Xscape Photonics
Executive perspectives from Xscape Photonics across NextGenInfra's event and research showcases.
4 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
Abstract
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.
Solving the Data Center Bandwidth Bottleneck
- Xscape's multicolor laser platform generates up to 100 wavelengths from a single piece of silicon to ease the data center escape bandwidth bottleneck.
- Eagle X, its first scale-up product, carries 16 wavelengths on one fiber and has more than 300,000 device hours of reliability data.
- Falcon X, billed as the first OCI MSA-compliant pluggable laser module, is shown driving a 50G NRZ compliant link.
Abstract
Vivek Raghunathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Xscape Photonics, demonstrates the company's multicolor laser platform at partner Keysight's booth, showing how up to 100 wavelengths generated from a single piece of silicon address the escape bandwidth bottleneck in data centers, including a 64-wavelength comb device sampling for memory cluster applications. He also covers Eagle X, a 16-wavelength scale-up product with more than 300,000 device hours of reliability data, and Falcon X, described as the industry's first OCI MSA-compliant pluggable laser module, which is shown delivering 50G NRZ eye-diagram performance in a compliant link.
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
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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.