Commentary: Nvidia sparks silicon photonics race, yet copper still anchors data centers?

Commentary: Nvidia sparks silicon photonics race, yet copper still anchors data centers?

By Ninelu Tu, commentary; Levi Li, DIGITIMES Asia
Publication Date: 2026-03-02 03:34:00

As data center computing demand expands, high-speed transmission architectures are under pressure to upgrade. Scaling high-performance computing platforms is exposing bandwidth and power consumption as core bottlenecks in data transmission and switching,…