SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A group of industry-leading networking, semiconductor, and optics companies announce the formation of the LPO MSA (Linear Pluggable Optics Multi-Source Agreement) to develop the specifications for networking equipment and optical modules required to enable a broad ecosystem of interoperable LPO solutions. These specifications target the industry-wide challenge of reducing the power, cost, and latency, while improving the reliability of high-speed optical interconnects.
（美國商業資訊，3月21日發自圣地亞哥）一組行業領先的網絡、半導體和光學公司宣布成立LPO MSA（線性可插拔光學多源協議）旨在開發網絡設備和光學模塊的規范，以支撐一個廣泛的、能夠互聯互通的LPO解決方案生態系統。這些規范致力于解決整個行業面臨的挑戰：降低功耗、成本和延遲，同時提高高速光互連的可靠性。
“LPO materially reduces power consumption both for the module and the system while maintaining a pluggable interface, providing the economics and flexibility that customers need for high-volume deployments.”
“LPO在保持可插拔接口的同時，顯著降低了模塊和系統的功耗，為客戶提供了高容量部署所需的經濟性和靈活性。”
The LPO MSA founding members include Accelink, AMD, Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, Eoptolink, Hisense, Innolight, Intel, MACOM, NVIDIA, and Semtech Corporation.
LPO MSA創始成員包括Accelink、AMD、Arista、Broadcom、Cisco、Eotolink、Hisense、Innolight、Intel、MACOM、NVIDIA和Semtech Corporation。
The initial target of the MSA is an optimized optical interconnect with LPO modules on both ends of the link. The LPO MSA specifications will define the electrical and optical requirements to ensure interoperability between multiple vendors of networking equipment and optics modules.
MSA的初步目標是優化在連接兩端都使用LPO模塊的光互連。LPO MSA規范將定義電氣和光學要求，以確保多個網絡設備和光模塊供應商之間的互操作性。
“There is an urgent need to reduce the network power consumption for AI and other high-performance applications,” said Mark Nowell, LPO MSA Chair. “LPO materially reduces power consumption both for the module and the system while maintaining a pluggable interface, providing the economics and flexibility that customers need for high-volume deployments.”
LPO MSA主席Mark Nowell表示：“對于人工智能和其他高性能應用程序，迫切需要降低網絡功耗。LPO在保持可插拔接口的同時，顯著降低了模塊和系統的功耗，為客戶提供了高容量部署所需的經濟性和靈活性。”
“The LPO MSA will enable a multi-source ecosystem for LPO optics modules which is essential for wide industry adoption,” said Andreas Bechtolsheim, Co-Chair LPO MSA. “We look forward to supporting the LPO MSA specifications.”
LPO MSA聯合主席Andreas Bechtolsheim表示：“LPO MSA將為LPO光模塊啟用一個多源生態系統，LPO MSA將為LPO光學模塊提供多源生態系統，這對廣泛的行業采用至關重要，我們期待支持LPO MSA規范。”
