Aries 7 PCIe Smart Optical DriverAries 7 PCIe Smart Optical Driver

Aries PCIe® Smart Optical Drivers

Low Power, Extended Reach for PCIe 7 Scale-Up

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Purpose-Built for High-Density LPO and NPO

  • Extend reach to 50+ m across multiple racks for disaggregated architecture of large GPU clusters
  • High density integration in linear pluggable optics (LPO) and near-packaged optics (NPO) solutions
  • Low-power, low-latency, high-density signal conditioning purpose-built for demanding AI scale-up architectures
  • Built-in Optical Link Intelligence integrated with COSMOS fleet management platform for dynamic tuning of end-to-end link

Nothing Out of Reach

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Aries Smart Optical Driver Highlights

Extended Reach for Multi-Rack Scale-Up

Extended Reach With Low Latency

Low-Power, High-Performance 128 GT/s PAM4 Links

High-Density PCIe 7 Optical Driver

Channel Pitch Optimized for LPO and NPO

Purpose-Built Optical Link Intelligence

Dynamic Tuning of End-to-End Link for Resiliency at Scale

Why Choose the Aries Smart Optical Driver?

Scale AI Infrastructure to Multi-Rack Clusters

Purpose-Built for Scale-Up

  • Extended Reach

    50+ meter reach ideal for multi-rack pod architectures

  • High Density

    Small channel pitch ideally suited for high-density x32 NPO and x16 LPO

  • Low Latency

    Linear optical technology minimizes latency and power consumption while maximizing GPU utilization

Designed for Robustness

  • Enhanced Performance

    High linearity with CTLE preserves signal integrity, improves margin, and strengthens link robustness across variable channels

  • Optical Link Intelligence

    Dynamic tuning of performance settings optimizes performance after deployment

  • Rigorous Interoperability Testing

    System testing with major hosts and multiple endpoints in our Cloud-Scale Interop Lab minimizes deployment risk and accelerates time to market

Accelerate Deployment

  • End-to-End Link Management

    Dynamic tuning of the end-to-end link enables hyperscalers to deploy with confidence

  • Deep Diagnostics

    Software-driven link health monitoring to alert BMC of any possible link performance issues

  • Multi-Vendor Supply Chain

    Ecosystem partners with interoperable LPO and NPO increases supply chain robustness and accelerates qualification in customers’ systems

Use Cases

Near-Packaged Optics (NPO)

Deliver low-latency, low-power, high-bandwidth-density near-packaged optical engines required to address the extended reach connectivity needs for multi-rack-scale…

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Ordering Information

Part NumberMax Line RateForm FactorMax Data rateFunction
PL7080L128 Gbps PAM48-Channel Uni-Directional1.02TSmart Optical Driver