Infinera announced at OFC 2016 its latest generation multi-terabit PIC and coherent processor. The optoelectronic subsystem is what enables its advanced coherent toolkit, announced in Jan 2016.

1. Infinera’s Infinite capacity
engine (ICE)
Gazettabyte March 2016

2. In summary: Infinera’s Infinite Capacity Engine
• Next-generation PIC and FlexCoherent DSP-ASIC deliver up to 2.4
terabit capacity and unprecedented reach
• This is the first of several ICEs, tailored for particular markets
• Infinera claims:
• The latest PIC reduces the power in terms of gigabit/Watt by 70% compared
to its current 500-gigabit PIC
• The overall total cost of ownership is 53% lower
• The ICE power consumption is 82% lower than a comparable non-PIC-based
DWDM system

3. Infinera’s generations of opto-electronic sub-
system
2005
• 10 channels, 10Gbps each
• 130 nm IC (non coherent)
2011
• 10 channels,
50Gbps each
• FlexCoherent
40nm
• 16 Gbaud
2016
Infinite Capacity
Engine
• 12-channels,
• 50-200Gbps each
• FlexCoherent 28nm
• 33 Gbaud

4. Advanced Coherent Toolkit
enabled by the ICE

5. Infinite Capacity Engine: modulation and reach

6. Various vendors' data centre interconnect (DCI)
line-side capacity normalised to 1 Rack Unit

7. Gazettabyte article
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