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Startup Lightmatter Discloses New Photonics
Lightmatter announces Passage M1000 optical interposer & L200 CPO tech. They stand out for connecting to chiplets across their surface instead of only at their edges. Optical tech like this will accelerate the transition from copper and help XPUs to scale.
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Nvidia GTC 2025 Roundup: What’s Most Significant?
Last week Nvidia held its annual GTC developer conference, where it disclosed upcoming hardware products. Analyzing significant disclosures and their implications, we find…
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Marvell Copackages Optics for Custom Silicon
Marvell’s custom silicon operation now offers copackaged optics (CPO). Enabling systems to connect fiber-optic networks directly to chips such as AI accelerators (NPUs) and network switches raises per-chip bandwidth and extends interchip connectivity distances. Few companies offer CPO. Broadcom, Marvell’s main custom-silicon rival, has developed a few Ethernet switches implementing the technology and, this past…
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Hot Chips 2024 Roundup: Day 2 Takeaways
Last week, organizations presented their newest processor technology at Hot Chips. Below is an observation from each Day 2 presentation other than the keynotes.
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Hot Chips 2024 Roundup: Day 1 Takeaways
Last week, various organizations presented their newest processors at Hot Chips. Typical of recent years, most focused on AI processing, but several talks covered general-purpose CPUs. Below is an observation from each Day 1 presentation.