1.6 Tbps in a single OSFP — and it terminates in four LC connectors. 🚀

Our System Engineer Welly is back in the EPS Global Switch Lab in Dublin with the latest episode of our Unboxing Open Networking series — this time getting hands-on with a state-of-the-art 1.6T OSFP transceiver built for the AI era.

In the blog, we cover: ✅ Up to 2 km reach over single-mode fiber ✅ A first-of-its-kind 4x LC connector design ✅ Full CMIS compliance with DDM telemetry to the host switch ✅ Support for both Ethernet and InfiniBand AI fabrics

Paired with Broadcom Tomahawk 6-based switches delivering 102.4 Tbps, this is one of the practical building blocks of the 1.6T era — and it's shipping today.

The jump to 800G networking is no longer a future concept—it’s a production reality. Powered by Broadcom’s Tomahawk 5 silicon, the Edgecore DCS560 delivers a staggering 51.2 Tbps of switching capacity in a compact 2RU form factor. Designed specifically for the explosive demands of AI/ML clusters and hyperscale data centers, this platform offers the ultra-low latency and cognitive routing required for modern workloads. With full support for SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) and flexible port configurations, it provides a high-performance, vendor-neutral path to the next generation of connectivity. Read article

The blog highlights EPS Global’s successful two-year partnership with the Business in the Community Ireland (BITC) Student Mentoring Programme. Read article

Walk into any factory, server room, or building-automation cabinet and you’ll find the same story: a tangle of incompatible communication buses. Fieldbus for the PLCs. RS-485 for the sensors. SPI, I²C, and UART on the backplane. CAN or LIN in the vehicle harness. Each one comes with its own wiring, connectors, protocol stack, and specialist knowledge. Read article

Recent instability in US software stocks highlights a growing crisis: high hardware costs and shrinking margins are squeezing the tech industry. This blog argues that while IT leaders cannot control stock prices or GPU costs, they can control their infrastructure. Featuring insights from The Critical Lowdown podcast with leaders from Celestica and Hedgehog, the post outlines why Open Networking is now a financial imperative. Read article

In the fast-paced world of technology, we are often fixated on the horizon—the next 1.6-Tb optics, the explosion of AI, or the latest IoT innovation. But right now, we're facing a different kind of reality. We're in what we call "The Red Zone."

The Red Zone is the convergence of U.S. holidays (Thanksgiving through New Year's) and the massive industrial shutdown of the Lunar New Year. When you combine these planned pauses with end-of-year budget flurries, the result is a "perfect storm" for delays. And we're in it right now.