Lumilens, which makes optical gear to speed up data flowing between AI servers, is valued at $5.5 billion in new funding.

Company's nanoporous semiconductor platform now targets ultra-short-reach optical I/O and intra-data-center optical interconnects for next-generation AI infrastructure BOSTON, April 20, 2026 ...

Multi-source agreement will accelerate open standards for optical connectivity ST. PAUL, Minn., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced it has joined a group of leading technology ...

Korean researchers have developed, for the first time in Korea, a 200Gbps-class photodetector device for use in hyperscale AI data centers and 5G/6G mobile communications infrastructure. The ...

Why traditional electrical switching architectures are struggling to keep pace with AI workloads. How optical circuit switching reduces latency, power consumption, and network complexity. Why ...

Last month we discussed how all interconnects will be optical in the data center in five years, but that’s only part of the story. Every optical interconnect needs a laser. The laser provides the ...

A diagram of hardware components within an NVIDIA photonics co-packaged optics switch system showing optical sub-assemblies and switch ASIC. Nvidia.com The AI infrastructure boom has created its next ...