400GbE 400 300

(Gb/s) 200 100GbE 40GbE 100 10GbE Speeds 0

The Early Years of Ethernet Standards Early Years of Ethernet Optics

1973 - Bob Metcalfe writes 1985 – First Ethernet 4 port FDDI Switch Blade 2 port GbE Switch Blade first memo about Ethernet standard released as at XEROX PARC IEEE 802.3 CSMA/ CD 1975 – Patent filed for Ethernet (10Mb/s) Hand drawn diagram of 1995 – by Bob Ethernet by Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet Pre-1990 – Metcalfe – circa 1976 , Chuck (100Mbps) FDDI Module Fast Ethernet (100Mb/s) Thacker and Butler standard released Lampson as IEEE 802.3u (1Gb/s) Early NIC with COAX 1980 – “DIX” and RJ-45 support 1998 – Gigabit “Digital //Xerox” Ethernet (GbE) standard submitted standard released 1x9 non-pluggable 1998 – Gigabit Interface with 48-bit Ethernet as IEEE 802.3z Module Converter (GBIC) address standard released

Sugar Cube Optics

1970 1980 1990 2000 1990 1995 2000

10GbE Returns to SFP+ 40GbE in QSFP+ and Eventually SFP+

SFP+ released in 2009 with serial 10Gbps Breakout cable to electrical interface and SFF – The QSFP+ is the dominant support 4X10GbE dominates 10GbE non-pluggable 40GbE module type cousin of SFP+

XFP released in 2006 with serial CEI-56G-VSR being 10GbE and 2001 – The SFP standard 10Gbps electrical standardized in OIF and finalizes and quickly interface could lead to 40GbE Serial dominates GbE optic interface to SFP+ 40GbE XENPAK, X2 and All 10GbE modules XPAK are 2nd gen interoperate at the 10GbE modules optical interface Will IEEE CFP used for 40GBASE-FR 300 pin MSA is the first standardize 40GbE to support 4:1 Gearbox and 10GbE module deployed with a 40GbE Serial higher power than QSFP+ electrical interface?

2000 2005 2010 2010 2015 2020

100GbE Optics Roadmap Possible 400GbE Optics Roadmap

st nd rd CFP 1 Generation 2 Gen 3 Gen CFP2 CFP4 CXP QSFP28 400GbE 400GbE 400GbE Electrical CDAUI-16 CDAUI-8 CDAUI-4 16 lanes of 25Gb/s 8 lanes of 4 lanes of Interface 50Gb/s 100Gb/s

CXP used for CFP4 (6W) and QSFP28 (3.5W) 100GbE and 100GBASE-CR10 and Module CDFP or 4 CFP4s would can only support CAUI-4 support 16 electrical 100GBASE-SR10 CFP designed for 1st Gen CFP2 module supports Types 100GBASE-LR4 to support CAUI, CPPI and CAUI-4 lanes of 25 Gb/s 400GbE up to 24W up to 12W 2015 – 2nd Gen 100GbE 2010 – 1st Gen 100GbE CAUI-4 standard released standard released with with 4X25Gb/s electrical CAUI 10X10 Gb/s electrical interface to enable CFP2, interface CFP4 and QSFP28

C = 100 CD = 400 2010 2013 2016 D = 500

Over 400M Ports Shipping Every Year! Focus on Optical Modules Shipped

Over 10M 10GbE Optical Modules expected to ship in 2015 Switch Port &Module and Optical Router Modules Ports Shipments Shipped Shipped

Source: ’Oro’s Switch and Routers Report Five Year Forecasts 2013-2017 Source: LightCounting Market Forecast for Optical Modules June 2012