[HN Gopher] TSMC Jumps into Silicon Photonics, Lays Out Roadmap ...
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       TSMC Jumps into Silicon Photonics, Lays Out Roadmap for 12.8 Tbps
       Interconnect
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-05-02 21:44 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | jauntywundrkind wrote:
       | Super promising & interesting, but also not really an advanced in
       | throughout vs today's switches. That's 16x 800Gbps. Awesome &
       | boggling, but for something that'll be coming out a good bit down
       | the road.
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       | Just for reference, a MI300X is good for 5.3TBps aka 42Tbps.
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       | Overally my hope still is we see some interesting disaggregated
       | architectures form. Rather than be used for ToR switches only, I
       | hope this sort of thing can be used for closely connecting small
       | clusters. Ideally an advanced flash controller also would have
       | such a device.
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       | The material cost of cables and their energy efficiency grow
       | terrifying. Photonics remain a key to helping us physically scale
       | our systems effectively.
        
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