Marvell COLORZ 800 Named Most Innovative Product at ECOC 2024

September 25, 2024

With AI computing and cloud data centers requiring unprecedented levels of performance and power, Marvell is leading the way with transformative optical interconnect solutions for accelerated infrastructure to meet the rising demand for network bandwidth.

At the ECOC 2024 Exhibition Industry Awards event, Marvell received the Most Innovative Pluggable Transceiver/Co-Packaged Module Award for the Marvell^® COLORZ^® 800 family. Launched in 2020 for ECOC's 25th anniversary, the ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards spotlight innovation in optical communications, transport, and photonic technologies. This recognition highlights the company's innovations in ZR/ZR+ technology for accelerated infrastructure and demonstrates its critical role in driving cloud and AI workloads.

COLORZ 800 Powering AI-Driven Data Centers

The Marvell COLORZ 800 is the industry's first family of 800 Gbps ZR/ZR+ coherent pluggable optical modules for scaling data center interconnects (DCIs) rapidly, economically, and efficiently in the AI era. As AI continues to push the boundaries of data traffic, COLORZ 800 provides a scalable, cost-effective solution for data center interconnects (DCIs), addressing the need for rapid, high-performance connectivity for Accelerated Infrastructure in the AI-driven era.

COLORZ 800 incorporates the Marvell^® Orion 800 Gbps coherent DSP and innovative, field-proven silicon photonics platform, which integrates multiple discrete components into a single die, providing up to 800 Gbps of bandwidth for DCI links up to 500km. COLORZ 800 can also be enabled for connections up to 1,200km operating at 400/600 Gbps to replace traditional transport equipment across a greater range of cloud infrastructure.

COLORZ 800 lowers the capital cost of DCI by up to 75% compared to traditional rack-based DCI boxes with embedded DSPs[i] while cutting operating expenses such as power, rack space and real estate. Additionally, COLORZ 800 doubles the speed while lowering cost per bit and power per bit by up to 30% compared to existing solutions[ii].

Expanding Opportunities for ZR/ZR+ in the AI Era

ZR/ZR+ pluggable modules are high-performance, high-capacity optical interfaces for connecting data centers and other infrastructures over optical networks and have been instrumental in providing the bandwidth and performance to enable organizations to shift more of their workloads to the cloud. With AI, the role of DCI will grow in importance to accommodate the expected surge in traffic that will occur between centralized data centers dedicated to AI training and regional data centers focused on AI inference to support new services and users.

Based on open standards managed by the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) and OpenZR+, ZR/ZR+ modules also enable cloud service providers to add capacity quickly because the compact devices can be directly plugged into existing switches and routers without additional dedicated equipment.

Marvell at ECOC 2024

Marvell showcased its latest advancements in PAM4 DSPs, coherent DSPs and silicon photonics for accelerated infrastructure at this year's event. These innovations are tailored to enable next-generation AI data centers, addressing diverse architectures, performance requirements, and evolving customer needs.

• Nova 1.6T PAM4 DSP for AI and cloud connectivity
• Orion 800G coherent DSP for carrier and data center interconnect
• COLORZ^® 800G ZR/ZR+ DCI optical modules with C-Band and L-Band support

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[i] Cignal AI

[ii] Marvell estimates