Huawei bets on NPO over CPO for AI optical interconnects

Huawei is backing near-packaged optics (NPO) instead of co-packaged optics (CPO) for its next-generation AI infrastructure. The company argues NPO offers a better balance of cost, manufacturability, reliability and serviceability as optical interconnects scale.

• Huawei picks NPO over CPO for next-gen AI infrastructure
• Cited advantages: cost, manufacturability, reliability, serviceability
• Move comes as optical interconnects shift to a new scale