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Ayar Labs says its optical interconnect demonstration won Demo of the Year at TSMC’s North America Technology Symposium in Santa Clara. The demo paired two AI accelerators in a server reference design developed with Wiwynn, with eight TeraPHY optical engines per accelerator.
Why it mattersThe company says the design is built to deliver more than 100 terabits per second of bandwidth per accelerator, and to extend high-bandwidth connections beyond the rack. That is a useful glimpse of how AI systems might be connected as well as scaled: more silicon is only part of the infrastructure puzzle. It is a demonstration, not evidence here of a broadly deployed system or independently measured performance. Still, optical links moving into AI-server designs are worth watching.
Discuss: Should AI infrastructure makers prioritise faster connections between accelerators, or focus first on making existing systems more efficient?
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