OIF Accelerates Industry Alignment on AI Scale-up Architectures with Two New Publications

Hyperscaler-driven requirements inform the Energy Efficient Interfaces Framework document and Compute Optics Interface for AI Scale-up white paper FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 26, 2026-- ...

Ciena Unveils the Industry’s Highest-Density, Lowest-Power Pluggable Optical Engine to Meet Data Center AI Demands

Building on its long history as the leader in high-speed connectivity – and marking the first product introduction following its acquisition of Nubis Communications – Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is unveiling ...
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Ciena Launches Vesta 200 6.4T Optical Engine for Power-Efficient AI and Cloud Networks

Vesta 200 6.4T CPX provides more power-efficient optical interconnect and delivers the chip-edge density required for massive ...
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A new kind of optical interconnect for data centers

In data centers today, there is a constant need for speed. And it's not only inside computer data servers, where one might think it would be. Computing power, capacity, and speed has been increasing ...

Co-Packaged Optics & Optical Interconnects Patent Landscape Analysis Report 2026: 1,300 Patent Families Analyzed Since 2020 with Global Filing Trends, Leading Assignees and IP ...

Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) is driving innovation in advanced semiconductor packaging, essential for next-gen electronics and AI-driven data growth. Key opportunities lie in leveraging patents to ...

Inneos Introduces ‘Cheetah,’ a Ruggedized OptoBGA™ Optical Interconnect Platform for EMI-Challenged In-Vehicle Networks

PLEASANTON, CA, UNITED STATES, February 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Inneos today announced Cheetah, a ruggedized ...
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Avicena Announces Modular LightBundle™ Optical Interconnect Platform with > 1Tbps/mm I/O density and < 1pJ/bit

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avicena, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is announcing its new scalable LightBundle™ interconnect platform at OFC 2025 in San ...
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STMicroelectronics to enable higher-performance cloud optical interconnect in datacenters and AI clusters

New silicon photonics and next-gen BiCMOS proprietary technologies bring better performance to address the coming 800Gb/s and 1.6Tb/s optical interconnects. Developing a roadmap with partners across ...
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Optical chip interconnect startup Ayar raises $155M to bring light to AI workloads

Ayar Labs Inc., a startup that’s developing optical interconnects that can transmit data between computer chips via light, said today it has closed on a hefty late-stage $155 million funding round led ...
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Intel unveils world's first optical interconnect tech using photonics, 100x distance increased

Intel has just reached a revolutionary milestone in integrated photonics technology for high-speed data transmission, which will be a game-changer for AI. At the Optical Fiber Communications ...
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CEA demonstrates ‘dynamically-routed’ optical router for photonic interposers

The developers detailed their achievement in a conference paper “A 3.19pJ/bit Electro-Optical Router with 18ns Setup Frame-Level Routing and 1-6 Wavelength Flexible Link Capacity for Photonic ...