
Source: businesswire | Published on: Wednesday, 12 March 2025
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As network demands grow more complex, OIF is set to showcase interoperability breakthroughs with live demonstrations and expert discussions at OFC 2025 in San Francisco, April 1-3.
With participation from 35 member companies, OIF’s interoperability demos at OFC in booth 5745 will showcase seamless multi-vendor integration driving high-performance networking, energy efficiency and AI infrastructure. Highlights include the latest 800G technology in the pluggable coherent optics demonstration; a live Common Electrical I/O (CEI)-448G, 224G and 112G demo advancing next-gen data center connectivity; Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) plug-and-play interoperability; and cutting-edge Energy Efficient Interfaces (EEI) and co-packaging solutions for AI compute and external laser integration.
OIF will also lead and participate in expert panels on AI networking, optical interconnects, scalable architectures and what’s beyond 200 Gb/s signaling.
“OIF’s live interoperability demonstrations at OFC 2025 are the result of months of dedicated collaboration among our member companies, reflecting the immense effort required to bring these cutting-edge technologies to life in a real-world, multi-vendor environment,” said Jeff Hutchins, OIF Physical & Link Layer (PLL) Working Group EEI Vice Chair and Secretary/Treasurer (Ranovus). “Interoperability isn’t just a goal—it’s a necessity for scaling next-generation networks. These demos provide the industry with a firsthand look at the progress being made to ensure seamless integration across coherent optics, electrical interfaces, next generation EEI, ELSFP, CMIS and beyond.”
Live Interoperability Demonstrations
With AI, cloud expansion and disaggregated architectures reshaping connectivity, OIF’s demo in Booth 5745 will provide an in-depth look at the technologies that will define the next decade of networking:
OIF members participating in the demo include Accelight Technologies, Inc., Adtran, Alphawave Semi, Anritsu Corporation, AOI, Astera Labs, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., CICT/Accelink, Ciena, Cisco, Coherent Corp., Eoptolink Technology, EXFO, HGGenuine, Hisense, Infinera (now part of Nokia), Juniper Networks, Keysight Technologies, Lessengers, MACOM Technology Solutions, Marvell, Molex, MultiLane, Nubis Communications, Inc., O-Net Technologies, Precision Optical Technologies, Inc., Samtec, Semtech, Senko Advanced Components, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Synopsys, Inc, TE Connectivity, TeraHop US, US Conec and Wilder Technologies.
OIF at OFC 2025: Show Floor Program Panels
In addition to its live in-booth demonstrations, OIF will lead and participate in expert panel sessions featuring discussions on coherent optics, AI-driven networking and what’s beyond 200 Gb/s signaling:
For more details about OIF at OFC 2025, please visit: https://www.oiforum.com/meetings-events/oif-ofc-2025/.
About OIF
OIF is where the optical networking industry’s interoperability work gets done. With more than 25 years of effecting forward change in the industry, OIF represents the dynamic ecosystem of 150+ industry leading network operators, system vendors, component vendors and test equipment vendors collaborating to develop interoperable electrical, optical and control solutions that directly impact the industry’s ecosystem and facilitate global connectivity in the open network world. Connect with OIF on LinkedIn, on X at @OIForum, on Bluesky and at https://www.oiforum.com/.