Open Compute Project Courses

Key Technologies for Energy-Efficient Pluggable Optics in AI/ML Applications

Explore key innovations like Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO) and Linear Receive Optics (LRO) that address power constraints in optical transceivers for AI/ML applications, including immersion cooling solutions.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Differential Power Processing for Ultra-Efficient Rack Level Power Conversion

Explore differential power processing architecture for rack-level server power delivery achieving 99.5+% efficiency, enabling reduced losses and higher power density.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Unified Redfish Schema for Managing OCP Liquid Cooling Equipment

Explore the unified Redfish schema for comprehensive management of OCP liquid cooling equipment, including mockups, interoperability profiles, and live demonstrations of cooling systems.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Systems Management Track Overview

Explore the Systems Management Track with experts from AMD, ARM, and HPE as they provide insights into open platform technologies and firmware architecture.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Advanced Thermal Design for Evolving Industries

Explore advanced thermal design principles and evolving industry applications with Dr. Anthony Robinson from Trinity College Dublin in this insightful keynote presentation.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Accelerating AI Data Processing at Scale: Driving for Efficiency and Sustainability

Explore heterogeneous architectures with CXL-based near-memory compute accelerators for efficient AI data processing, reducing energy costs and improving performance for massive datasets and complex workloads.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

QSNP: The European Initiative for the Development of Quantum-Safe Networks

Discover the European initiative QSNP developing quantum-safe networking technology, focusing on cost-effective systems, integration with classical networks, and applications beyond QKD to build a global ecosystem with economic impact.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reducing PUE by Making Power from Chiller Waste Heat

Discover how Hayzel's LVE technology creates electricity from chiller waste heat, reducing energy consumption by ~10% while increasing cooling capacity, as tested in a California data center.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

MHS DC-SCM for Edge-AI and Multi-Node - Latest 2.2 Spec Updates and DC-SCM 3.0 Workstream

Explore the evolution of DC-SCM specifications, including the 2.2 update for AI and Edge applications and the upcoming 3.0 workstream designed for Multi-HPM and Multi-Node systems.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ultra-Compact VCSEL-Based Transceivers for AI/ML Interconnects

Explore ultra-compact VCSEL-based transceivers with high-density electrical pluggable interfaces for AI/ML interconnects, including a 100-Gb/s PAM4 x 16-channel SM VCSEL testing station.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

LRO-based Pluggable VCSEL and SiP Transceivers for AI Clusters

Explore the evolution of optical network interconnectivity for GPUs with LRO-based pluggable transceivers, offering superior performance, low power consumption, and high reliability for AI datacenter connectivity up to 500m.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Connector and PCB Routing Study for 448G

Explore electrical connector performance optimization for 448G systems using Vertical Line Card structure to improve signal integrity between connectors and ASICs.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Door Heat Exchanger Sub-Project Updates

Explore the Door Heat Exchanger Sub-Project's efforts to reduce barriers to liquid cooling implementation through specifications, comparisons, and solutions for Open Rack V3, with emphasis on cross-OCP collaboration.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Photonics in Supercomputer Systems for HPC and AI

Explore interconnect requirements for future systems and how increased photonics usage can meet these needs in supercomputing for HPC and AI applications.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Optical Interconnects: Powering the Future of AI Infrastructure

Explore how optical interconnect technologies address AI cluster architecture needs, from scale-up and scale-out networking to advanced optical solutions for evolving AI systems.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video