Senko's expanded beam optical backplane connector gains ecosystem traction

Senko showed an expanded beam backplane connector at CIOE, and SemiAnalysis estimates it carries roughly 1,500 or more fiber strands per connector.

Optical backplanes become relevant once hyperscalers and neoclouds adopt in-rack optics to link GPUs and switches for scale-up, which remains far off on the roadmap. Tracking this ecosystem's maturity could indicate the pace of optical scale-up adoption.