In the age of AI, high-speed optical networking is more important than ever. Co-packaged optics removes the need for pluggable optics, simplifying network design while increasing resiliency.

On Tuesday at the GTC conference, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced two silicon photonics switches for high speed networking in data centers. Nvidia is heavily invested in optical networking, but the power requirements for each connection can quickly add up in a large-scale data center.

Nvidia has announced the Spectrum-X and Quantum-X silicon photonics networking switches, which they claim lower power consumption and improve deployment speeds.