San Jose-based Aviz Networks announced a suite of software-based management and monitoring tools that support NVIDIA’s Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform.
PROFILE: Aviz Networks Helps Manage and Monitor Spectrum-X Ethernet Networks for AI at Scale
EuroHPC JU Issues Call for AI Factories Antennas
April 9, 2025 — The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has issued a call for proposals for the selection of entities or consortia of entities to establish AI Factory Antennas linked to selected AI Factories across Europe. The AI Factory Antennas will work in coordination with the EuroHPC AI Factories and will be included in all […]
UALink Consortium Releases Ultra Accelerator Link 200G 1.0 Spec
Beaverton, OR – April 8, 2025 – The UALink Consortium today announced the ratification of the UALink 200G 1.0 Specification, which defines a low-latency, high-bandwidth interconnect for communication between accelerators and switches in AI computing pods. The UALink 1.0 Specification enables 200G per lane scale-up connection for up to 1,024 accelerators within an AI computing pod, delivering the […]
Lightmatter Announces Passage L200, Co-Packaged Optics for AI
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.– Photonic supercomputing company Lightmatter announced Passage L200, which the company said is the first 3D co-packaged optics (CPO) product. Designed to integrate with the latest XPU and switch silicon designs, Passage L200 supports unprecedented AI performance scaling by eliminating interconnect bandwidth bottlenecks, the company said. The L200 3D CPO family includes both […]
Lumen and Ciena Report 1.2 Tbps Wavelength Service from Denver to Dallas
Lumen Technologies and Ciena recently reported they have established a 1.2 terabit wavelength service trial across 3,050 kilometers (more than 1,800 miles) on Lumen’s Ultra-Low-Loss (ULL) fiber network,. This makes it the world’s longest 1.2 terabit non-regenerated signal, according ….
Optical I/O: Ayar Labs Launches 8 Tbps UCIe Optical Chiplet for AI Scale-Up Architectures
Optical interconnect company Ayar Labs announced the TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet, which Ayar said is the first optical Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe), designed to maximize AI infrastructure performance and efficiency while reducing latency and power consumption.
Corning Launches GlassWorks Cable and Connectivity for AI Data Center Infrastructures
March 27, 2025, CORNING, NY – Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) today launched Corning GlassWorks AI solutions, which the company described as a one-stop shop of customized data center products and services to help operators build the dense fiber infrastructure required for generative AI. The portfolio provides cable and connectivity solutions along with network planning, design and […]
Photonic Fabric: Celestial AI Secures $250M Series C Funding
SANTA CLARA, CA – March 11, 2025 – Celestial AI, creator of the Photonic Fabric optical interconnect, today announced that it has raised $250 million in its Series C1 funding round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, bringing the total capital raised to date to more than $515 million. New investors include funds and […]
Cisco and NVIDIA Expand Networking Partnership
Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] today announced plans for an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to provide AI technology solutions to enterprises. The NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform based on Cisco and NVIDIA silicon is intended to form the foundation for enterprise AI workloads ….
Emerald Invests in NLM Photonics Data Center Efficiency
SEATTLE, January 29, 2025 – Emerald, a venture capital company, has invested in NLM Photonics to help bring energy-efficient, high performance electro-optic modulation technology to AI, data centers, quantum computing, and more. Other investors include Oregon Venture Fund, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd., Pack Ventures, StoryHouse Ventures, and other existing NLM investors to support NLM’s […]













