APC approves standards to speed up photonics manufacturing

The Advanced Photonics Coalition has approved a set of standards aimed at enabling high-volume manufacturing of optical networking components, including co-packaged optics and silicon photonics. The move comes as AI infrastructure hits the copper wall and key photonics supplies run short.

• Standards cover CPO, silicon photonics and 4-core multicore fiber
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