30/10/2026
AI workloads are bringing to light a longstanding constraint in data centers: as bandwidth rises, copper paths consume more power and generate more heat.
Co-packaged optics (CPO) can help address this constraint. By bringing optical engines closer to compute and memory silicon, CPO shrinks the distance signals travel through copper.
In this Q&A, Sanjay Gangadhara, senior architect at Synopsys, discusses why the architectural approach is gaining urgency — and what it will take to make it work at scale.
Learn how co-packaged optics can reduce power loss in AI data centers and how reliability, cost, standards, and system design shape adoption.