At OFC 2026, Advanced Fiber Resources (AFR) and its partner Calient.AI jointly showcased the Calient^® OCS product. Through a live demo of the OCS all-optical interconnect, the demonstration highlighted the solution's immense potential in building high-speed, highly efficient optical network architectures, empowering the comprehensive upgrade of future data centers and intelligent computing networks.

The rapid expansion of LLMs and hyperscale computing clusters has pushed traditional electrical switching architectures to their limits regarding power consumption, latency, and scalability. OCS has emerged as the industry's clear evolutionary path, offering protocol-agnostic, all-optical transparent transmission with ultra-low latency. Capitalizing on this shift, AFR Wuhan has drawn on years of close client collaboration to overcome the manufacturing bottlenecks associated with high-port-count optical switches. AFR has built a vertically integrated OCS manufacturing platform that spans MEMS chip packaging and testing to optical coupling, PCBA manufacturing, and final system assembly and testing.Delivering strict product consistency and scalable capacity, AFR is fully equipped to ensure reliable deployments for data center environments.

As the demand for AI computing power continues to surge, OCS is emerging as a critical, indispensable infrastructure for data center optical interconnects. We are your OCS partner. AFR is committed to being your most trusted partner.