Short Reach Optical Interconnect

Short Reach Optical Interconnect (SROI) is a workstream of the OCP Future Technologies Initiative. Its mission is to guide the industry on how short-reach optics can improve processor-to-processor and processor-to-memory bandwidth by clearly defining the requirements and metrics for optical compute I/O. The workstream defines applications and use cases for optical I/O, finds the benchmark for each, and documents the key issues to resolve. It encourages technical innovation by defining the relevant parameters and will produce an OCP requirements document.

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Short Reach Optical Interconnect (SROI) is a workstream of the OCP Future Technologies Initiative (FTI).

The SROI mission is to guide the industry on how short-reach optics can improve processor-to-processor and processor-to-memory bandwidth, by clearly defining the requirements and metrics for optical compute I/O for the OCP community.

For more about the SROI FTI workstream, please read this blog about the latest white paper contribution.

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The SROI workstream works in three areas:

Define requirements and metrics for optical I/O — define the applications and use cases, find the benchmark for each case, and document key issues that must be resolved
Encourage technical innovations — define the parameters
Produce an OCP requirements document

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Welcome to the Short Reach Optical Interconnect (SROI) workstream, formed under the Future Technologies Initiative


The SROI mission is to guide the industry on how short-reach optics can improve processor to processor and processor to memory bandwidth, by clearly defining the requirements and metrics for optical compute I/O for the OCP community. For more about the SROI FTI workstream, please read this blog about the latest white paper contribution.

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