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Optical Interconnects - Definitions and principles

Optical interconnects—which encompass all the components of an optical communication chain over short transmission distances (< 100 m)—are at the heart of performance advancements in digital systems. Whether we’re talking about chip power consumption or dissipation, or their size-to-performance ratio, optical interconnects offer a solution to overcome these limitations. For example, by integrating high-speed optical input/output ports into chips, we will be able to increase data transfer rates while keeping power consumption under control.

Recent advances in artificial intelligence and its future development will require ever-greater access to data at ever-faster speeds. Data access is the main bottleneck in AI performance, and numerous projects involving very short-distance optical interconnects are under consideration to link processors on the same board, or even within the computing...