Yamaichi Electronics has developed OSFP-VLC, a vertical version of the Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable connector (OSFP) that is compatible to the Vertical Line Card (VLC) platform which was presented by Nubis Communications at ECOC 2022 in Basel, Switzerland. The OSFP-VLC connector system will debut at DesignCon 2023 (January 31st through February 2nd) in Santa Clara, California.