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BROADCOM EXTENDS TECHNOLOGY AND VOLUME LEADERSHIP ON AI OPTICAL COMPONENTS
Industry-leading VCSEL, EML and CW laser technologies enable terabit connectivity and drive large-scale AI infrastructure.
Broadcom announced several major accomplishments extending its market leadership with an expanded portfolio of optical interconnect solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications. Broadcom’s state-of-the-art optics technologies facilitate high-speed interconnects for front-end and back-end networks of large-scale generative AI compute clusters.
Key Announcement Highlights:
- Production release of 200-Gbps per lane (200G/lane) electro-absorption modulated laser (EML) to pair with next-generation GPUs
- Demonstration of the industry’s first 200G/lane vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)
- Demonstration of continuous wave (CW) laser with high efficiency and high linearity for silicon photonics (SiPh) modulation at 200G
- Shipment of more than 20 million channels of 100G/lane high-speed optical components used in AI/ML systems
VCSEL and EML technologies play a crucial role in enabling high-speed interconnects for AI and ML systems. Broadcom’s 200G VCSEL and EML products follow up on successful deployment of 100G/lane VCSEL and EML chips into first-generation generative AI networks and will provide unrivalled bandwidth and interconnect density for next-generation interconnects. Both product families from Broadcom represent trusted and reliable technologies that will enable integration partners to use existing capacity as end users progress to 1.6T optical transceivers and usher in the era of terabit connectivity.
Demo Showcase at OFC 2024
Broadcom will showcase the following products and technologies:
Demo Showcase at OFC 2024
Broadcom will showcase the following products and technologies:
- 200G VCSEL technology demonstration
- 200G EML product demonstration
- 200G SiPh modulation with CW lasers
- 100G VCSELs for emerging applications including server interconnect, PCIe interconnect and next-generation Fibre Channel
These demonstrations will be in the Broadcom Booth 5325 at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) 2024 exhibition in San Diego, California from March 26th to 28th.
