Key Takeaways:A smaller set of fiber connectors that meet manufacturing test high insertion count will ease the cost burden for all. Multiple industry experts highlighted the large variance in test specifications, test data formats, and fiber connectors. “Today, CPO packages vary widely from test program to test program,” said Matt Griffin, senior product manager for the silicon photonics test group at Teradyne. Reducing the variety of manufacturing test methods enables cost-effective and efficient test solutions. “CPO test will not scale if every product, supplier, package, optical interface, and test cell is treated as a custom engineering project.