Optics for the cloud – Light at the end of the tunnel? (SIGCOMM 2020 Workshop)

  • Thomas Karagiannis | Microsoft Research

The amazing growth of the cloud has also led to the emergence of inflection points that may hinder future cloud scaling. In this talk, I will discuss how the optics for the cloud team at Microsoft Research Cambridge is betting on optical technologies and cross-layer innovation across the cloud stack to alleviate challenges leading to these inflection points.