Optical interconnects have emerged as a promising solution, offering significant advantages over traditional electrical interconnects. In this article, we will explore the benefits, applications, and future directions of optical interconnects in modern data centers. This approach is driven by the exponential data demands of AI and hyperscale. Modern data centers increasingly rely on interconnects for delivering critical communications connectivity among numerous servers, memory, and computation resources. 1State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications (IPOC), Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 10 Xitucheng Rd, Bei Tai Ping Zhuang, Haidian Qu, Beijing, 100876, China 2IPI-ECO Research Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600MB Eindhoven, The.
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