#Optics & Connectivity

Keysight Highlights 1.6T Interconnect and AI Infrastructure Test Solutions at electronica 2026 to Support High-Speed Design Validation

Originally published as: Keysight Offers Solutions to Progress AI Infrastructure, Aerospace and Defense, and Much More at electronica 2026

Embedded Computing DesignPublished 2 days ago

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Hardware teams developing high-speed AI interconnects must adopt advanced multi-channel test platforms early to verify 1.6T lane performance and ensure compliance before production release.

At electronica 2026, Keysight Technologies is positioning its latest hardware development, emulation, and test toolchains to address the soaring complexities of next-generation system architectures. With data rates scaling rapidly to support dense machine learning clusters and advanced aerospace designs, traditional validation benches are facing severe signal integrity bottlenecks.

The showcase places heavy emphasis on validating 1.6-terabit electrical and optical interconnects operating at 100G and 200G per lane, alongside specialized power system evaluations for dense AI data centers. Hardware and test engineers dealing with multi-gigabit signaling must contend with strict insertion loss, crosstalk, and thermal constraints that dictate tighter tolerances across passive and active components.

Design teams should evaluate how modern modular instrumentation and automated test workflows integrate into existing laboratory pipelines to catch physical layer anomalies early. Adopting scalable, synchronized multi-channel measurement platforms will be vital to mitigating compliance risks under emerging regulatory frameworks like the Cyber Resilience Act.

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Exhibits focus heavily on validating 1.6-terabit optical and electrical interconnects operating at 100G and 200G lanes for scalable AI infrastructure.

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