The invention relates to a high performance optical repeater. An optical element is to be coupled to a second device by the second electrical link. The particular optical element is further to receive a first signal from the second device over a first inbound lane of the second electrical link, receive a second signal from the second device over a second inbound lane of the second electrical link, and multiplex the first and second signals on a particular optical link to send the first and second signals to the first device.