THE NEXT WAVE OF COMPUTING WITH OPTICAL I/O

Presented by LK Bhupathi (Ayar Labs)
The accelerating growth of generative AI model parameter sizes along with the need to scale data center performance and efficiency through composable architectures are pushing the limits of traditional interconnect technologies. The latest advancements in optical I/O, a new generation of chiplet and multi-wavelength photonic solutions, provide dramatically increased bandwidth, at lower latency, over longer distances and at a fraction of the power of existing solutions. In this talk, we present the convergence of trends in compute applications as well as new optical products, technologies and ecosystems that will scale over several generations, leading to opportunities to build paradigm-shifting system architectures addressing AI/ML, HPC and cloud computing applications.