OCP Canada Tech Day

Session: Open Systems for AI Clusters 

Title: Accelerating AI With Light 

Speaker: Joyce Poon, Sr Director, Photonics Architecture, Lightmatter 

Palais des Congres de Montreal 

Description: In this talk, I will introduce the silicon photonics-based interconnects, which enables high-bandwidth, energy-efficient communication between heterogeneous compute chips. As traditional electrical interconnects face fundamental limits in scaling bandwidth and reducing power, photonic interconnects offer a compelling alternative. I will discuss how optical communications can overcome bottlenecks in conventional computing systems, enabling scalable, low-latency chip-to-chip communication. The talk will also discuss design challenges, recent advances, and the impact of photonic interconnects for high-performance computing platforms. 

When and Where: 

Date: Thursday June 12, 2025 

Time: 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM 

Location: Palais des Congres de Montreal 

Location: Room: 511DE – Level 5 

About OCP Canada Tech Day: 

OCP Canada Tech Day will bring together Canadian technical and business leadership, along with the OCP Community, to discuss and share progress and ideas important to advancing data center and edge technologies for AI. OCP Canada Tech Day is intended to showcase the latest innovations and technical advancements from around the world. Featuring talks from experts who are researching and designing the next generation of data center and edge computing equipment in the morning, followed by two afternoon breakout sessions covering (1) responsibly deploying next generation open AI/HPC clusters and (2) open ecosystems for mobile network hardware platforms. 

Learn more about our solutions: 
Passage L200 3D CPO (co-packaged optics) Passage M1000 Superchip (active photonic interposer)