OCP Summit 2025

Visit Astera Labs at Booth B33

Rack-Scale AI Connectivity

See live demos of purpose-built connectivity solutions for rack-scale AI infrastructure and gain insights into how Astera Labs is leading the transition to AI Infrastructure 2.0.

Hear From Our Experts!

Scaling AI with PCIe, Ethernet, and UALink Retimers

Aanchal Sharma, Director Product Management & Chris Blackburn, Principal Solutions Architect

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 11:50am-12:05pm

Reinventing the Backplane: Why AI Demands an Active Approach

Chris Blackburn, Principal Solutions Architect, with TE Connectivity

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 3:35pm-3:50pm

Scale or Stall: The Case for Purpose-Built Rack Connectivity

Ahmad Danesh, Associate VP, Product Management

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 4:30pm-4:55pm 

Applications and Use Cases for UALink: Enabling Efficient, Open Networking for AI Scale-Up Systems

Chris Petersen, Fellow, Technology & Ecosystems, with UALink Consortium

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 11:05am-11:30am

Beyond the Spec: What it Takes to Deploy UALink at Rack-Scale

Chris Peterson, Fellow, Technology & Ecosystems, and Ahmad Danesh, AVP, Product Management

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 12:50pm-1:05pm

Trust at 64 GT/s: Security Considerations for PCIe 6 Switch Deployments

Avdhesh Chhodavdia, Security Technologist

Thursday, Oct. 16, 3:25pm-3:40pm

Let’s Connect at OCP!

Meet AI Infrastructure 2.0

AI has outgrown the server. The rack is the new unit of compute — a tightly integrated, AI-optimized system. Learn more at OCP Global Summit!

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Join Us for Happy Hour

Wednesday, 3pm-5pm, Booth B33

Purpose-built connectivity, grounded in open standards

Learn about our PCIe and UALink solutions for scale-up, Ethernet solutions for scale-out, and PCIe and CXL solutions for peripherals and memory expansion.

Let’s Meet

See the demos in Booth B33

  • Modular PCIe 6 backplane technology for scale-up networks
  • Real-world PCIe 6 scale-up fabrics running on AI infrastructure
  • 200G Ethernet connectivity designed for scale-out AI workloads
  • Accelerated retrieval-augmented generation powered by CXL
  • Standards-driven rack-scale management enabled by COSMOS