1Finity upgrades optical network platform to support AI demands

Technologies and Products

To help network operators navigate the soaring demands for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, 1Finity has upgraded its T700 modular transponder platform to support next-generation 800G pluggable transceivers.

The upgraded T700 can serve as a neutral host platform, enabling service providers to any vendors’ standards-compliant 800G coherent pluggable transceivers. According to 1Finity, the neutral host platform allows operators to realise 30 percent power savings and up to 35 percent lower cost per bit compared to previous generation pluggables.

With support for 8x 800G pluggable network transceivers in just one rack unit (RU), the T700 doubles the capacity of alternative discrete optics options thereby cutting rack space requirements by 50 percent, according to the company. The neutral host platform offers versatility, supporting transponder/muxponder, customer premise equipment (CPE) demarcation and repeater applications.

“The T700 neutral host platform represents a strategic advancement, offering a massive leap in performance, flexibility, and density. By leveraging next-generation pluggable optics, it ensures superior power efficiency and drives substantial reductions in overall TCO,” said Hideki Matsui, SVP, Head of Photonics System Business Unit at 1Finity. “We are reinventing ‘pluggable economics’ to meet the most demanding challenges of the AI era. The T700 transforms optical service delivery accelerating the transition.”