... power loss. Scaling Internet Routers Using Optics∗Isaac Keslassy, Shang-Tse Chuang, Kyoungsik Yu,David Miller, Mark Horowitz, Olav Solgaard, Nick McKeownStanford UniversityABSTRACT Routers built ... questions: First, howcan the capacity of Internet routers scale to keep up withgrowths in Internet traffic? And second, can optical tech-nology be introduced inside routers to help increase theircapacity?Before ... packaged in one rack using commercially available MEMS switches today. Com-pare this with a 100Tb/s electronic crossbar switch, thatconnects to the linecards using optical fibers. Using today’sserial...