Myself: Therefore, I consider the combination of transmit and receive functionality in a single transceive optical engine to be the desired standard case.
Has just been confirmed:
“Over the course of this year, we’re gonna combine the 800G transmit with 800G receive, that are in qualification now, for a complete 800G solution.” (Thomas Mika, https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/7mmVZ7hh, 07:48 min.)