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How Photonics Enables AI Networks

Artificial Intelligence (AI) networks have revolutionized various industries by enabling tasks such as image recognition,…

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What Do Coherent Access Pluggables Need?

Given the success of 400ZR pluggable coherent solutions in the market, discussions in the telecom…

Data Centers

Data Centers in the Age of AI

Article first published 14th June 2023, updated 29th May 2024. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing…

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The Evolution of Data Center Interconnects

The digital era’s rapid expansion requires advances in data center interconnects (DCIs) to support the…

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Transceiver Customization for Flexible Access Networks

Let’s be honest: not every optical network problem can be solved by scaling up capacity.…

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Making Smaller Lasers at a Big Scale

The world is moving towards tunability. The combination of tunable lasers and dense wavelength division…

Tunable Lasers and DSPs in the Age of AI

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models is transforming several industries, and data centers…

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Why (Small) Laser Size Matters

Several applications in the optical network edge would benefit from upgrading from 10G to 100G…

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The Evolution to 800G and Beyond

Article first published 26th October 2022, updated 5th July 2023. The demand for data and…

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Data Center Interconnects: Coherent or Direct Detect?

Article first published 15 June 2022, updated 18 May 2023. With the increasing demand for…