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Featured PostSeptember 15, 2026

Moving Gigabytes, Not Gigawatts: The Rise of AI Scale-Across Networking

AI infrastructure is entering a new phase. The industry conversation has largely centered on scale-up and scale-out: how to connect more accelerators inside a system, across a rack, or across large AI clusters within one data center. Those challenges remain critical, but another dimension is becoming increasingly important: scale-across.Scale-across connects AI compute across multiple data centers…

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How Optical Connectivity Is Evolving in Scale-Out AI Networks

AI Is Changing the Shape of the NetworkThink of how a city handles growing traffic. First, it widens the roads. Then it adds dedicated bus lanes. Even…

Deepak ShivaprasadDeepak Shivaprasad
August 25, 2026
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The People Behind the Light

Lumentum Named to Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Tech 2026

Heather PaschallHeather Paschall
July 20, 2026
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The Backbone of AI Infrastructure: Why Optical Components Will Define the Next Era of Data Centers

AI Infrastructure Is Becoming a Living System The brain may direct the body, but it relies on the heart, blood vessels, and lungs to circulate ox…

Sri VenkatSri Venkat
June 25, 2026
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Reliability Becomes the New Currency: How CPO Is Rewriting Laser Performance

A Formula 1 car doesn't win on horsepower alone. The fastest engines in the sport lose to slower ones every season because reliability—not peak perfor…

Naren IdnaniNaren Idnani
June 17, 2026
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MEMS Mirrors and the Evolution of Optical Switching in AI Data Centers

Why the Optical Layer Needs to Adapt With AI networks continuing to scale, the demands placed on the optical layer inside the data center are cha…

Sheldon McLaughlinSheldon McLaughlin
May 28, 2026
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Enabling the Next Phase of AI Optical Infrastructure

OFC 2026 Takeaways, Part 2 – From Industry Shifts to Technology Implementation

Christian UrricarietChristian Urricariet
April 30, 2026
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