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AI Industry Races to Adopt Photonic Interconnects for Data Center Scale
As copper interconnects hit physical limits, the AI industry is shifting to photonic interconnects to scale data centers. Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris discusses the new scale-out paradigm and the battle over emerging standards. The transition aims to overcome bandwidth and power constraints in AI workloads.
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The race to standardize photonic interconnects could determine which companies dominate next-gen AI infrastructure, but hype around optical may outpace real-world deployment.
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