Industry Insights

A curated collection of high-quality articles, technical papers, and ecosystem resources shaping the future of optical interconnects and AI infrastructure.

We keep this list updated to highlight influential perspectives across hyperscalers, industry groups, and emerging photonics companies.

Open Compute Project (OCP)

Short-Reach Optical Interconnect White Paper

A foundational overview of the emerging transition from electrical to short-reach optical interconnects within data centers. And the white paper provides a good overview of the technology and market landscape.

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Short-Reach Optical Interconnect (SROI) Working Group

Industry working group driving specifications and discussions around next-generation optical I/O standards.

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Technology Companies

Avicena

Micro-LED–based optical interconnect approach focusing on high-parallelism, “wide-and-slow” data movement for next-generation systems.

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Ayar Labs

One of the earliest players in integrated optical I/O. Their technical blog provides valuable perspective on scaling AI infrastructure with co-packaged optics.

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