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Explore the technical and ecosystem challenges of co-packaged optics (CPO) technology in this 15-minute conference talk from the Open Compute Project. Learn how CPO integrates optical interconnects directly with silicon to overcome performance and power limitations of traditional pluggable optics as AI and cloud workloads continue scaling. Examine critical implementation challenges including thermal management, signal integrity, serviceability, reliability, and fiber management at rack and row levels. Gain insights into the current CPO ecosystem state, necessary innovations to overcome adoption barriers, and strategic considerations for network architects and system designers evaluating next-generation optical interconnects for scalable data infrastructure deployment.
