Abstract
An optical backplane ecosystem is described and demonstrated that is capable of multi-Tb/s
bandwidth and is based on embedded polymer waveguides, passive optical backplane connectors, and
midboard optical transceivers with bandwidth up to 28 Gb/s per lane. These systems provide the
highest bandwidth-density, lowest power consumption, while maintaining the signal integrity.
Ecosystems built around this architecture will provide the bandwidth-density required for next
generation fabric interconnect for storage, switching, and routing applications in future high
capacity generations of Data Centers and HPC systems. To demonstrate the applicability of this
technology, it was used to provide embedded optical connectivity within a functional data storage
enclosure.
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