Xscape Photonics
Executive perspectives from Xscape Photonics across NextGenInfra's event and research showcases.
3 video interviews · 2025–2026
Optical Compute Interconnect Standardization
- OCI standardization is a milestone for scale-up interconnects and co-packaged optics
- Multi-color laser technology enables GPU-to-memory optical links
- Xscape recently announced its own laser module
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Vivek Raghunathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Xscape Photonics, discusses the Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) standardization effort as an important milestone for scale-up interconnects and co-packaged optics implementations. He explains that OCI uses multi-color laser-based technology for GPU-to-memory communication and highlights Xscape's recently announced laser module.
The New Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI)
- Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) standardization consortium formed by major tech companies
- Seen as an important milestone for co-packaged optics in scale-up interconnects
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Vivek Raghunathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Xscape Photonics, discusses the Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) standardization consortium formed by major tech companies as an important milestone for co-packaged optics in scaleup interconnects.
Xscape Photonics on Scaling AI with Light
- Xscape Photonics builds silicon photonics lasers to close AI bandwidth gaps.
- Adapts wavelength division multiplexing to generate multiple wavelengths on silicon chips.
- Initial products target AI fabric and accelerator vendors.
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Vivek Raghunathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Xscape Photonics, is developing silicon photonics-based laser solutions to address bandwidth constraints in AI computing systems, where GPU-to-memory bandwidth significantly outpaces package-to-package communication. The company's technology adapts wavelength division multiplexing to create scalable lasers generating multiple wavelengths on silicon chips, with initial products targeting AI fabric and accelerator vendors.