The work represents the effort of over a dozen companies and several dozen subject matter experts from across the OCP Community, with the goal of outlining what is needed and what might be possible in the use of optical interconnects over short distances for higher-speed and. The work represents the effort of over a dozen companies and several dozen subject matter experts from across the OCP Community, with the goal of outlining what is needed and what might be possible in the use of optical interconnects over short distances for higher-speed and. While copper cabling still offers cost and reliability advantages for short-distance connections, it faces the dual challenges of speed bottlenecks and cabling complexity in high-bandwidth, long-distance, and high-energy-efficiency scenarios. To overcome these limitations, a new generation of. Earlier this month, the Short Reach Optical Interconnect (SROI) workstream within the Open Compute Project's Future Technologies Initiative released a white paper collection covering a series of use case challenge and technology opportunities originally discussed in the October 2023 OCP Future. Abstract: We review the current trend in the research and development of short reach optical communications. Typical application scenarios with corresponding technological options are discussed, and an outlook on the challenges from different aspects are presented. Introduction Short reach. Broadband Circuits for Optical Fiber Communication, E. Advanced Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Designs, S. Heck, John Wiley & Sons, 2009. High-Speed Digital. Optical interconnects have been recognized as a transformative approach for data centers. By utilizing optimized quantum well and current injection structures, high-speed. However, as the computational bandwidth of the integrated circuits increases dramatically, Cu interconnect at short distances especially in bandwidth sensitive applications is struggling to keep up.