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Re-Architecting the AI Data Center Network with Co-Packaged Optics
Co-packaged optics (CPO) is reshaping AI data center networking by moving optical engines closer to the switch ASIC itself. As bandwidth, power, and scaling demands push pluggable optics toward their limits, CPO is a major architectural shift toward tighter integration between compute, switching, and communication in the AI era.
NFD40: Scale-Across, Vendor Gravity, and the Elephant out of the Room
At NFD40, Nokia, Cisco, and Arista revealed that AI networking is rapidly evolving beyond traditional scale-out architectures into a new era of “scale-across” infrastructure spanning multiple data centers. Beneath the vendor positioning and optics discussions was a larger reality: AI networking is becoming an operational discipline where network performance directly impacts GPU utilization, job completion time, and business outcomes.