News and BusinessThe Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) has announced the creation of the Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Working Group which will encourage the adoption of co-packaged optics by developing technical guidance and standards for CPO implementations. This effort focuses on the optical connectivity and remote laser sources necessary to make co-packaged optics a reality and it is […]
Technologies and ProductsApplied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), a provider of fibre-optic access network products for the internet datacentre, cable broadband, telecom, and FTTH markets, has announced customer sample availability of 400G optical modules based on silicon-photonics technology. The modules are designed to demonstrate the feasibility of applying AOI’s silicon photonics platform to the requirements of on-board optics (OBO), […]
News and BusinessAccording to “The Embedded Optics Market: COBO and its Alternatives – 2017-2026,” a new report from Communications Industry Researchers, the market value for embedded optics could reach $5.5 billion in 2022. The report notes that the standardisation efforts of the Consortium for on-Board Optics (COBO) group could make embedded optics technology much more popular in the […]