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Description:
The move to optical interconnects including Co-packaged Optics for scaling AI clusters is inevitable, it is a matter of when, not if. There are many system level issues with in-rack optical cabling and designing pull-out compute trays and cooling to be overcome that are often overlooked. In addition, obtaining a high level of reliability and efficient operations are critical especially with long AI training runs. The webinar will cover the challenges with building at scale optical-based AI Clusters leveraging the learnings from Broadcom’s and Micas’ building a 128x400G CPO system.
During the webinar, you’ll learn:
- AI accelerating the need for large scale AI clusters with CPO and Optical Interconnects
- System level challenges with hitting reliability and performance targets
- Innovative designs for building AI clusters with CPO
- Role of liquid cooling in at scale CPO-based AI clusters
- CPO system level qualification requirements
- Industry and market trends on expected rollout of CPO and Optical AI Clusters
- Key factors for a successful CPO deployment (e.g. system level assembly, rack level cabling, etc)
Who should attend?
Data Center IT and Physical Infrastructure Vendors, Silicon Vendors, Colocation, Cloud and Telecom Service Providers, IT buyers and Decision Makers, and Enterprise CIO and CTO
Speakers:
Cliff Grossner, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer, Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP)
At the Open Compute Project Foundation, Dr. Grossner leads its market intelligence function and is responsible for driving awareness of OCP, training and certification programs, and guiding inventors presenting their early-stage company ideas to potential investors. Dr. Grossner has more than 25 years of telecommunications industry experience encompassing scientific research, market analysis, corporate and product strategy, product management and marketing. His current interests include IT Ecosystems from cloud to the edge looking at the equipment [servers, IT networking and storage] and software, and physical infrastructure [power and cooling] needed for computation, with a focus on edge computing, silicon components included in IT equipment including coprocessors for AI and ML. Previously, Dr. Grossner was head of the Cloud and Data Center Research Practice, which he launched at Infonetics research and followed through transitions to IHS, IHS Markit and Informa Group. Prior to Infonetics, he held senior positions, including heading strategic marketing for Alcatel-Lucent’s enterprise network business, tenures at Bell Labs, several startups and Nortel. He earned his Ph.D. at McGill University, and his Master of Science in Computer Science at Concordia University, winning national scholarships to support his graduate work. He holds more than 10 patents in computer networking, networking embedded security and telecommunications applications.
Bob Wheeler
Analyst at Large, LightCounting
Bob Wheeler is an independent industry analyst covering semiconductors and networking for more than two decades. In addition to his Analyst-at-Large role at LightCounting, he is principal analyst at Wheeler’s Network, where his recent focus areas include Ethernet switching, DPUs, CPO, chiplets, CXL, and other leading-edge data-center technologies. Previously, Wheeler was Vice President of The Linley Group and principal analyst for networking, as well as a senior editor for Microprocessor Report. He coauthored dozens of book-length reports covering Ethernet and other communications chips. He joined The Linley Group in 2001 after a brief stint as an independent consultant. Prior to becoming an analyst, Wheeler was division marketing manager for the Network Products Division of AMD. He was responsible for marketing local area network (LAN) products including Ethernet and wireless LAN controllers and transceivers. Previous roles included head of operations for a technology startup and engineering manager at a manufacturer of PC peripheral products. Wheeler spent the early part of his career as a software engineer, including seven years at microcomputer pioneer North Star Computers. He has also been a licensed amateur radio operator since 1983, gaining experience in radio frequency design and techniques.
Andrew Qu
Chief Technology Officer, Micas Networks
Andrew is a seasoned expert in network architecture and system design with nearly three decades of experience driving innovation in high-performance networking. He served as the chief network architect at Tencent, where he led the deployment of in-house high-performance switch systems and an advanced network operating system (NOS). He began his career at Cisco Systems in 1994, spending over 16 years growing from engineer to senior engineering leader, contributing to the design of distributed network systems, high-performance ASICs, and scalable data center architectures. He also held roles at Brocade as an IP system architect and at a networking startup, where he led the ASIC architecture team behind industry-leading chips now deployed across hyperscale data centers.
Manish Mehta
VP of Marketing and Operations, Broadcom
Manish Mehta is the Vice President of Marketing and Operations within the Optical Systems Division at Broadcom where he’s been with the team since 2019. In his role, he oversees global FAB locations and runs the local Marketing team in San Jose. Prior to Broadcom, Manish spent a majority of his career with Source Photonics from 2007 to 2019, ranging in a variety of positions from Technical Program Management to an EVP PLM. In accordance, he holds a Ph.D in Philosophy, Electrical and Electronics Engineering from UC Santa Barbara as well as a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin.