Open Compute Project U.S. Summit 2016 — Facebook news recap

This post details Facebook's contributions and collaborations announced at the Open Compute Project U.S. Summit 2016. Key contributions include the open-sourcing of Lightning (an NVMe-based storage platform), OpenBMC (board management software supporting storage), Yosemite (an open server design) and Mono Lake (a server board), Wedge 100 (a 32x100G network switch) and 6-pack (an open modular switch platform), and Big Sur (an open AI hardware platform). Facebook also announced collaborations on 48V rack power distribution with Google and on optical interconnect standards (100G CWDM4) with other industry players. The post highlights the benefits of open hardware and disaggregation for scalability, flexibility, and faster innovation in data center technology, enabling new shared experiences and supporting AI research.