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RT NEWS: Optical packaging keeps moving closer to the ASIC: from pluggable optics to NPO and CPO, and now NVIDIA’s OOI prototype, which places optica...

What happened

According to an RT NEWS item reposted by TrendForce, optical packaging keeps moving closer to the ASIC: from pluggable optics to NPO and CPO, and now NVIDIA's OOI prototype, which places optical engines on the silicon interposer. The approach is still in research. The source provides no pricing, supply-demand or production timeline information.

Impact and signal

Low impactImpact score: 20/100

Affected components and suppliers

optical enginessilicon interposerASIC

NVIDIA

OOICPONPOpluggable opticsoptical packagingprototype

Source and time

Source: TrendForce Official (Market Data) · 10/20/2026 · View original source

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RT NEWS: Optical packaging keeps moving closer to the ASIC: from pluggable optics to NPO and CPO, and now NVIDIA’s OOI prototype, which places optica...

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