Credo’s Active Electrical Cables carry 400G over 7m
Credo announced its second generation HiWire LP SPAN AEC (Low Power SPAN Active Electrical Cable) family, promising a reduction in power of nearly 50%…
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⚡ Credo Technology Group High-Speed Connectivity Solutions for AI Infrastructure and Cloud Data Centers | |
| Credo Technology Group develops high-speed connectivity semiconductor solutions used in AI clusters, hyperscale cloud infrastructure and data center networks. Its portfolio includes SerDes IP, active electrical cables (AECs), retimers, optical DSPs, PCIe connectivity devices and chiplet technologies designed to increase bandwidth while reducing power consumption across scale-up and scale-out AI architectures. | |
| Why It Matters | As AI clusters scale to hundreds of thousands of GPUs and XPUs, signal integrity and power-efficient interconnects have become critical design challenges. Credo focuses on enabling longer-reach, lower-power electrical and optical connectivity for Ethernet fabrics, PCIe expansion, memory systems and AI networking infrastructure. |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA |
| Chief Executive Officer | Bill Brennan |
| Core Technologies | SerDes IP • Active Electrical Cables (AECs) • DSPs • Retimers • PCIe Connectivity • Chiplets • Optical DSPs • High-Speed PHYs |
| Key Products | HiWire Active Electrical Cables • Optical DSPs • PCIe Retimers • SerDes IP Licensing • Line Card Connectivity Solutions • Chiplet Interfaces |
| Key Markets | AI Infrastructure • Hyperscale Cloud • Ethernet Switching • GPU Clusters • PCIe Expansion • Optical Networking • Enterprise Networking • High-Performance Computing |
| Editorial Coverage | Converge Digest tracks Credo across AI networking, active electrical cables, Ethernet switching, optical interconnects, PCIe technologies, scale-up and scale-out architectures, chiplets, hyperscale deployments and semiconductor innovations supporting AI infrastructure. |
| Industry Context | Credo operates in the rapidly growing market for high-speed connectivity silicon, where demand is being driven by AI training and inference clusters requiring efficient electrical and optical interconnects at 400G, 800G and 1.6T speeds. The company has become particularly well known for its Active Electrical Cable (AEC) technology, which is increasingly deployed as an alternative to passive copper cables in AI data centers. |
| Related Knowledge Hubs | Credo • AI Infrastructure • Ethernet • Active Electrical Cables (AEC) • Optical Networking • Semiconductors |
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