Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technologies for optical communication in rack clusters
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Application No.: US16120419Application Date: 2018-09-03
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Publication No.: US10474460B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Matthew J. Adiletta , Aaron Gorius , Myles Wilde , Michael T. Crocker
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: H04J14/00
- IPC: H04J14/00 ; G06F9/30 ; H03M7/40 ; H03M7/30 ; G06F16/901 ; G06F3/06 ; G11C7/10 ; H05K7/14 ; G06F1/18 ; G06F13/40 ; H05K5/02 ; G08C17/02 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L12/851 ; H04Q11/00 ; G06F9/50 ; H04L12/911 ; G06F12/109 ; H04L29/06 ; G11C14/00 ; G11C5/02 ; G11C11/56 ; G02B6/44 ; G06F8/65 ; G06F12/14 ; G06F13/16 ; H04B10/25 ; G06F9/4401 ; G02B6/38 ; G02B6/42 ; B25J15/00 ; B65G1/04 ; H05K7/20 ; H04L12/931 ; H04L12/939 ; H04W4/02 ; H04L12/751 ; G06F13/42 ; H05K1/18 ; G05D23/19 ; G05D23/20 ; H04L12/927 ; H05K1/02 ; H04L12/781 ; H04Q1/04 ; G06F12/0893 ; H05K13/04 ; G11C5/06 ; G06F11/14 ; G06F11/34 ; G06F12/0862 ; G06F15/80 ; H04L12/919 ; G06F12/10 ; G06Q10/06 ; G07C5/00 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L9/06 ; H04L9/14 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L12/933 ; H04L12/947 ; H04L12/811 ; G06F9/38 ; G06F9/54 ; H04W4/80 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/00 ; G06Q50/04

Abstract:
Technologies for optical communication in a rack cluster in a data center are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a network switch is connected to each of 1,024 sleds by an optical cable that enables communication at a rate of 200 gigabits per second. The optical cable has low loss, allowing for long cable lengths, which in turn allows for connecting to a large number of sleds. The optical cable also has a very high intrinsic bandwidth limit, allowing for the bandwidth to be upgraded without upgrading the optical infrastructure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190021182A1 TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION IN RACK CLUSTERS Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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