Astera Labs and Lumentum demo PCIe over VCSEL optics with x8 PCIe 5 link-up
BenBajarin · x · 2026-10-15
Analyst Ben Bajarin shared a live demo of PCIe over VCSEL NPO by Astera Labs and Lumentum, powered by Astera's Scorpio Smart Fabric Switch, showing an x8 PCIe 5 Link Up — a concrete sign that optical PCIe interconnects are moving from concept to real hardware for data center scale-up fabrics.
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