Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) announced significant advancements that bolster its position in the market with a broadened range of optical interconnect solutions tailored for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications.
These advancements in Broadcom’s cutting-edge optics technologies are designed to provide high-speed interconnects for the front-end and back-end networks of extensive generative AI compute clusters.
The highlights of the announcement include the production release of a 200-Gbps per lane (200G/lane) electro-absorption modulated laser (EML) designed to complement next-generation GPUs and the unveiling of the industry’s first 200G/lane vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL).
Additionally, Broadcom demonstrated a continuous wave (CW) laser characterized by high efficiency and high linearity for silicon photonics (SiPh) modulation at 200G and reported the shipment of over 20 million channels of 100G/lane high-speed optical components for use ...