ODI defines a standardized optical connector and optics, known as an optical port. ODI ports may be placed on any processor, storage device, or plug-in card. All data transfer and flow control occurs over the pluggable optical cable. In October of 2017 the AXIe Consortium, VITA trade association, and six companies endorsed a new optical interface standard named Optical Data Interface, or ODI for short. The six companies were Conduant Corporation, Guzik Technical Enterprises, Intel Corporation, Keysight Technologies, Samtec. An optical module is a typically hot-pluggable optical transceiver used in high-bandwidth data communications applications. Optical modules typically have an electrical interface on the side that connects to the inside of the system and an optical interface on the side that connects to the outside. As an essential component of optical fiber communication, optical modules are optoelectronic devices that facilitate the conversion between optical and electrical signals during the transmission process.
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