Optical modules convert electrical signals into light to move data quickly and reliably in AI systems, enabling fast and smooth data processing. Although co-packaged optics (CPO) and on-board optics (OBO) have been proposed to increase bandwidth density, these approaches introduce significant challenges in field serviceability, scalability, and manufacturability, making them difficult to deploy widely in hyperscale environments. Understanding their role is key to building efficient, scalable AI systems. As hyperscale AI data centers continue to scale. High-quality optical modules play a crucial role in this process, providing stable high-bandwidth and low-latency links for training and inference tasks, and effectively reducing data transmission error rates in large-scale clusters.
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