PRESENTATION

Optical Interconnects for Next Generation of AI Systems

Data Center providers are facing new challenges related to the needs of AI applications that are constantly increasing their demand for computational power and their requirements for low latency and low power consumption networks. In this context, Electronic Packet Switches (EPSs) present limitations in terms of bandwidth scalability, flexibility and cost. In this talk, we will present the potential of optical switching, in particular the one based on silicon photonic software-defined solutions, to complement or even replace EPSs in AI clusters and their possible applications in scale-up and scale-out locations.