NVIDIA unveiled its next-generation silicon photonics switches—Spectrum-X Photonics Ethernet and Quantum-X Photonics InfiniBand—designed to scale AI factories to connect millions of GPUs while cutting energy consumption and improving performance. The new co-packaged...
Marvell introduced a custom AI accelerator (XPU) architecture featuring integrated Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) to enhance AI server performance. The new design supports higher bandwidth density and longer reach connections for...
IBM has introduced a new co-packaged optics (CPO) technology that integrates polymer optical waveguides (PWG) to replace electrical interconnects inside data centers. Designed to support the growing demands of generative...
SoftBank Corp. and NewPhotonics have announced a collaborative research and development partnership to advance photonics technologies for next-generation data centers and mobile fronthaul infrastructure. The partnership focuses on Linear-drive Pluggable...
Broadcom unveils Bailly, the first 51.2 Tbps CPO switch for AI clusters, promising lower power consumption and higher efficiency. #BroadcomAI #CPO
Kulicke and Soffa Industries confirms multiple orders for its Thermocompression Bonding solutions, supporting Silicon Photonics-based Co-Packaged Optics applications. Anticipates more orders for aggressive capacity expansion in 2024-2025.
OIF announced its Co-Packaging-3.2T-Module-01.0 Implementation Agreement for Ethernet switching applications utilizing 100G electrical lanes while ensuring backward compatibility with 50G lanes. The module definition can be in the form of...
Ranovus, which develops photonic interconnects, has secured a $36 million contribution through the Government of Canada's Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to support a $100 million project that will advance the...
Co-packaged optics (CPO) were a hot topic at #OFC23 in San Diego. In this video, Hamid Abzadeh, Chairman and CEO of Ranovus, discusses the advantages of co-package optics in module...
At the recent OFC23, Broadcom showed a mechanical sample of its upcoming 51.2 Tbps Tomahawk 5 switch with co-packaged optical (CPO) integration. Here is Broadcom’s Manish Mehta showing the “Bailly”...
At OFC23, Coherent demonstrated a co-packaged (CPO) 800G multimode optical engine for use in cost-, power-, and latency-sensitive applications such as artificial intelligence and machine learning computer clusters. The module...
At the DesignCon 2023, scheduled for Jan 31 – Feb 2 in Santa Clara, California, speakers from OIF will present on-going to address electrical interfaces optimized for new electrical and...
The OIF provided the following updates following its Q4 Technical and MA&E Committees Meeting, which were held in Hawaii and virtually November 1-3, 2022.New White Paper – Management of External...
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