach
critical mass
Mo
du
les
So
ld /
Ye
ar
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40G – QSFP+ to SFP+?
100M
10M
1M
100K
2010 2015 2020 2025
Probably
transition?
40G QSFP+
>1M in 2016
QSFP+ Up to 2016 Based on LightCounting Forecasts
Mo
du
les
So
ld /
Ye
ar
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100G – An Odd Twist on 10G?
10M
1M
100K
10K
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Mo
du
les
So
ld /
Ye
ar
When
does 100G
SFP+ take
off?
Based on General Trends
CFP and others
never produce
>1M/year
Does 100G QSFP28
becoming the
clear winner?
Scale
Shifted to
10K!
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Two Key 100GbE Technologies
100GbE Optics solutions
Topic of 100GbE Single Lambda Workshop
http://www.ethernetalliance.org/100gbe-per-
lambda-for-data-center-workshop/
Should lead to low cost 100GbE and TbE
100GbE Electrical solutions
Emerging technologies are CAUI-4 (4X25Gb/s)
Next gen could be CAUI-2 (2X50Gb/s)
Goal is CAUI-1 (1X100Gb/s)
The Ethernet Alliance is challenging the
industry to publicly demonstrate solutions
based on these technologies
http://www.ethernetalliance.org/100gbe-per-lambda-for-data-center-workshop/
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The Holy Cup of 100GbE Lambda
The first company to publicly demonstrate a
100GbE Single Lambda in a 3.5W QSFP28 will
win the Holy Cup*
“Your Name
Here”
*See details on next page
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Requirements for the Holy Cup of
100GbE Lambda
Publicly demonstration at a major conference
Housed in 3.5W QSFP28 with CAUI
Uses a single wavelength of light
Supported distance could be:
2km over duplex SMF with a 4.0dB insertion loss or
100m over duplex MMF with a 2.0dB insertion loss
Winner will be recognized by the Ethernet Alliance publicly
The Ethernet Alliance Board determines the winner
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The Holy Grail of 100GbE SFP+
The first company to publicly demonstrate a
100GbE SFP+ under 1.5W will win the Holy
Grail*
“Your Name
Here”
*See details on next slide
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Requirements for the Holy Grail of
100GbE SFP+
Publicly demonstration at a major conference
Housed in 1.5W SFP+ with CAUI
Uses a single wavelength of light
Supported distance could be:
2km over duplex SMF with a 4.0dB insertion loss or
100m over duplex MMF with a 2.0dB insertion loss
Winner will be recognized by the Ethernet Alliance publicly
The Ethernet Alliance Board determines the winner
12© 2014 Ethernet Alliance
100GbE Challenges
The Ethernet Alliance is challenging the
industry to demonstrate:
100GbE Lambda
100GbE SFP+
Contact the President of the Ethernet
Alliance at [email protected]
with any questions
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