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Each year the Ethernet Alliance puts on a Technology Exploration Forum. TEF 2026 will be held October 7 and 8, 2026 in Mountainview, CA. CIR is proud to sponsor TEF 2026. Learn more at https://ethernetalliance.org/.

RICHMOND, Virginia – June 27, 2025 – Lawrence Gasman, a leading voice in quantum and AI data infrastructure and deep tech analysis, will join the expert panel for LIGHTWAVE’s upcoming webinar, “The Road to 800G / 1.5T in the Data Center,” scheduled for Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 1:00 PM ET. [To register for the webinar, visit: https://www.lightwaveonline.com/resources/webinar/55295311/the-road-to-800g-15t-in-the-data-center ] As hyperscale data center demands

January 14, 2025  Richmond, VA: Industry analyst firm, CIR, has issued a new report covering business opportunities from the new breed of AI data centers over the coming decade.  The report, “Networks and Power Requirements for AI Data Centers: A Ten Year Market Forecast and Technology Assessment” says that: By 2030 AI data centers built

Crozet VA: Industry analyst firm, CIR, has issued its latest report on the co-packaged optics modules market.  In the report the firm predicts that the co-packaged optics modules market will reach $5.5 billion in 2027, including NPO products.  Driven by the new OIF Implementers Agreement (IA), co-packaged optics now has a much clearer adoption path

Crozet, Virginia: Communications Industry Researchers (CIR) has issued a new report providing coverage of next generation optical transceivers.  Embedding new approaches–such as coherent optics, co-packaged optics, and more efficient designs—next generation transceivers will be better suited to the needs of the network as demand increases and applications become more latency sensitive.  According to CIR’s new

Crozet, Virginia: Communications Industry Researchers (CIR) has just issued a new report stating that active optical cable revenues will reach approximately $4.2 billion by 2027. This reflects an expected surge in 400G AOC deployments, soon to be followed by rapid growth 800G AOCs deployment. On the supply side, use of 400/800G AOCs will be spurred