ORGANIZERS:
Xi (Vivian) Chen (Nokia Bell Labs)
Dan Kuchta (IBM Research)

ABSTRACT:
With an annual increase of 40% - 60% in interface data rate, yet only a ~13% increase for single lambda transceivers, it is anticipated that future transceivers will utilize one or more types of spatial and/or wavelength parallelization. This workshop aims to have a reality check of where we are on this path.

The discussion includes:
- What level of parallelization do we need in the 5 to 10 years range?
- What needs to be developed (hardware, DSP, packaging, interface solutions) to achieve the desired level of parallelization?
- Innovative transceiver structures for massively parallel transceivers.

The discussions will be arranged into two parts addressing two (very different) applications:
- Ultra-short reach (intra-data center distances and shorter)
- Long distances (from inter-data centers to long-haul systems.

AGENDA:
Session 1
- Chris Cole (Quintessent Inc.)
- Guilhem de Valicourt (Nubis Communications)
- Vipul Bhatt (Coherent)
- Thomas Lijeberg (Intel)
- Darrell Childers (US Conec)
- Anand Ramaswamy (Broadcom)
- Panel Discussions

Session 2
- Roland Ryf (Nokia Bell Labs)
- Jizhao Zang (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and University of Colorado)
- Amir Youssefi (EDWATEC)
- Bilal Riaz (Ciena)
- Peter Evans (Infinera)
- Mian Zhang (HyperLight)
- Tetsuya Hayashi (Sumitomo Electric Industries)
- Panel Discussions