LW DCO Webcast Theodoras Handout Version Rfs

HG Genuine
HG Genuine
Data Center
Network and Optics
Feb 2020
Hyperscales have been disruptive HG Genuine
Ø Why do various DCO’s all want something

different? And why make their own?
Ø Why are IC companies buying optical, and
vice-versa?
Ø Why are the router guys buying SiPh? Can
they really make transceivers?
Ø Why are so many companies getting into
optical when so many are exiting?
* Property of 21th Century Fox, used for educational purposes only
* Property of Columbia Studios, used for educational purposes only

© 2020 HGGenuine USA Lightwave Webcast: Data Center Network and Optics 2
Two Very Different Networks HG Genuine
• Large external customer base • Primary customer is themselves

• ”Vertical” client-to-server traffic dominates • ”Horizontal” server-to-server traffic dominates
• Lots of small clusters • One massive cluster
Traffic Flow
Traffic Flow
* https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/itshowcase/microsoft-it-cloud-computing- * https://engineering.fb.com/production-engineering/introducing-data-center-fabric-
strategies-continue-to-evolve the-next-generation-facebook-data-center-network/
All a Matter of Perspective HG Genuine
HG I have a new transceiver design with 30% less power than

competing suppliers!
I have 3-5 suppliers of that transceiver, and I have to design

SW
my switch ports to meet the worse case supplier, so your
power savings buys me nothing.
DC I design my data centers to meet a given power substation

delivery power. It helps from the start, but after the fact, it
will only reduce substation efficiency.
All a Matter of Perspective HG Genuine
HG I have 3 different 100G-DR1 designs, and each customer

wants their own chassis, label, packaging = >20 P/Ns
SW I have a QSFP28 port rated for 100G-DR1 with multiple

qualified suppliers.
DC
I have a 100G-DR1 QSFP28 from a few qualified suppliers.
Factors Considered HG Genuine
• Technical feasibility
• When it can be available
• Market window
• Power
• Cost (BOM)
• Hidden cost of complexity
Impact of Complexity on NPI HG Genuine
4 Widgets Camera
1 Widget 2 Widgets
DFB Laser
adhesive
heatspreader
adhesive
z TEC
adhesive
substrate
X-ray
No-Go Areas Ultrasound
Complexity vs Factory HG Genuine
100 Meters Long
16 Lines
Make or Break Graph HG Genuine
100
Additional Unit Cost
10 Double
Whole
Half
1
0.1
100 1000 10000 100000
Weekly
Half
Run Rate
Whol e Double
COB and COC HG Genuine
Chip-On-Board (COB) Chip-On-Carrier (COC)

• Optical die/drivers placed directly on PCB • Optical die/drivers placed on carrier
• Tolerances good for MMF • Tolerances good for SMF
• Moves hot parts away from nose • Separates high tolerance mfg from lower
• Easier EMI solutions tolerance mfg steps.
• Simplifies mfg process
Photodiode Array
VCSEL Array
TIA Array
VCSEL Driver Array
The Rise of the Optical Engine HG Genuine
• An Optical Engine is loosely any widget that contains all the difficult (or IP)
optical tech so that the next higher level assembly has a lower threshold of
difficulty and can be the lower margin part.
• A lot of confusing news can be explained by the rise of the Optical Engine.
Alibaba Photonics Engine
400G-DR4
* PIC Magazine, Oct 18 2019, Alibaba Cloud Silicon Photonic Based 400G DR4 Optical Transceiver
* Slideshare, Yole Développement, Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits 2019 Report
Silicon Photonics HG Genuine
• Giving up is the best thing that ever happened to SiPh!

• As focus shifted from forcing silicon to emit light (SAG, QWI, etc.),
advancements accelerated everywhere else.
nanometers
millimeters
* https://www.tsmc.com/img/dedicatedFoundry/pic_logic_7nm.jpg
Co-Packaged Optics HG Genuine
• CPO is industry effort to move optical transceiver guts to same

substrate as switch ICs.
• Top down, technology agnostic approach.
* https://www.facebook.com/CoPackagedOpticsCollaboration * https://www.linkedin.com/company/consortium-for-on-board-optics/
Just because we can… Should we? HG Genuine
SerDes
EO
SerDes
EO
Just making something smaller does not Switch IC
necessarily make it cheaper or lower power… EO
SerDes
Usually it does the exact opposite. SerDes

EO
* https://www.techinsights.com/products/far-1808-806
* https://www.eetimes.eu/silicon-photonics-reaches-prime-time/
DC Architecture HG Genuine
DCI
Router Router
N-By Ø A large number of identical

connections
Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw
Ø High port density required for
maximum cluster width
Fan
Ø SMF distances (link budgets)
Switch Switch Switch Switch reasonable
Ø Biggest trouble spot, most to
Drops gain from improvement
Server
Coherent HG Genuine
Cost
Direct-Detect Coherent Coherent 800G Direct-Detect

Crossover
Point?
• HS A/D and D/A • HS A/D and D/A
• HS DSP • HS DSP
100G 200G 400G 800G
• 8 Channels (4Px2P) • 8 Channels

Power • FEC • FEC
• Power High
Direct-Detect Coherent
Crossover
• Power High
Point?
• Latency High • Latency High
100G 200G 400G 800G
Coherent HG Genuine
DCI Ø Makes Sense Today
Coherent
Router Router
N-By Ø For Longer Reaches
Fan Ø No Breakout
Switch Switch Switch Switch
Drops Ø Power and Cost Too High

Server
DC Optics HG Genuine
Yesterday Today Tomorrow
DCI DWDM IPoDWDM 400G-ZR
Router Router
N-By 100G-LR4 400G-FR4 400G-ZR
Fan 100G-PSM4 400G-DR4 CPO

Exciting
AEC
Drops DAC
AOC
New
Work
Server
The Future of DC Optics HG Genuine
Router Router
Server
HG Genuine
HG Genuine
THANK YOU
For Higher Glory in Manufacturing

Are your optics Genuine?

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HG Genuine

Ø Why do various DCO’s all want something

* Property of 21th Century Fox, used for educational purposes only

* Property of Columbia Studios, used for educational purposes only

• Large external customer base • Primary customer is themselves

HG I have a new transceiver design with 30% less power than

I have 3-5 suppliers of that transceiver, and I have to design

DC I design my data centers to meet a given power substation

HG I have 3 different 100G-DR1 designs, and each customer

SW I have a QSFP28 port rated for 100G-DR1 with multiple

100 Meters Long

Additional Unit Cost

Chip-On-Board (COB) Chip-On-Carrier (COC)

• Giving up is the best thing that ever happened to SiPh!

• CPO is industry effort to move optical transceiver guts to same

Usually it does the exact opposite. SerDes

N-By Ø A large number of identical

Direct-Detect Coherent Coherent 800G Direct-Detect

• 8 Channels (4Px2P) • 8 Channels

100G 200G 400G 800G

DCI Ø Makes Sense Today

N-By Ø For Longer Reaches

Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw

Switch Switch Switch Switch

Drops Ø Power and Cost Too High

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

DCI DWDM IPoDWDM 400G-ZR

N-By 100G-LR4 400G-FR4 400G-ZR

Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw

Fan 100G-PSM4 400G-DR4 CPO

Switch Switch Switch Switch

Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw Big Sw

Switch Switch Switch Switch

For Higher Glory in Manufacturing

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