Lightmatter sets optical interconnect blueprint as AI hits copper wall

DIGITIMESAugust 17, 2026en

AI data centers are approaching a physical limit: as scale-up architectures stretch across multiple racks and SerDes speeds near 448G, copper's effective transmission distance is shrinking to just a few dozen centimeters, accelerating the industry's shift toward all-optical interconnect architectures.

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