Enabling the next phase of Moore’s Law through optical connectivity
Ayar Labs solves the I/O bandwidth and power bottlenecks by moving data using light.
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Ayar Labs Named a 2021 Gartner ‘Cool Vendor’ in Silicon Photonics
Ayar Labs Expands Global Presence and Adds Industry Veterans to Executive Team
Ayar Labs Demonstrates Industry’s First Terabit Optical Link for Co-Packaged Optics and Chip-to-Chip Connectivity
PANEL DISCUSSION
Enabling HPC/AI Disaggregated System Architectures with Optical I/O
Watch this panel discussion and hear from experts who are building and exploring disaggregated architectures and wrestling with the challenges of I/O interconnects.
TECHNOLOGY OUTLOOK
Disaggregating System Architectures for Future HPC and AI Workloads
An explosion in demand for more compute capacity for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads is about to usher in a new era of disaggregated system architectures – with an emphasis on increased flexibility, efficiency, speed, and reduced costs. This Technology Outlook summarizes a recent panel discussion among industry thought-leaders from Microsoft, Intel, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and Ayar Labs.
The CW-WDM MSA Consortium Releases New Specification for Multi-Wavelength Optical Laser Sources
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Revolutionizing Chip-to-Chip Communication Across Industry Verticals
Ayar Labs is disrupting the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by delivering up to a 1000x improvement in interconnect bandwidth density at one-tenth the power. We use standard CMOS processing to develop high-speed, high-density, low-power optical interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical I/O.
Cloud
→ Disaggregated Architectures
→ Glue-less interconnects
→ Memory semantic fabrics
AI/HPC
→ Chip-Chip low latency
→ Bandwidth
→ HBM Capacity
Connectivity
→ Disaggregated base stations
→ RF-Optical I/O
→ Digital Beam Forming
Intelligent Edge
→ RF Sensing
→ Phased Array Radar
→ AI at the edge
Optical I/O for Aerospace & Defense
Solution Brief: Unleashing Opportunities in the Aerospace Industry with Optical I/O
The promise of in-package optical I/O for aerospace addresses the demands of maintaining technological leadership in the changing global environment. In this solution brief, we discuss the capabilities of optical I/O for aerospace and its role in the development of new sensing and computer architectures that disaggregate the functional units within a system.
Learn how optical signaling interfaces can contribute to resolving bandwidth, latency, and power challenges across a range of applications.
Six Reasons the Aerospace Sector Needs Optical I/O Solutions
Companies developing the next generation of aerospace and defense solutions are pursuing a myriad of innovative ideas and technologies. From improving surface-to-air and vehicle-to-vehicle communication to enabling autonomous vehicle and unmanned aircraft operations…
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Become a part of the I/O revolution and begin evaluating optical I/O for your next generation SoC architectures now with the Ayar Labs Optical I/O Starter Kit. The kit includes everything you need and can be customized to meet your product requirements.
Recent Announcements
Ayar Labs Expands Global Presence and Adds Industry Veterans to Executive Team
Named a Cool Vendor in Silicon Photonics by Gartner SANTA CLARA, CA and LONDON, UK, June 29, 2021 – In order to address the UK and European market demand for in-package Optical I/O, Ayar Labs has established an international subsidiary with Ayar Labs UK Ltd. Optical...
In the Media
Ayar Labs’ TeraPhy Chiplet Nears Volume Production
Moving data between processing nodes - whether servers in a data centre or specialised computing nodes used for supercomputing and artificial intelligence (AI) - is becoming a performance bottleneck. Workloads continue to grow yet networking isn’t keeping pace with...
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Disaggregating System Architectures for Future HPC and AI Workloads
An explosion in demand for more compute capacity for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads is about to usher in a new era of disaggregated system architectures - with an emphasis on increased flexibility, efficiency, speed, and...
Panel Discussion: Enabling HPC/AI Disaggregated System Architectures with Optical I/O
Disaggregated architectures decoupling memory from processors and accelerators allow for more flexible and cost-effective node designs that can meet the demands of next-generation HPC and AI workloads. For disaggregation to be possible, an I/O interconnect technology...
Demonstration of the Industry’s First Terabit Optical Link for Chip-to-Chip Connectivity
Ayar Labs demonstrates the industry’s first Terabit per second Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) optical link with its TeraPHY™ optical I/O chiplet and SuperNova™ multi-wavelength optical source for a chip-to-chip connection. The demonstration shows a fully...
SuperNova™: The Industry’s First Multi-wavelength, Multi-port Optical Source with 64 Wavelengths
Ayar Labs demonstrates the industry’s first multi-wavelength, multi-port optical source with 64 addressable wavelengths. Named SuperNova, it offers eight times the number of wavelengths compared to today’s commercially available pluggable products. The SuperNova is...