At the 2026 #
OCP# Global Summit, #
Lumentum#, #
AsteraLabs#, and #
Corning# Optical Communications are demonstrating a rack-scale optical PCle link that combines:
🔹Astera Labs' Scorpio Smart Fabric Switch
🔹Lumentum's 1060 nm VCSEL-based optical interconnect solution
🔹Corning multimode fiber connectivity
The proof of concept uses multiple 32 Gb/s optical channels to demonstrate an error-free PCle-5 link— showing how optics can extend PCle connectivity within an Al rack while preserving a PCle-based architecture.