The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) promotes the development & deployment of interoperable networking solutions for the optical networking industry
As AI networks scale up, scale out and scale across new architectures, interoperability work is critical.
At its Q2 2026 meeting, OIF launched 3 new projects, released CMIS 5.4 and approved publication of the EEI HD Connector Framework.
https://t.co/H7BMJqyxra
175 OIF members are gathered in Malta this week for the Q2 Member Meeting, advancing the collaboration and technical work that will shape the future of optical and electrical networking.
The meeting opened with guest speaker Ramon Mata Calvo of @esa.
#OIF#Interoperability
At #OFC26 last week, OIF highlighted Energy Efficient Interfaces and co-packaging solutions designed to help support the performance, scale and power demands of AI infrastructure.
Presentations are here: https://t.co/VUyCR1luab
OIF put CEI-448G and CEI-224G in focus at #OFC26 last week, with live multi-vendor demonstrations highlighting the path forward for next-generation electrical interfaces in AI-era networks.
For anyone who wants a deeper dive the presentations are here: https://t.co/VUyCR1luab
Marvell will take part in an @OiForum session at @ofcconference focused on the next generation of coherent pluggable specifications.
Josef Berger will join a panel examining the evolution from 800ZR and 800LR toward application‑optimized 1600ZR, 1600ZR+ and 1600CL modules. The discussion will review deployment trends and the performance, latency, power and density considerations shaping new DCI and campus interconnect designs.
Learn more about Marvell speakers and sessions at OFC: https://t.co/69WTaIoTwG
If you're attending #OFC26 this week, make room in your plans for @OiForum's live multi-vendor interoperability showcase!
Learn more about the demo and the participating companies: https://t.co/xYi7iqPYsx
#OFC2026#OIFInteropDemo#OIFInteroperability
OIF showcased coherent interoperability at scale at #OFC26 last week, highlighting 400ZR, 800ZR, multi-span coheent optics, multi-core fiber and L-band growth across a major multi-vendor demo.
Missed it or want a deeper dive? Presentations are here: https://t.co/VUyCR1luab
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make #OFC26 such an amazing week. Your hard work, energy and support behind the scenes and on the show floor made all the difference.
We couldn’t have done it without you! Collaboration in action!!
#OIF#Interoperability
In this video📽️: OIF Common Electrical I/O (CEI) interoperability testing in action, showing how multi-vendor implementations come together against real requirements for AI-era data center connectivity.
See it live @ofcconference 2026 (March 17–19) in booth #2017
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OIF just released 2 publications to accelerate industry alignment on AI scale-up interconnect decisions, grounded in hyperscaler-driven requirements:
• EEI Framework & COI white paper
https://t.co/VfgC7yxE6g
#OpticalInterconnect#Interoperability#OIF
OIF is headed to #DesignCon 2026 (Santa Clara) with two panels on AI-era interconnect reality:
• 448G signaling progress + 224G CEI update — Feb 24, 4:45pm, Ballroom D
• Energy efficiency in AI apps — Feb 26, 4:00pm, Ballroom E
#OIF#CEI448G#CEI224G#Interoperability
OIF’s Q1’26 Technical and MA&E Committees Meeting last week was packed with project work, but we also made time to get outside.
A few members got together for a Palm Springs "fun run" and some much-needed sunshine before sessions.
#OIF#Interoperability#OpticalNetworking
Huge thanks to everyone who joined OIF’s Q1’26 Technical + MA&E Committees Meeting in Palm Springs. 200+ participants from member companies made it a highly productive week of project work that keeps interoperability moving from ideas to implementation.
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Check out this video from #TEF2025, "TEF 2025: CEI-448G Framework: New Standards AI Interconnect Networks" with Cathy Liu from @OiForum on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/emSrUv4RmX
OFC 2026 is coming up! @OiForum's demo will highlight real-world interoperability across key technologies (booth #2017) and Samtec will showcase its Si-Fly® HD product family. See you there!
https://t.co/JvqNxc3KlS
CMIS as "firmware glue for AI"—Nathan Tracy explains how @oiforum's common management interface enables smarter host-to-module communication for creative network solutions https://t.co/aYxNImA9UE #AI#NetworkInfrastructure#InterconnectTech