Coherent
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1 video interview · 2024
All-Optical Circuit Switching for Scalable Data Centers
- Coherent's Liquid Crystal-based optical switch offers low drive voltage, no moving parts, and data-rate agnosticism.
- The platform cuts power 30-40%, with sampling in coming months and commercialization planned next year.
- Coherent cited strong interest from data center operators, hyperscalers, and OEMs for the switch.
Full summary
Sanjai Parthasarathi, CMO of Coherent, presented the company's Liquid Crystal-based Optical switch platform, emphasizing its low drive voltage, absence of moving parts, data rate agnosticism, and power reduction capabilities of 30-40%, making it an attractive solution for power-hungry data centers. Parthasarathi also revealed plans to sample the platform in the coming months, commercialize it next year, and noted strong interest from data center operators, hyperscalers, and OEMs.