Guatemalan Air-Cooled Switch OSFP
The switches use Twin port OSFP cages supporting two transceiver engines in a single OSFP form-factor plug creating 800Gb/s electrical to the switch and 2x400G optics using two MPO/-12/APC optical connectors. Cofan's air-cooled OSFP thermal modules are engineered to meet the growing thermal demands of next-generation AI servers and high-speed telecommunications infrastructure. High-speed transmission causes significant heat, which can degrade performance, increase errors, and shorten lifespan if not properly managed. This article covers the thermal structure, design, methods and benefits of 400G/800G/1. The line rate is 400Gb/s for both 400GbE Ethernet and NDR InfiniBand based on the 100G-PAM4 modulation. Figure 1: Side View Comparison of OSFP-IHS vs OSFP-RHS What Is OSFP-IHS (Integrated Heat Sink)? OSFP-IHS is the standard and most widely deployed OSFP thermal solution. The OSFP (Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable) has become one of the most widely adopted pluggable form factors for 800G optical modules in high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) clusters, and data center switches.
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