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Marvell PFMA: Optical Memory Fabric for AI KV Cache Bottlenecks
Converge Digest USA Overview Marvell has introduced the Photonic Fabric Memory Appliance (PFMA), a rack-mountable system designed to share 16–32 TB of DDR5 memory across up to 16 servers via optical links. By treating memory as a cluster... -
Linktel 1.6T LPO: Performance Specs and AI Network Roadmap
Thailand Business News USA Overview Linktel Technologies demonstrated 1.6T Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO) at OCP 2026, featuring power consumption as low as 10W and ultra-low latency. The company has moved these modules into volume produc... -
NVIDIA Rubin Ultra NVL576: CPO-based 576-GPU Scale-up Architecture
XenoSpectrum USA Overview NVIDIA presented the Vera Rubin Ultra NVL576 at OCP 2026, a configuration that links 576 GPUs into a single NVLink domain using Co-Packaged Optics (CPO). This architecture targets AI models with over 10 trillion... -
USFP Optics: NVIDIA and Cisco’s 12.8 Tb/s AI Factory Specs
eeNews Europe UK Overview NVIDIA and Cisco have developed Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable (USFP) optics to support 400 Gb/s-per-lane connectivity for AI factories. The technology delivers four times the bandwidth density of curre... -
GaN MicroLEDs: 2.75 GHz Bandwidth Record and Scaling Roadmap
Compound Semiconductor USA Overview Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have achieved a world-record modulation bandwidth of 2.75 GHz in a blue GaN microLED. By analyzing devices from 100µm down to 2µm, the team... -
Ge/SiGe-AlN Core-Shell Crystals: E-band Emission for Optical Comms
EE Times Japan Japan Overview A joint research group from Japan and South Korea has developed Ge/SiGe-AlN core-shell crystals that emit light in the E-band (1360–1460 nm). The team proposed a "shell-first" growth model driven by Plateau-... -
TDK Photonic Chip: Voltage-Led Control for Smart-Glass Displays
optics.org USA Overview TDK Corporation has developed a voltage-led photonic chip using thin-film lithium niobate to improve the efficiency and resolution of laser beam scanning displays. The system achieves a 10 GHz modulation bandwidth... -
Photonic Integrated Blue Laser: 461 nm Specs and Tuning Capabilities
Nature Photonics Overview Researchers have developed a photonic integrated blue laser operating at 461 nm that combines a sub-30-kHz linewidth with high-speed frequency agility. By integrating a GaN-based laser diode with a low-loss sili... -
Silicon Photonics Interconnect: 3.2 Tbps AI Data Traffic Chip
Bioengineer.org China Overview Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a scalable silicon photonic interconnect architecture achieving an aggregate bandwidth of 3.2 terabits per second in the O-band. By combining hybrid wavelen... -
Celestica DS6005: 102.4Tbps CPO Switch Specs and Design
StorageReview USA Overview Celestica has introduced the DS6005, a liquid-cooled data center switch featuring 102.4Tbps switching capacity and 64 1.6TbE ports. By utilizing co-packaged optics (CPO) and an Open Rack v3 chassis, the system ...
