ECOC 2026
Participating in OIF demos in booth #2126, showcasing 1.6 Tb/s UniDi CPO demo and 400 Gb/s BiDi CPO demo.
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Presenter: Darius Bunandar, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Scientist
Workshop: Can fast narrow channels keep rising without limit or will slow and wide become the winner?
Abstract: The session will examine the future of AI interconnect architectures, focusing on the tradeoffs between fast narrow links and slow wide parallel interfaces in terms of bandwidth density, scalability, power, packaging, and technology feasibility.
Date: September 20, 2026
Time: 4:50 PM
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Presenter: Darius Bunandar, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Scientist
Symposium: Programmable Photonics: Architectures, Control and Applications
Abstract: Programmable Integrated Photonics (PIP) represents a paradigm shift from application-specific PICs to reconfigurable optical subsystems integrating hardware, electronics, and control algorithms. Darius will speak on “Photonics for AI Information Processing: Interconnect and Memory Bandwidth Before Computation.”
Date: September 24, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM
About ECOC:
ECOC, the European Conference on Optical Communications, is the largest and most prestigious event on optical communications in Europe and the second largest worldwide. At ECOC, researchers from both industry and academia and professionals come together to discuss and explore advances and probe future trends that will enable scientific progress and economic growth.