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Converge Digest tracks the networks, optics, silicon, data centers and systems powering the AI era—with 25 years of context.
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A map of the companies building digital infrastructure — start-ups and incumbents alike. Converge Digest Radar is a new, continuously maintained set of directories that track the companies shaping next-generation infrastructure: the start-ups inventing…
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NewPhotonics introduced the NPC50506, a 6.4T DR32 near-package optical engine integrating a laser, 224 Gbps PAM4 and a serviceable Open CPX-aligned socketed architecture for…
AT&T is investing in 400G-and-higher metro connectivity and network intelligence as enterprises scale AI workloads across data centers, clouds and edge locations.
High End Routing and Aggregation equipment revenue grew 25% year-over-year in 2Q 2026, while direct vendor sales to cloud providers surged 94% as hyperscalers…
d-Matrix will integrate its next-generation Raptor inference XPUs with NVIDIA NVLink Fusion, MGX rack architecture and Spectrum-X Ethernet, providing a path for specialized inference…
Ayar Labs secured an additional $150 million, bringing its 2026 primary capital funding to $650 million as it scales manufacturing-ready co-packaged optics for AI…
Extreme Networks has made Agent ONE Coworker generally available within Extreme Platform ONE, using live network context, historical trends and agentic reasoning to proactively…
Comcast and Fastly are embedding programmable edge software across more than 200 Comcast edge compute locations, creating a distributed content and application delivery layer…
OIF has published its 1600ZR Coherent Interface Implementation Agreement, defining interoperable 1.6 Tbps coherent data center interconnects over single-span amplified DWDM links up to…
MaxLinear says the transition to 1.6T optical connectivity could drive a sizable increase in its AI data center market share as Rushmore moves through…
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