Ciena Unveils 1.6 Tb/s Coherent Pluggable Solution for Hyperscale Cloud Providers' Capacity Surge
Coherent-Lite offering boosts scalability, efficiency, and performance of data center and campus networks to handle growing traffic from cloud, machine learning, and AI
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Ciena's 1.6 Tb/s Coherent-Lite pluggable will help cloud and data center providers cope with the expected growth in cloud, machine learning, and AI related traffic. (Photo: Business Wire)
To address high-performance data center fabric and campus applications, Ciena’s industry-leading WaveLogic 6 Nano (WL6n) will now be offered as both 1.6 Tb/s and 800G coherent pluggable solutions. The 3nm coherent ASIC used in WL6n enables the 1.6 Tb/s Coherent-Lite pluggable offering through support of dual 800G data paths within a single DSP chip. Coherent-Lite refers to the power and latency-optimized coherent design, intended for shorter reach, data center applications.
“The rapid adoption of AI and machine learning applications will create a new wave in global bandwidth demand,” said Dr.
“As capacity scales to higher rates, traditional data center technologies will start to hit physical limits, and coherent technology will begin to make its way into and around the data center. We saw the same phenomenon play out in wide area networks,” said
Ciena’s WL6n Coherent ASIC will be available for electro-optic integration by the end of this year. The WL6n 1.6 Tb/s pluggable prototype will be showcased in Ciena’s booth at ECOC 2024 (A14).
Additional Resources:
- Info brief: WaveLogic 6 Nano: Achieving leading performance with ultra-low power consumption using 800G and 1.6T coherent pluggables
- Press Release: WaveLogic 6
- Blog: How Pluggables Fit into Ciena’s Coherent Optical Investment Strategy
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