Ethernet Alliance plugfest CFI (200Gb/s/lane, etc., etc.)

Hello all high speed serial data folks, Ethernet Alliance sent out this invite/CFI. (I am the co-chair of this effort; EA site should show this anytime). Hope you'll contact us and we'll see you there! Thanks, Pavel Zivny

This is a Call For Interest (CFI) for an Ethernet Alliance Plugfest event, to take place December 2nd through 6th, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. The event will have two primary focus areas, interoperability testing and conformance pathfinding, as detailed below.

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Event Focus

• Interoperability of Ethernet systems from 100G to 1.6T

System to system and system to transceiver interoperability assessment of Ethernet devices including NICs, switches, servers, storage arrays, cables and test equipment.

• Interconnect validation

Evaluation and testing a broad variety of interconnect options, including DAC, AEC, ACC, AOC, retimed optics, linear optics, and partially retimed optics.

• 50G/100G per lane testing

Phy compliance for hosts and modules, Continued 50G and 100G/lane AN/LT assessment

• IEEE 802.3dj pathfinding , Linear Optics[1] pathfinding 100G/200G per lane

Electrical and Optical event with 100G and 200G transceiver testing - Jitter, SNDR, MMSE/MLSE impact, LPO-MSA and OIF LPO and LRO modules at 100Gb/s/lane: TP3 to TP4/TP5 ORST testing for linear/non-linear modules, TP1A electrical validation

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Event Location

Keysight Technologies facilities at 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95051.Currently under discussion with relevant optics MSA1 on sharing this location and timing.

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Invitation

Both members of the Ethernet Alliance as well as other interested parties with devices/system addressing the above specifications are invited to attend. A fee in support of the data collection, refreshments etc. will be charged, not to exceed $2500 for members.

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If you are interested in attending the event please email?[email protected] .

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[1] LPO: Linear-drive Pluggable Optics; LRO: Linear Receiver Optics