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ECOC: Marvell Pushes Optical DSPs to 2nm with 400G/Lane
Marvell is demonstrating 2nm 400G-per-lane PAM4, 800G ZR/ZR+ with MACsec, 1.6T ZR and coherent-lite optics, plus a 102.4T CPO platform at ECOC 2026.
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ECOC: Taiwan’s ITRI Unveils 3.2T Silicon Photonics Engine
ITRI unveiled a 3.2 Tbps silicon photonics optical engine for AI and HPC interconnects, doubling its previous 1.6T generation and bringing together more than…
ECOC 2026 Industry Awards Highlight Optical Innovation
ECOC 2026 names its Industry Award winners, recognizing innovations spanning 224G components, AI Scale-Up optics, CPO, microLEDs, test and measurement, and PON.
Lightera to Nearly Triple Subsea Fiber Output by 2029
Lightera will nearly triple submarine optical fiber manufacturing capacity at plants in Denmark and Georgia by 2029 while preparing for initial multicore-fiber submarine deployments…
Qualcomm Extends Data Center AI Architecture to the Agentic Edge
Qualcomm used Snapdragon Summit 2026 to connect its mobile and data center AI strategies, bringing HBC toward Snapdragon devices while outlining a hybrid architecture…
Nutanix Acquires Ryax for GPU Orchestration for Enterprise AI
Nutanix has acquired Ryax Technologies and plans to integrate its telemetry-driven GPU optimization, smart scheduling and AI workload orchestration capabilities into future releases of…
ABB Launches Source-to-Rack 800 VDC Architecture
ABB introduced Infinitus, an integrated source-to-rack 800 VDC portfolio for AI data centers spanning medium-voltage conversion, distribution, protection and cooling optimization.
NetBrain Expands Agentic NetOps from Diagnosis to Network Action
NetBrain expands its Agentic NetOps Platform with Change and Assessment agents, extending AI-driven network operations from diagnosis toward governed network action using live network…
Lumen Launches On-Demand Bandwidth Up to 100 Gbps
Lumen Technologies launched Intelligent Internet, an enterprise connectivity service offering digitally controlled, elastic bandwidth up to 100 Gbps across more than 10 million U.S.…
Airspan Acquires Cambium Fixed Wireless Portfolio
Airspan Networks has acquired selected Cambium Networks fixed-wireless product lines, including PMP 450, PTP 670, PTP 700, cnWave and cnReach, with more than 135…
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