The arrival of artificial intelligence has caused a stir around the world, for a large number of reasons, but this time we are not going to talk about the negative part of it, but about how its development has forced many companies to try to achieve new technologies that can change the course of things. In this case, Intel presented the first chip of interconnection optical fully integrated that wants to change the way I/O connections work.
There are many negative points that can be highlighted about artificial intelligence, such as its uses or the fact that in a few years it could become the technology that consumes the most energy in the world, but it cannot be denied that it is a turning point for many new developments that are currently emerging. The need for companies to integrate AI with the best possible performance forces them to develop a series of new products that increase the performance that specialized hardware is capable of offering.
Intel’s new technology that wants to change I/O connections
Even though he is not currently living his best moment, it must be said that Intel is a company that has contributed greatly to the development of what we currently call computer systems, and this time it wants to position itself once again as a leader with a new creation. This company achieved a breakthrough in the photonics segment by unveiling the world’s first fully integrated optical computing interconnect for emerging AI markets.
It is increasingly difficult to adapt traditional connections to AI-related hardware, because as we well know, this requires extremely high throughput that many current systems are not capable of offering. This is where the novelty comes in chiplet OCI of Intelwhich they say is capable of increasing bandwidth, reducing power consumption and increasing connection range, which is essential in a high-performance AI infrastructure.
In general, this new development seeks to offer the possibility of transmitting data at a speed that we have not seen until now, and tests carried out with the first implementation indicate that it supports bidirectional data transfer of 4 terabits per second.
The benefits it offers far exceed traditional connections
Usually, when we see a new technology emerging that can completely revolutionize the market, we always think about how it is going to be implemented, because making a change of this type can be quite expensive, but taking into account that it is a huge leap in terms of transfer speed, many companies will be willing to implement it.
As indicated by Intelare chiplet OIC It offers significantly higher bandwidth data transfer via co-packaged optical I/O and supports up to 64 channels at 32 Gbps data rates. As previously stated, the biggest benefits offered by this new form of interconnect are higher bandwidth, greater power efficiency, much lower latency, and greater range.
As we know well, optical technology is one of the greatest advances that we can find if we refer to the speed of data transfer, a clear example of the change that the passage of a electrical system to an optical system was the arrival of optical fiber, which completely changed the way network connections work and today continues to grow to offer the highest possible speed.
