Ayar Labs offers SuperNova
ProductOperating Status: Currently Offered
SuperNova is Ayar Labs' external multi-wavelength light source for co-packaged optical links.
SuperNova is Ayar Labs' external multi-wavelength light source for co-packaged optical links.
SuperNova separates the laser from the optical engine, reducing the thermal burden inside a co-packaged optical assembly. Its ELSFP module can be replaced in the field, while TeraPHY can also use other compatible external light sources.
Ayar Labs specifies a multi-wavelength design with up to 23 dBm per wavelength for the current product. Its earlier SuperNova demonstration delivered 64 addressable wavelengths across eight ports and operated from 15 to 100 degrees Celsius without reported mode jumps, showing the source's wavelength stability over that range.
Ayar Labs publicly demonstrated SuperNova by June 2021 as a multi-wavelength, multi-port optical source with 64 addressable wavelengths. Its first-party resource described the source as compliant with CW-WDM MSA optical-source specifications and distinguished it from then-current pluggable products.
At ECOC 2021, Ayar Labs demonstrated eight laser ports with eight wavelengths each across a 15 to 100 degree Celsius operating range. The current product page presents SuperNova as an ELSFP external light source for TeraPHY-based AI scale-up deployments, with field replacement and liquid-cooling compatibility.
SuperNova is the external laser element of Ayar Labs' co-packaged optics solution for AI scale-up. Buyers integrating TeraPHY optical engines can place the source outside the chip package, preserving service access to the laser while supplying multiple wavelengths for optical links.
The current product page cites high-power output, an ELSFP form factor, liquid-cooling compatibility, and OCI-MSA alignment. These are product claims from Ayar Labs; no published pricing, shipment volume, or customer deployment count on the cited page supports a quantified adoption claim.
SuperNova is Ayar Labs' external laser source for its co-packaged optical I/O architecture. It supplies multiple wavelengths to TeraPHY optical engines while keeping the light source outside the chip package, where it can be serviced independently.
The current SuperNova uses an ELSFP form factor for field-replaceable AI scale-up deployments. Ayar Labs states output of up to 23 dBm per wavelength, liquid-cooling compatibility, and OCI-MSA alignment for its DWDM light-source design.