We report on a high-speed optical transmitter using InP-based integrated externally modulated laser for optical interconnect applications with up to 30 dB static extinction ratio and over 100 GHz 3 dB bandwidth with 2 dB ripple. It is evaluated with up to 116 Gbit/s on-offkeying, 4-pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and up to 105 Gbit/s 8-PAM optical signals with different digital equalization implementations. Low number of taps is required for a high and stable performance. Results reveal that digital equalization significantly boosts the passive optical interconnect scalability.