Thanks to 800GE IP technology's faster line rates speed and low resource footprints, it will play a key role in manufacturing the metaverse-enabled digitally sustainable future.
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Summary
800GE innovation as next-generation IP routing technology is succeeding in outperforming 400GE routing currency, which has yet to achieve its IP routing market saturation. Thanks to 800GE IP technology’s faster line rates speed and low resource footprints, it will play a key role in manufacturing the metaverse-enabled digitally sustainable future.
800GE-enabled IP interconnections will be a future game changer
Service providers are convinced that 800GE routing innovation capabilities will be imperative for digital acceleration and increase their IP network fabric links capacity, guarantee faster line rates, and achieve power efficiencies in meeting sustainability compliance.
At the moment, the visible norm is the adoption of 400GE, but in 2023 and beyond, we will see a surge in 800GE as digitalization accelerates.
Advancements in 800GE IP stay top of service providers’ discussion agenda because of its low cost per bit handling of gigantic traffic patterns of verticals industry, cloud and metaverse enabled Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) with easier one-click access to digital cloud platforms.
Tier 1 service and wholesale infrastructure connectivity providers and internet exchange provider companies are eager to ramp up discussions with industry Tier 1 system vendors regarding the upgrade of their brownfield networks directly from 100G to 800G or direct 800GE-capable greenfield buildouts. However, the actual implementation is hindered because of the mass market availability of 800GE technology and unanswered key questions from Tier 1 system vendors.
CSPs’ frequently asked questions are as follows:
- What are the operational benefits of 800GE routing?
- Compared to 400GE, how much space and power savings could be achieved by implementing the expensive gear of 800GE routing?
- How can a lower total cost of ownership be achieved by one-off capex investment in upgrading from 100G to 800GE to return recurring operational costs?
- When is the right time for a network upgrade or evolution from 100G to 400G as the first step before finally implementing 800G? What will be the new requirements with 800GE line cards, switch fabric, and silicon?
- What are the hardware and faster silicon requirements, if any?
- Which emerging use cases in the next five years require 800Gb/s high-speed routing interfaces in digital transformation?
Tier 1 IP routing system vendors must prove to CSPs how 800GE next-generation routing technology can ensure high speeds, higher capacity, and scalability with resource savings. Deep-dive cost-benefit and ROI analyses between different router port speeds (100GE, 400GE, and 800GE), space, and power savings will help CSPs to decide on their router hardware investments. On the other hand, CSPs should get serious about discussing 800GE innovation for their IP networks’ scaling, operational, and modernization targets.
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Author
Sameer Ashfaq Malik, Senior Principal Analyst, Service Provider Routing and Switching
