APC Says Let There Be Light, With Raft Of Standards To Speed Up Photonics Manufacturing
Summary
APC announced a raft of standards intended to speed up high-volume photonics manufacturing for optical networking gear. The standards cover co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, and manufacturing/test practices, aiming to reduce variation, improve interoperability, and alleviate supply-chain constraints as AI and datacenters demand higher bandwidth. The article highlights industry pressures like component shortages, open interconnect concepts, and the potential for open, vendor-agnostic photonics ecosystems to boost efficiency and scale.