06/04/2026
AI infrastructure is moving fast. Industry analysts project 800G-and-above optical transceiver shipments will grow from roughly 24 million units in 2025 to nearly 63 million in 2026, a 2.6x year-over-year increase. That kind of volume inflection changes how engineering teams need to think about optical planning.
AOI's Simon Ximen walks through the 800G-to-1.6T transition: why OSFP has become the dominant form factor for high-density AI cluster deployments, how to align optical and GPU procurement timelines, and why vertical integration matters when supply chains tighten.
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