Keith Habberfield, EVP for Precision Optical Technologies (OT), joins the podcast with a behind-the-scenes look at the effort required to participate alongside 46 other companies in the OIF demo at the recent OFC Conference in San Diego.
Precision OT focuses on developing photonic technology and electric/optical interoperability. The company also has a R&D team that develops chip prototypes.
By testing the interoperability of these optical technologies with other vendors during the OIF demo, Precision OT was tasked with "stepping on landmines so the customer doesn't have to," says Habberfield. He explains how Precision OT takes learnings from the demo and its R&D efforts to improve customer experience. Habberfield also shares new developments in 400G ZR+ technology covered at the OFC event.
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Here are a few topics we cover:
Background on Precision OT (04:55)
Why there's more of an optical industry focus on AI and the data center at the moment (06:32)
Challenges to developing 400G ZR+ technology (08:23)
OIF's interoperability demo at OFC (13:08)
What Precision OT learns from other vendors during the OIF demo and how the company applies those learnings to improving customer experience (15:55)
Final thoughts on the OFC Conference (23:43)