Infineras Infinite

capacity
engine (ICE)
Gazettabyte March 2016

In summary: Infineras Infinite Capacity Engine

Next-generation PIC and FlexCoherent DSP-ASIC deliver up to 2.4
terabit capacity and unprecedented reach
This is the first of several ICEs, tailored for particular markets
Infinera claims:
The latest PIC reduces the power in terms of gigabit/Watt by 70% compared
to its current 500-gigabit PIC
The overall total cost of ownership is 53% lower
The ICE power consumption is 82% lower than a comparable non-PIC-based
DWDM system

Infineras generations of opto-electronic subsystem

2016

2011
10 channels,
50Gbps each
FlexCoherent
2005
40nm
10 channels, 10Gbps each 16 Gbaud
130 nm IC (non coherent)

Infinite Capacity
Engine

12-channels,
50-200Gbps each
FlexCoherent 28nm
33 Gbaud

Advanced Coherent Toolkit

enabled by the ICE

Infinite Capacity Engine: modulation and reach

Various vendors' data centre interconnect (DCI)

line-side capacity normalised to 1 Rack Unit

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