Credo has launched the Short Reach Micro-emitter Optics (SRMO) working group within the Open Compute Project (OCP) to develop specifications for high-speed data center interconnects with industry partners.
NVIDIA and Cisco jointly announced plans for the USFP (Ultra-Small Form Factor Pluggable) optical module on October 12. This high-density pluggable optical module supports 400Gb/s per lane and targets the scaling needs of next-generation AI factory networks, helping control network complexity, power consumption and cost as connection scale grows.
Why we recommend it: The article explains the motivation behind two leading vendors jointly defining a new package form factor, helping assess the evolution of optical module formats for AI networks
JEDEC has released the JESD264 standard, setting new certification and reliability requirements for the emerging silicon photonics market. It is the first reliability standard for silicon photonics in AI networks.
Why we recommend it: The article explains that silicon photonic devices now have a dedicated reliability certification standard for the first time, helping understand the threshold for silicon photonics entering large-scale AI network deployment
The US Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has written to the FCC, urging it not to blanket-list optical modules as restricted items.
The US FCC plans to prohibit imports of optical modules manufactured in China.