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Semtech’s DirectEdge™ Portfolio Enables Low-Power 400G/800G AI Data Centers
Complete suite of high-performance 100G/channel Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) and laser drivers optimized for energy-efficient Linear Pluggable Optics
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nComplete suite of high-performance 100G/channel Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs) and laser drivers optimized for energy-efficient Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO)\n\n SAN FRANCISCO & CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSemtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor, Internet of Things (IoT) systems and cloud connectivity service solutions, announced the expansion of its optical communications portfolio with DirectEdge 100G per channel single-mode and multi-mode LPO solutions. This breakthrough analog Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) technology addresses the most pressing challenge facing Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure scaling: power efficiency.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250401118185/en/Semtech’s DirectEdge™ Portfolio Enables Low-Power 400G/800G AI Data Center\nData center interconnects supporting AI workloads face unprecedented bandwidth requirements while operating under strict power envelopes. According to IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Tracker, annual spending on AI infrastructure will exceed $200 billion USD globally by 2028. In the first half of 2024 alone, investments in compute and storage infrastructure for AI deployments reached $47.4 billion, representing a staggering 97% year-over-year growth rate.\n\n“For hyperscalers running AI workloads, power has become a critical business constraint,” said Weiliang Deng, director of signal integrity product marketing at Semtech. “Our DirectEdge portfolio benefits hyperscalers by bringing our industry-leading PMDs to successfully deploy LPO, while also addressing the power imperative by eliminating power-hungry DSPs. Every milliwatt saved in optical interconnects can be redirected to computational resources and we believe our LPO solutions are over 50% more power efficient than comparable DSP-based solutions. For a hyperscale data center with hundreds of thousands of optical modules, this translates to significant energy savings that can be applied to more GPU clusters for AI training and inference.”\n\nEstablished 100G/channel LPO Portfolio\n\nSemtech's DirectEdge 100G per channel LPO portfolio offers complete coverage for both single and multimode fiber implementations in 400G and 800G optical modules.\n\n\n...