Credo Unveils 1.6T ZeroFlap Active Light Cable, Industry’s First Row-Scale, Wide-Parallel Optical Interconnect for AI Data Centers
Business Wire•12/10/2026•09:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Credo unveiled a 1.6T ZeroFlap active light cable for AI data-center connectivity.
- ➤ZeroFlap ALC targets up to 50m reach and 100 million hours MTBF.
- ➤Each cable-end draws 12W, roughly 30% below comparable active electrical cables.
- ➤ZeroFlap ALC is 10x lighter than AECs and enables row-scale connectivity.
- ➤Credo plans to ship the 1.6T ZeroFlap ALC in 2027.
Expert Statements
L.K. Bhupathi, Associate Vice President of Product at Credo
“For decades, optical transceivers have prioritized data rate per fiber. Our 1.6T ZeroFlap ALCs are engineered with reliability as the first-order concern. The scale-up and scale-out links that form the densest connections in AI data centers demand higher reliability than traditional optics were designed to provide. Credo’s ALCs bring copper-class reliability to these links, enabling larger GPU clusters and higher-throughput connectivity for massive-scale AI deployments.”
Scott Wilkinson, Lead Analyst, Optical Components at Cignal AI
“As the speeds and distances required for AI exceed the capabilities of copper, there is a gap opening between copper cables and more expensive, power-hungry traditional pluggable optics. Credo’s ZeroFlap ALC addresses this gap with a unique approach that provides row-scale reach while maintaining the reliability and low-cost benefits of AECs.”
Credo Unveils 1.6T ZeroFlap Active Light Cable, Industry’s First Row-Scale, Wide-Parallel Optical Interconnect for AI Data Centers
Micro-Emitter-Based, Pluggable Solution Targets Scale-Out and Front-End Connectivity Up to 50m with Copper-Class Reliability at Lower Power and Reduced Cable Bulk
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