400G OSFP Optical Transceiver Module Solution for Data Center
Data centers are beginning to grow from 100G to higher speeds, higher bandwidth, and lower latency. 400G OSFP (Octal Small Form-Factor Pluggable) has become the next-generation backbone upgrade and new construction direction. This article will give an introduction to OSFP optical transceiver modules. What is the OSFP Optical Transceiver Module? OSFP is a new pluggable form factor with eight high-speed electrical lanes that support 400 Gbps via 8×50G (using PAM4 modulation). It is slightly broader and deeper than the QSFP-DD but still supports 36 OSFP ports per 1U front panel and 14.4 Tbps per 1U front-panel slot (36 × 400G). OSFP is designed with improved signal integrity and thermal performance to help the next generation of 800G optical transceiver modules that use eight lanes of 100Gbps (8×100G), allowing us to upgrade easily from 400G to 800G. Unlike QSFP-DD, OSFP does not offer native backward compatibility with 100G QSFP optics, as the physical form factor and electrical p...