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Optical Consortium Establishes Open AI Interconnect Standard
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The Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) MSA announced formation today, led by AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI, to create an open specification for optical scale-up AI interconnects. The OCI specification defines GEN1 and GEN2 interfaces (200–400Gbps per direction, up to 800Gbps per fiber) and a roadmap toward 3.2Tbps, aiming to enable multi-vendor, hyperscaler-ready optical deployments.
Key Points
- 1Announces formation of OCI MSA led by AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and OpenAI.
- 2Defines open optical specification (OCI GEN1/GEN2) targeting 200–400Gbps per direction and up to 800Gbps per fiber.
- 3Enables hyperscaler multi-vendor interoperability, reducing integration risk and accelerating adoption of optical scale-up interconnects.
Scoring Rationale
Official industry consortium with broad hyperscaler and vendor backing drives high impact; deployments depend on vendor implementation timelines.
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