3 and OIF CEI-112G-LINEAR-PAM4 specifications. It enables Ethernet-like links with 1, 2, 4, or 8 lanes for data centers, using low power, high port density, low cost, and low latency pluggable transceiver modules in form factors such as QSFP . It builds on IEEE 802. Marvell leads the pluggable module ecosystem with low-power, high-performance silicon for AI, cloud, enterprise and 5G. The Marvell Ara PAM4 DSP is a next generation solution for GenAI and cloud datacenter interconnects utilizing pluggable transceivers. Ara features eight 200Gbps/channel PAM4 host electrical interfaces, and an octal 200Gbps/lane PAM4 optical interface with integrated high-swing laser-modulator. By combining four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology, these transceivers enable high-capacity, long-reach optical links up to 80–100 km while maintaining low power consumption and high spectral efficiency. Since their introduction. The 100G-DR-LPO specification by the LPO (Linear Pluggable Optics) MSA defines 100 Gb/s/lane 53. 125 GBd PAM4 optical interfaces, optical links using standard single-mode fiber with up to 500 m reach, and host-module electrical interfaces for hosts with DSP based SerDes and RS(544,514) FEC. It. Are pluggable optics dead or alive for the AI era? Are pluggables relevant in the AI era? Majority of the switch ports in AI back-end Networks to be 800 Gbps in 2025 and 1600 Gbps in 2027, showing a very fast migration to the highest speeds available in the market. These challenges are forcing. nd to be competitive they must harness the benefits of true open-line networking. Their needs are simple: Fully featured solutions offering plug and play flexibility across metro and regional etworks for all of today's protocols, and easily scalable for omorrows growth.
