- COLORZ® 800 is the industry's first
family of 800 Gbps ZR/ZR+ coherent pluggable optical modules for
connecting data centers up to 1,200km apart.
- Doubling connectivity speed from 400 Gbps to 800 Gbps,
COLORZ 800 expands ZR/ZR+ use cases while lowering capex and
opex.
- COLORZ 800 incorporates Marvell's new 5nm Orion™
800G coherent DSP and innovative, field-proven silicon photonics
platform.
SANTA
CLARA, Calif., Aug. 23,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor
solutions, today introduced COLORZ 800, the industry's first family
of 800 Gbps ZR/ZR+ pluggable modules for scaling data center
interconnects (DCIs) rapidly, economically, and efficiently in the
AI era.
COLORZ 800 incorporates Marvell's new Orion 800 Gbps coherent
DSP and innovative, field-proven silicon photonics platform, which
integrates multiple discrete components into a single die,
providing up to 800 Gbps of bandwidth for DCI links up to 500km.
COLORZ 800 can also be enabled for connections up to 1,200km
operating at 400/600 Gbps to replace traditional transport
equipment across a greater range of cloud infrastructure.
COLORZ 800 lowers the capital cost of DCI by up to 75% compared
to traditional rack-based DCI boxes with embedded DSPs1
while cutting operating expenses such as power, rack space and real
estate. Additionally, COLORZ 800 doubles the speed while lowering
cost per bit and power per bit by up to 30% compared to existing
solutions2.
Marvell will demonstrate COLORZ 800 and Orion at the European
Conference on Optical Communications taking place October 2-4, 2023, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Expanding Opportunities for ZR/ZR+ Deployment
ZR/ZR+
pluggable modules are high-performance, high-capacity optical
interfaces for connecting data centers and other infrastructures
over optical networks and have been instrumental in providing
the bandwidth and performance to enable organizations to shift more
of their workloads to the cloud. With AI, the role of DCI will grow
in importance to accommodate the expected surge in traffic that
will occur between centralized data centers dedicated to AI
training and regional data centers focused on AI inference to
support new services and users.
Based on open standards managed by the Optical Internetworking
Forum (OIF) and OpenZR+, ZR/ZR+ modules also enable cloud
service providers to add capacity quickly because the compact
devices can be directly plugged into existing switches and routers
without additional dedicated equipment. In 2023, unit shipments of
coherent pluggable modules are expected to surpass traditional DCI
boxes for the first time3.
"With data center bandwidth doubling every few years, pluggable
modules represent the technology of choice for cloud and service
providers to scale quickly and effectively," said Scott Wilkinson, Lead Analyst for Optical
Components at Cignal AI. "Our conservative forecast calls for
nearly 300,000 shipments of 800 Gbps-capable pluggable modules a
year by 2027."
A pioneer in DCI pluggable modules, Marvell introduced the
industry's first DCI pluggable COLORZ 100 QSFP module in 2017
followed by the industry's first 400G ZR/ZR+ QSFP-DD, COLORZ 400.
Both generations are in volume production and widely deployed to
connect cloud data centers more efficiently than traditional
systems. COLORZ 800 doubles the bandwidth while increasing
performance and reach yet again. Marvell will offer both QSFP-DD
and OSFP form factors to maximize compatibility with switch and
routers in cloud and infrastructure applications.
Advancing Networks for the AI Era
COLORZ 800 and Orion
are the latest additions to Marvell's comprehensive portfolio of
silicon solutions developed for advancing data infrastructure. Over
the next several years, a number of cloud service operators and
other service providers are expected to upgrade their core switches
and routers from 12.8T to 51.2T and accompany that upgrade with 800
Gbps coherent DCI links, 1.6T PAM4 optical modules for connections
inside data centers (3m to ~2km) and
DSP-based active electrical cables (AEC) for communications between
equipment in the same rack (3m and
below).
In March, Marvell announced Teralynx® 10, a 51.2T
switch chip for powering cloud switch systems, as well as Nova™, an
industry-first 1.6T PAM4 DSP capable of transmitting 200G per
wavelength of light to double the capacity of PAM4 modules. In
2022, Marvell also released the 400 Gbps and 800 Gbps Alaska® A DSPs for AEC.
Additionally, Marvell produces drivers and amplifiers included in
optical modules.
"The new level of performance delivered by COLORZ 800 greatly
expands the use cases and opportunities for coherent pluggable
modules," said Josef Berger,
Associate Vice President of Marketing, Optical Group at Marvell.
"The new modules further extend our strategy of helping cloud
providers develop infrastructure that can keep up with the pace of
AI and other workloads."
Availability
COLORZ 800 is expected to sample in Q4
2023.
About Marvell
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world, we're building solutions on the most powerful foundation:
our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world's leading
technology companies for over 25 years, we move, store, process and
secure the world's data with semiconductor solutions designed for
our customers' current needs and future ambitions. Through a
process of deep collaboration and transparency, we're ultimately
changing the way tomorrow's enterprise, cloud, automotive, and
carrier architectures transform—for the better.
1. Cignal AI
2. Marvell estimates
3. LightCounting Market Forecast Report, April 2023
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