Optalysys

Accelerating the future: Photonic compute in transit

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Our CEO Chris Walker explores the photonic milestones that have transformed the compute conversation https://t.co/3KGXV9TR3W

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The future of AI infrastructure won’t be defined by a single processor, memory or computing technology.

As power, memory and data movement constraints grow we’re seeing advances in combining XPUs, specialist accelerators, advanced memory, optical interconnects and emerging compute technologies into heterogenous architectures. Heterogeneity allows each component in the system to be used where it delivers the greatest system-level advantage.

In this article for @techUK, Optalysys CPO and Co-Founder @NNOPT argues that this shift creates a significant opportunity for the UK to turn its strengths in photonics, semiconductor design and advanced computing into strategically vital positions within the global AI supply chain – but doing so will require collaboration across hyperscalers, hardware developers, networking companies, deep-tech innovators and government alongside faster commercialisation of the UK’s research strengths.

Read the full article: https://t.co/K73p5LzRlg

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We've touched down at the Optica + Advanced Photonics Coalition PECC Summit in Sunnyvale!

We're looking forward to connecting with leading technical minds from across the photonics ecosystem 💡

If you'd like to experience a brand new live demo of our photonic Compute-in-Transit technology that delivers greater energy efficiency for AI, swing by our stand (T9).

You can also pre-book your meeting here https://t.co/dgkzX4sUDE

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Across the ecosystem, architectures that don’t just deliver more compute, but rethink where that compute happens are gaining traction.

Innovators and designers at the forefront of AI are now exploring whether we can turn the network itself into active compute infrastructure. 

In his latest article, our CEO Chris Walker asks "if memory can become part of compute, why not the data path?"

https://t.co/qeSIig0uPZ

Heading to the PECC Summit and interested in finding out more? Book some time in with the team to be taken through a live demo of our photonic Compute-in-Transit technology ➡️ https://t.co/dgkzX4sUDE

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New exciting opportunities 🇮🇳

🏢@HexawareGlobal - 240 new jobs in Leeds.
⚡ @AssetCool taking its innovative tech global.
🤖 @Optalysys growing its AI business.
🔌 @wilsonpoweruk Solutions expanding in 🇮🇳.

These partnerships mean more jobs & opportunities for local people.

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Next week we'll be exhibiting at the @OpticaWorldwide & @AdvancePhotonic PECC Summit 🚀

Visit the team on Stand T9 to see and interact with a live demo of our photonic Compute-in-Transit technology and talk to us about:

- Photonic compute within the data path for AI inference
- Distributed AI and collective operations
- How compute can be integrated into optical links
- Opportunities to collaborate across chips, networking and optical infrastructure

Book some time in with the team ➡️ https://t.co/dgkzX4sUDE

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Our CPO Nick New recently spoke to @BW_SciTech about the Optalysys journey spanning Leeds, Bristol & the US 🚀

Our Leeds site is home to our optical lab and where our photonics engineers, mathematicians & cryptographers are based.

Watch the full video ⬇️

https://t.co/upXt1cNyCt

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Later this month we'll be heading to Sunnyvale for the Optica & Advanced Photonics Coalition's PECC Summit where we're Gold Sponsors 🚀

Visit the team on Stand T9 to see and interact with a live demo of our photonic Compute-in-Transit technology and talk to us about:

- Photonic compute for AI inference
- Distributed AI and collective operations
- How compute can be integrated into optical links
- Opportunities to collaborate across chips, networking and optical infrastructure

Book some time in with the team ➡️ https://t.co/dgkzX4sUDE

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📣 We're thrilled to announce the appointment of Chip Greely as our new VP & Head of Device Operations

Based in the US, Chip has over 35 years of experience in semiconductors and has worked with the likes of Qualcomm, Textron and TRW. More recently he's worked in the electro-optical space at Ayar Labs, Nokia America, and n-Eye Systems managing in-house and OSAT assemblies and relationships of silicon photonics to support AI.

Welcome aboard Chip!

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Today marks an exciting milestone for Optalysys as our new Bangalore office officially opens its doors 🎉 🇮🇳

This new hub will play an important role in supporting the next phase of our technology and product development, strengthening our global engineering capability and helping us build a sustainable pipeline of world-class talent.

We’re excited to welcome our Bangalore team and to see this new chapter take shape.

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As AI hits memory, power and copper walls, new ways of computing matter more than ever.

Our CEO Chris Walker explores recent photonics milestones that could pave the way ⬇️

Read the full article: https://t.co/TQLulQgVca

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FEC is one of the hidden enablers of modern AI infrastructure - but as network speeds and scale increase, error correction so can costs in latency, power and silicon.

Our latest report from Joe Wilson explores how FEC supports reliable scale-out AI networks, why its infrastructure cost is becoming increasingly important, and how new photonic Compute-in-Transit architectures could move selected elements of error correction into the optical data path itself.

Download the report to explore the next frontier in AI network efficiency ⬇️

https://t.co/Zw8BaLLosG

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We're delighted to have been shortlisted in the @ProlificNorth Tech Awards 2026 🎉

We're finalists in the Tech Innovation of the Year category for our Compute-in-Transit technology - congratulations to all other nominees!

Find out more about Compute-in-Transit ➡️ https://t.co/58q9hOGBkc

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Book a meeting with the team https://t.co/xtley4uprw

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Today's the day! We're in Santa Clara for the AI Infra Summit 🚀

If you’re here over the next few days, book some time with us to chat through:

- Breaking the AI memory and copper walls
- Photonic compute for inference
- Distributed AI and collective operations
- How compute can be integrated into optical links
- Opportunities to collaborate across chips, networking and optical infrastructure

Book a meeting with the team ➡️ https://t.co/2cirEFmd0A

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Book a meeting with the team ➡️ https://t.co/xtley4uprw

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Next week we'll be heading to Santa Clara for the AI Infra Summit 🚀

AI infrastructure is scaling at extraordinary speed - but it's hit the limits of conventional architectures.

Increasingly, performance, power and efficiency are being shaped by the cost of moving data between memory, accelerators and nodes.

That’s the problem driving Optalysys’ approach to photonic Compute-in-Transit: making optical data movement computationally useful by performing operations directly in the data path.

If you’re attending next week, book some time with us to chat through:

- Breaking the AI memory and copper walls
- Photonic compute for inference
- Distributed AI and collective operations
- How compute can be integrated into optical links
- Opportunities to collaborate across chips, networking and optical infrastructure

Book a meeting with the team ➡️ https://t.co/CHnKOUpyAp

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We're searching for a UK-based Software Engineer (Simulation & Frameworks) to join Optalysys!

The role is within our newly formed Architecture group which is tasked with architecting a novel photonics computing system for various target markets such as AI.

Full job spec: https://t.co/D1FAz70SI6

As a Software Engineer working on an in-house simulation system and accompanying frameworks, you will be critical in helping develop the architecture. You will work across the software-hardware boundary, enabling rapid bring-up, deep system insight of a novel compute architecture

More info & to apply: https://t.co/D1FAz70SI6

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AI infrastructure is increasingly constrained by the cost of moving data, not compute alone.

Our latest paper explores Programmable Compute-in-Transit using Integrated Photonics: computation embedded directly in the optical data path, for unmatched efficiency and energy gains.

Read it here: https://t.co/9YTr7XVCsi