Accelerating the Ethernet Ecosystem with Interop and Performance Testing
Seamless and rapid deployment while minimizing interop risk
- Rigorous testing of Taurus Ethernet SCMs integrated into Active Electrical Cables with a range of hosts, NICs, and switches
- Extensive test capabilities with Ethernet exercisers, analyzers, and custom systems
- Comprehensive testing including COSMOS software suite for compatibility, link up reliability, and performance stability
Hardware and Software Coverage
Example Tests
Link Up Reliability
- CMIS dump
- Hot-plug link up
- Shut-noshut
- Switch warm boot
Performance Stability
- FEC
- Shut-noshut + FEC performance
Network Tests
- COSMOS Developer Kit Test Suite
- IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards
- CMIS-based manageability validation
- Platform-specific AI fabric features
Industry-Leading, High-Volume Scorpio Smart Fabric Switches and Aries Smart Retimers Achieve Compliance at First PCI-SIG 6.x Workshop
Astera Labs Accelerates Time-to-Market With Proven and High-Volume Interoperable SolutionsWe’ve recently hit a new milestone on our journey to deliver “AI Your Way” to hyperscalers and AI model labs through continued commitment to open scale-up standards and broad interoperability. Astera Labs’ high-volume Scorpio™ Smart Fabric Switches and Aries Smart Retimers have passed PCI-SIG®… Read more
What’s Driving the Optical Transition? An Optimization Problem With 5 Factors
5 Factors at a Glance:AI workloads are pushing infrastructure from copper toward optics for greater speed.Higher data rates shrink achievable reach, straining passive copper.Optics extend reach and speed but add real power and cooling demands.Copper can help control cost, but optics become unavoidable past a point.Bigger clusters incur physical demands like longer cable… Read more
One Footprint, Many Architectures: Why AI Racks Need an Open Signal Conditioning Standard
Not long ago, a single AI training server housed eight accelerators, all connected within a single chassis. Today, that number has grown to 72 or more accelerators per rack — and industry roadmaps are pointing toward multi-rack and row-scale compute domains where hundreds of interconnected accelerators must exchange data with low latency and high aggregate bandwidth. The rack has become… Read more
Astera Labs Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Record quarterly revenue of $392.4 million, up 27% QoQ and up 104% year-over-yearQ2 revenue strength reflects diversified growth across AI fabrics and signal conditioningQ3 revenue inflection to be driven by Scorpio™ X-Series 320-lane fabric switch production ramp SAN JOSE, CA, U.S. – August 4, 2026 – Astera Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALAB), a leader in semiconductor-based connectivity… Read more
Astera Labs Expands Taurus Family with Industry’s First OCP-Standard Footprint Compatible 3.2T Smart Retimers and Smart Redrivers
Unified COSMOS stack helps customers accelerate time to market with real-time link observability and advanced diagnostic featuresNews Highlights:Expanded Taurus family adds 3.2T Ethernet Smart Retimers and Smart Redrivers for scale-up and scale-out AI infrastructure.Sampling industry-first Smart Retimers and Smart Redrivers built on the OCP Signal Conditioner Standard Footprint…. Read more
Astera Labs Expands Taiwan Operations to Accelerate Global AI Infrastructure Buildout
Expanded Cloud-Scale Interop Lab and growing engineering presence to strengthen AI system integration with leading AI platform providers and Taiwan system manufacturersTAIPEI, Taiwan—June 3, 2026—Astera Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALAB), a leader in semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for rack-scale AI infrastructure, today announced a significant expansion of its Taiwan operations… Read more
Astera Labs to Host Press Conference, Live Demos, and Technical Talks at Computex 2026
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 26, 2026—Astera Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALAB), a leader in semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for rack-scale AI infrastructure, will host press and industry analysts at Computex 2026 in the company’s room at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (TaiNEX 1), Room 303, third floor.WHAT: Astera Labs will use its Computex program to highlight the company’s… Read more
First Look: Taurus Smart Signal Conditioners
As AI scale-up networks move to 200G per lane, signal integrity and reach extension become critical design challenges. Astera Labs solves this challenge with the introduction of its fourth generation of Taurus Smart Signal Conditioners – our new 3.2T family of Retimers and Redrivers for on-board Ethernet, UALink™, and ESUN scale-up connectivity.Taurus is the industry’s first signal… Read more
Accelerating the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion Ecosystem: How Astera Labs and NVIDIA are Bringing the Vision to Life
Join Thad Omura and Kishore Atreya for an engaging fireside chat on the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion ecosystem. Dive into how NVLink Fusion is redefining accelerator connectivity and discover how Astera Labs is enabling the ecosystem with purpose-built, high-performance solutions. This forward-looking conversation offers valuable insights for technology leaders, architects, and anyone building the… Read more
Scorpio 320 Lane Fabric Switch Demo
For today’s AI workloads, maximizing token performance means ensuring every GPU cycle is spent computing, not waiting on data.In this video, Steven Liao demonstrates how Astera Labs’ Scorpio 320 Lane fabric switch maximizes token performance by delivering single-hop, line-rate peer-to-peer connectivity to GPUs, which eliminates data movement bottlenecks that stall GPU utilization.TThe… Read more