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Industry News
Linear Pluggable Optics Peter Dykes
ECOC LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
8 Unlocking AI’s Potential Christian Uricarriet 10 μLED Based Interconnects: Dr Jess Brown 12 CMIS John Williamson 16 SDANs Filip De Greve 18 The Rise of Coherent Pluggables Fady Masoud 21 AI Test & Measurement Tony Savvas 24 Debunking Fibre Cleaning Myths Liam Taylor 26 High-Density Infrastructure Thomas Ritz & Andreas Rü sseler 30 EPIC CEO Interview David Creasey 32 ECOC 2024 Preview 33 ECOC 2024 Market Focus 35 ECOC 2024 Industry Awards 36 Connected Britain Preview 40 Product Focus
Welcome to the Autumn 2024 edition of Optical Connections. ECOC is upon us once again offering a wide range of new products and presentations ranging from FTTx rollout to photonics. Most of all, it provides a glimpse of the future of this exciting industry. In this issue, we aim to echo some of the developments taking the industry going forward, with thought leadership features by industry experts and leading journalists in the field. Ultra high-speed chip-to-chip optical communication is becoming a critical area of development to meet the demands of AI and ML, and in this issue, we look at two different approaches to these challenges by Intel’s Christian Urricariet and Avicena’s Dr Jess Brown . Pluggables are also a rapidly developing sector, and we talk to Laurent Hendrichs and Pete Del Vecchio at Broadcom, about the rise of Linear Pluggable Optic transceivers. In addition, Infinera’s Fady Masoud takes a deep dive into the rise of intelligent pluggables. However, the onset on AI and ML means greater demands on physical space in access points and data centres, and R&M’s Thomas Ritz and Andreas Rü sseler look at high-density infrastructure as a possible solution. In addition, long-time telecoms writer Antony Savvas takes a look at how companies are leveraging AI to solve new test and measurement challenges, and veteran journalist John Williamson talks to Ian Alderdice and Gary Nicholl at the OIF, about the development of the Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS), so crucial for commonality in managing pluggable modules. Another challenge facing the industry is the speed with which fibre can be rolled out to homes and premises across the world, and Nokia’s Filip D Greve explains how Software Defined Access Networks (SDAN) can meet this and many other challenges. Of course, with the literally millions of connections and splices involved in next-gen fibre networks, cleanliness is of vital importance and MicroCare’s Liam Taylor debunks some of the most common fibre optic end face cleaning myths, and provides insights into best practices. All this, along with the usual features is a great curtain-raiser for what will be on display at ECOC 2024. Have a great show!
Peter Dykes Contributing Editor
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