Optical

Ayar Labs introduced the industry’s first Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) optical interconnect chiplet, the TeraPHY, aimed at enhancing AI infrastructure by delivering up to 8 Tbps bandwidth. Powered by...

Credo Technology announced the Lark family of ultra-low power optical DSPs, targeting 800G transceivers in AI-driven data centers and hyperscale cloud networks. Introduced at OFC 2025, the new Lark 800...

iPronics,a start-up based in Spain, unveiled an Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) built entirely on a silicon photonics platform. The iPronics ONE-32 enables ultra-low latency, dynamic Layer 1 networking, and significant...

Mixx Technologies, a start-up based in San Jose, California, announced its Advanced 3DS Platform, a next-generation optical interconnect architecture designed to address bandwidth bottlenecks in AI and high-performance computing (HPC)...

Jabil has unveiled a new line of 1.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) transceivers to meet the growing bandwidth demands of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), high-performance computing (HPC), and cloud data...

Luxshare-Tech unveiled a portfolio of optical and copper interconnect solutions at OFC 2025, including 1.6T and 800G transceivers, advanced DACs, and PCIe Gen7-ready interconnects aimed at enabling scalable, low-latency, and...

At OFC 2025, Broadcom showcased its powerful portfolio of optical and electrical interconnect solutions for AI infrastructure. The company highlighted advances across co-packaged optics (CPO), 200G/lane DSP and SerDes technologies,...

At OFC 2025, Lightmatter introduced two groundbreaking products—Passage™ M1000 and Passage™ L200/L200X—that redefine the future of AI infrastructure by delivering record-breaking bandwidth and eliminating interconnect bottlenecks. These next-generation 3D photonic superchips and co-packaged optics...

At OFC 2025, Keysight Technologies, NTT Innovative Devices, and Lumentum demonstrated a groundbreaking 448 Gbps per-lane optical transmission using 224 GBaud PAM4 technology, setting the stage for future 3.2T optical...

At OFC 2025, Lightera unveiled a comprehensive lineup of optical fiber technologies designed to meet the escalating demands of hyperscale data centers, AI/ML workloads, and high-density interconnects. Demonstrations across Booths...

POET Technologies has announced a partnership with South Korea-based Lessengers to co-develop a next-generation 800G DR8 optical transceiver targeted at AI and hyperscale data center applications. The solution will integrate...

Lessengers unveiled a 1.6T OSFP 2×SR4 multimode optical transceiver at OFC 2025, designed to meet the escalating bandwidth and energy demands of hyperscale AI/ML data centers. The new transceiver supports...

by James E. Carroll San Francisco, March 31, 2025 — At the Optica Executive Forum during OFC 2025, an all-star panel of infrastructure leaders from Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta, and Arista Networks...