Redwood City, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Dell'Oro Group has appointed Frank Yang, a 25-year veteran of networking and data center technologies, to build out its coverage of the Data Center Optical Connectivity market.
Yang will build forecasting models spanning 800G to 3.2T optics
Yang's mandate centers on quantitative forecasting models covering 800G, 1.6T, and 3.2T pluggable modules, coherent optics, near-packaged optics (NPO), and co-packaged optics (CPO). He will also track the evolution of server Ethernet adapters and smart NICs as AI cluster scaling strains traditional interconnect capacity.
Yang cites AI workloads as the primary driver reshaping networking architecture
"AI is transforming networking from a supporting interconnect function into a core determinant of data center performance, scale, and efficiency," Yang said, noting that optical connectivity is advancing rapidly in speed, architecture, packaging, and thermal design while server networking shifts in port configurations and form factors.
New coverage will unify server, fabric, and thermal design analysis
Yang said his research will synthesize server architectures, high-performance networking fabrics, thermal and power efficiency requirements, and physical connectivity infrastructure into a single view of how system co-design is shaping AI infrastructure deployment.
Yang's background spans Legrand, CommScope, and Dell
Before joining Dell'Oro Group, Yang held product management and engineering roles at Legrand, CommScope, and Dell, working on data center connectivity and Ethernet technologies supporting cloud and AI infrastructure. He holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and Chongqing University, and has contributed to industry conferences, papers, and patents.