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Astera Labs Says Modularity Is Key to Building Inference Capacity Fast
Chips and infrastructureOctober 24, 2026, 00:22

Astera Labs Says Modularity Is Key to Building Inference Capacity Fast

Astera Labs says modularity at every level, from chip to grid, is how the industry can build inference capacity fast enough to meet demand. In a blog post tied to the…

Astera Labs shows PCIe optical links on its path to NPO and CPO
Chips and infrastructureOctober 20, 2026, 20:38

Astera Labs shows PCIe optical links on its path to NPO and CPO

Astera Labs says it has made material progress on its optical roadmap, launching its first optical products and showing PCIe links over near-packaged optics (NPO) at the…

Astera Labs: Single Scorpio X Switch Lifts 8-GPU Inference Up to 89%
Chips and infrastructureOctober 13, 2026, 22:46

Astera Labs: Single Scorpio X Switch Lifts 8-GPU Inference Up to 89%

Astera Labs says a single Scorpio X-Series 320L Smart Fabric Switch delivered up to 89% more output tokens per second in an 8-GPU platform than a conventional topology…

Astera Labs Unveils Orion, a GPU-Agnostic Rack-Scale Reference Architecture
Chips and infrastructureOctober 12, 2026, 14:48

Astera Labs Unveils Orion, a GPU-Agnostic Rack-Scale Reference Architecture

Astera Labs has introduced the Orion Rack-Scale Reference Architecture, a set of designs that separates rack construction from the choice of accelerator. According to…

Astera Labs Launches Aries 7, Its First PCIe 7 and Optical Portfolio
Chips and infrastructureOctober 8, 2026, 14:45

Astera Labs Launches Aries 7, Its First PCIe 7 and Optical Portfolio

Astera Labs has announced Aries 7, which the company calls the industry's first and broadest PCIe 7 signal conditioning portfolio. It expands the copper product family…

Astera Labs Targets AI's Connectivity Wall With Scorpio, Leo and COSMOS
Chips and infrastructureOctober 7, 2026, 03:37

Astera Labs Targets AI's Connectivity Wall With Scorpio, Leo and COSMOS

Astera Labs CEO Jitendra Mohan argues that four walls now limit AI inference: wafers, power, memory and connectivity. The company says only the last can be moved…