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PsiQuantum turns its photonics know-how into an optical switch for supercharging AI data center GPU networks

PsiQuantum develops low-loss optical switch for artificial intelligence data centres

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PsiQuantum turns its photonics know-how into an optical switch for supercharging AI data center GPU networks

PsiQuantum has developed an eight-port optical switch intended to accelerate networking performance across graphics processing unit clusters in artificial intelligence data centres. The hardware exhibits optical transmission losses of around 1.2 dB, outperforming common industry tolerances of up to 3 dB.

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This summary was written by the GPU Data Hub desk from reporting published by Tom's Hardware on 30 Oct 2026, 14:30. Read the full article at the original publisher.

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