Lightelligence Showcases Cutting-Edge Optical Computing Tech at OFC

Optical compute leader to demonstrate latest advancements in optoelectronics and accelerated computing

Published on Mar. 5, 2026

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Lightelligence, a pioneer in optical computing technology, will showcase its industry-leading products and solutions at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) in Los Angeles from March 17-19. The company will demonstrate its PACE 2 optoelectronic accelerated computing card, distributed Optical Circuit Switch (dOCS) chip, Photowave PCIe/CXL hardware for disaggregated AI memory, and Near-Packaged Optics (NPO) technology.

Why it matters

Lightelligence's optical computing innovations have the potential to significantly improve the speed, latency, and energy efficiency of high-performance computing tasks compared to traditional electronic architectures. As data demands continue to grow, these advancements in optoelectronics could shape the future of accelerated computing in data centers and AI applications.

The details

Lightelligence's PACE 2 card builds on the company's first-generation PACE technology, utilizing optical matrix multiplication to solve complex optimization problems. The new card features a fully configurable optical matrix, heterogeneous optoelectronic architecture, and software support for popular AI frameworks. The dOCS chip integrates optical circuit switching directly into networks to enable scalable, high-performance optical interconnects. Photowave oNET hardware leverages photonics for low-latency, energy-efficient data center resource scaling. And the NPO module places optical engines and compute chips in close proximity for superior bandwidth in GPU, AI, and data center applications.

  • The OFC conference will take place from March 17-19, 2026 in Los Angeles.
  • Lightelligence will showcase its technologies throughout the 3-day event.

The players

Lightelligence

A global hardware/software co-design company focused on special-purpose computing, building optical chips to power the next generation of high-performance computing.

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The takeaway

Lightelligence's showcase at OFC underscores the company's leadership in optical computing innovations that could revolutionize data center and AI workloads with dramatic improvements in speed, latency, and energy efficiency compared to traditional electronics.