AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to define optical scale-up interconnect of the future for AI clusters — Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to benefit as speeds eventually scale to 3.2 Tb/s

March 13, 2026

, By Tom’s Hardware

AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to define optical scale-up interconnect of the future for AI clusters — Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to benefit as speeds eventually scale to 3.2 Tb/s

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As AI clusters grow larger, they begin to use optical interconnects for scale-out connectivity. However, the day when they require optical interconnects for scale-up connectivity may be approaching soon. To prep for that day, hyperscalers Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI teamed up with hardware designers AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia to develop a protocol-agnostic scale-up interconnection technology for AI clusters.

To do so, the group of companies this week established the Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI)…

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AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to define optical scale-up interconnect of the future for AI clusters — Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to benefit as speeds eventually scale to 3.2 Tb/s

March 13, 2026

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AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia join hyperscalers to define optical scale-up interconnect of the future for AI clusters — Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to benefit as speeds eventually scale to 3.2 Tb/s

As AI clusters grow larger, they begin to use optical interconnects for scale-out connectivity. However, the day when they require optical interconnects for scale-up connectivity may be approaching soon. To prep for that day, hyperscalers Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI teamed up with hardware designers AMD, Broadcom, and Nvidia to develop a protocol-agnostic scale-up interconnection technology for AI clusters.

To do so, the group of companies this week established the Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI)…

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