# Alphawave Semi and InnoLight collaborate on low latency pluggable optics demo at OFC 2024

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- Published: 2024-03-25T13:12:00+00:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**[Alphawave IP Group plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/alphawave-ip-group-plc/awe.l)**
Alphawave Semi (LON:AWE), a global leader in high-speed connectivity and compute
solutions for the world’s technology infrastructure, has announced its collaboration
with InnoLight Technology, the leader in data center optics, to bring a low power,
low latency linear pluggable optics (LPO) demonstration to OFC 2024. Operating at
64 Gbps per lane, this demonstration showcases Alphawave Semi’s PCIe 6.0_®_ subsystem(
Controller + PHY) with InnoLight’s LPO OSFP optics, breaking down barriers to disaggregated
networking and enabling connectivity at the datacenter scale. By delivering a complete
PCIe 6.0 subsystem featuring Alphawave Semi’s controller IP matched with its industry-
leading proven PAM4 SerDes PHY and by collaborating with InnoLight as an industry-
leading optics supplier, Alphawave Semi is fostering an ecosystem for accelerating
the deployment of optical connectivity and memory coherency solutions, which are
essential for scaling AI workloads in next-generation data center infrastructure.

> **Osa Mok, Chief Marketing Officer at InnoLight, said,** “We are pleased with 
> the collaboration between Alphawave Semi and InnoLight, which demonstrates PCIe
> 6.0 optical connectivity that offers both low power consumption and low latency,
> tailored to meet the demanding requirements of high-bandwidth and high-density
> AI networks. Alphawave Semi’s PAM4 DSP physical layer technology, leveraged with
> InnoLight’s LPO OSFP, empowers hyperscalers to implement next-generation disaggregated,
> composable networks.“

> **Tony Chan Carusone, CTO at Alphawave Semi, said,** “We see our collaboration
> with InnoLight as a significant driver for accelerating the adoption of PCIe technology
> over optics. The combination of InnoLight’s market-leading optical solution with
> Alphawave Semi’s robust DSP technology showcases how PCIe technology over optics
> can enable our customers to massively scale connectivity for their compute and
> data processing AI workloads.”

**Live Demonstration at OFC Exhibit Hall, InnoLight Booth 2625**

Attendees can experience a live demonstration of low power, low latency linear pluggable
optics (LPO). Operating at 64 Gbps per lane, it showcases Alphawave Semi’s PCIe 
6.0 subsystem (Controller + PHY) with InnoLight’s LPO OSFP optics.

More on Alphawave Semi’s PCIe Portfolio: [Alphawave Semi’s PCI-Express and CXL Solution](https://awavesemi.com/silicon-ip/subsystems/pcie-cxl-subsystem/)

The Alphawave Semi PCIe Controller + PHY subsystem is an extremely power-efficient,
low-latency, and highly reliable interface IP, having been built off the industry’s
most successful PAM4 SerDes IP. It is available on the most advanced technology 
nodes. In AI and high-performance computing (HPC) systems where memory performance
is key, the Alphawave Semi PCIe 6.0 Subsystem can be expanded to support CXL 3.0
with a PCIe and CXL Controller and enable memory coherency at the data center level.

InnoLight offers a wide range of low power, low latency 400G, 800G, and 1.6T LPO
solutions for AI workloads at data center scale, with a silicon photonics platform,
with expected capabilities to support PCIe Gen 6 and beyond optical connectivity.
InnoLight is also a founding member of LPO-MSA (www.lpo-msa.org), and is actively
working with the industry ecosystem to promote wide adoption of LPO solutions for
AI networking and computing applications.

_PCI-SIG®, PCI Express®, and PCIe ® are registered trademarks and/or service marks
of PCI-SIG_

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