In 2023, ChatGPT became popular on the global network. The prosperity of AI industry is in urgent need of strong data center computing power to support, and high-speed digital and optical communication technology, as the key technologies to achieve stronger computing power of data centers, is facing increasingly urgent challenges. At present, the rapid development of the application scenario of large computing power will accelerate the evolution of optical modules from 800G to 1.6T. At the 1.6T speed, the integration degree and power consumption of traditional pluggable optical modules will become more prominent. Low power consumption and miniaturization become the key demands of 800G and 1.6T optical modules. Linear drive pluggable solution has also become the focus of attention in the industry. With the rapid development of cloud data centers and the continuous rise of traffic, higher demands are put forward for high-speed transmission technology of data centers from the level of network, server, switch equipment capacity, chip and module. New data center switch technologies such as CPO/NPO are also expected to accelerate their application in the future. The evolution of switching chip capacity, optical module technology, the openness and decoupling of optical network, the establishment of data center industry standard and the collaboration of the industry still need to be discussed.

In view of this, CIOE invites Internet service providers, data center equipment vendors and core module device vendors to jointly hold the Data Center Optical Interconnection Evolution Trend Forum, focusing on the future development trend of data center high-speed transmission network interconnection.