Tuesday, 26 March,
10:45
–
11:45
Theater II
Session Description:
Massive investments into AI infrastructure are accelerating development of new solutions for optical connectivity. Performance of AI clusters is constrained by cost and power consumption of the optics. Linear drive pluggable (LPO) and co-packaged optics (CPO) offer signification improvements in cost and power consumption compared to standard re-timed transceivers. Yet, further improvements are needed to meet the needs of AI Infrastructure, including new optical materials and devices that are in various stages of development.
This panel discussion will review promising optical technologies and barriers for their adoption. It will present a realistic roadmap for the next generation optical interconnects and requirements to connectivity in AI Clusters. This will be a call for action to leading suppliers, start-ups and industry organizations.
Organized by: 
Moderator
Vladimir Kozlov, Founder and CEO, Light Counting, USA
Speakers
Drew Aldino, Meta, United States
Hamid Arabzadeh, Ranovus, Canada
Andy Bechtolsheim, Arista/OCP, United States
Ram Huggahalli, Microsoft, United States
Chongjin Xie, Alibaba, United States
Yinxing Zhang, ByteDance, China