Adam Healey – Broadcom

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Adam Healey is a Broadcom Fellow and his current focus is on the definition of high-speed transceiver architectures and the modeling of high-speed links. Over his career he has contributed to the development and successful market introduction of six generations of high-speed transceiver technology. He has also made significant contributions to the IEEE Standard for Ethernet for which he received the IEEE Standards Association Standards Medallion. He is currently Vice Chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group.

Presentation Abstract:
The demand for bandwidth is unrelenting and now there is growing interest in solutions that support 400 Gb/s per lane for AI/ML networks. We can expect that there will be no single enabler for this speed and that a solution will consist of multiple innovations. This presentation will provide a survey of the options available for next-generation electrical interfaces with an emphasis on modulation, coding, and error correction. Additional considerations will be brought into the discussion such as the value of commonality between next-generation electrical interfaces and next-generation intensity modulation/direct detection (IM-DD) optical interfaces. The goal of the presentation is to chart possible paths to 400 Gb/s per lane, highlight the trade-offs between the various options, and to stimulate a discussion about the priorities for next-generation electrical interfaces for AI/ML networks.