Intel Demonstrates First Fully Integrated Optical I/O Chiplet
> Intel's optical compute interconnect chiplet is expected to revolutionize high-speed data processing for AI infrastructure.
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> "What It Does: This first OCI chiplet is designed to support 64 channels of 32 gigabits per second (Gbps) data transmission
> in each direction on up to 100 meters of fiber optics
> and is expected to address AI infrastructure’s growing demands for higher bandwidth, lower power consumption and longer reach.
> It enables future scalability of CPU/GPU cluster connectivity and novel compute architectures,
> including coherent memory expansion and resource disaggregation. > "
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> So ever faster ...
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Not to worry, ways will be found to waste it all.
When I see systems with multi-hundred MHz clock speeds /still/ take several seconds to respond to elementary requests... Grrr!
Jeroen Belleman