VIAVI
Executive perspectives from VIAVI across NextGenInfra's event and research showcases.
5 video interviews · 2025–2026
Viavi's 1.6T Test Platform
- VIAVI 11600 is a third-gen 1.6 terabit tester, released in 2024
- Features link training and 1.6 terabit MAC electrical breakout
- Targets high-scale 1.6T deployment in AI and machine learning ecosystems
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Paul Brooks, Product Line Manager at VIAVI, presents the company's 11600 1.6 terabit tester, a third-generation platform released in 2024 that has evolved with market scaling toward 1.6 terabit capabilities. The tester features link training and 1.6 terabit MAC electrical breakout, essential for enabling high-scale 1.6 terabit deployment in AI and machine learning ecosystems.
AI Data Centers & 1.6T Testing
- VIAVI's award-winning D2 enables 802.3dj 1.6T testing with GPU emulation capabilities
- GPU emulation supports testing next-generation AI application workflows
- VIAVI collaborating with vendors on 1.6T and Ultra Ethernet interoperability
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Steve Rumsby, Senior Director of Platform and Architecture at VIAVI, presents the company's award-winning D2 product that enables 802.3dj 1.6T technology with GPU emulation capabilities for testing next-generation AI application workflows. Viavi is collaborating with vendors on interoperability to ensure successful deployment of 1.6T technology and Ultra Ethernet.
1.6Terabit Ethernet Demos
- 1.6 terabit Ethernet demonstrated using 200G-per-lane technology
- Multi-vendor demo includes Arista, Cisco, HPE, Keysight, and Teledyne LeCroy equipment
- Covers DSP-based, LPO, and LRO optical interconnect configurations
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Dave Estes, Hardware Engineer at VIAVI Solutions, presents demonstrations at the Ethernet Alliance booth at OFC 2025, showcasing the evolution toward 1.6 terabit Ethernet capabilities using 200G per lane technology with equipment from major vendors including Arista, Cisco, HPE, Keysight, Teledyne LeCroy, and others. The demonstrations feature various optical interconnects including DSP-based, LPO, and LRO configurations.
AI Data Centers, Quantum Security & Sensing Convergence
- Convergence of networks, security, AI, photonics, and sensing reshapes how infrastructure is designed, deployed, and tested
- High-speed data center networking and AI in RAN change testing requirements
- AI-enabled cybersecurity threats emerge as a growing concern
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Sameh Yamany, CTO & Chief AI Officer at VIAVI, discusses convergence of networks, security, AI, photonics, and sensing that will fundamentally change how the industry designs, deploys, and tests infrastructure. He forecasts how high speed data center networking, AI-enabled cybersecurity threats, and use of AI in RAN will have implications on testing needs this coming year.
VIAVI's 800G AI Network Testing
- VIAVI's B3 and M1 appliances generate 800-gigabit traffic with smaller footprint and lower power than traditional methods.
- A Juniper collaboration demonstrates real-time network performance testing.
- VIAVI showcases early Ultra Ethernet Consortium specs, enabling piece-wise testing of emerging layers and 800-gigabit NICs.
Full summary
Kevin Chang, Engineering Director, Hardware Platforms at VIAVI, presents advanced Ethernet test appliances at the OCP Global Summit that provide efficient testing for AI networks through B3 and M1 appliances generating 800-gigabit traffic with smaller footprint and lower power consumption than traditional GPU data center methods. VIAVI collaborates with Juniper to demonstrate real-time network performance testing and showcases early Ultra Ethernet Consortium specifications, enabling piece-wise testing of emerging network layers and 800-gigabit NICs as technologies move from specifications to hardware implementations.