Written by: DaiDai, Maitong MSX
Many people thought that Huang Renxiong would completely ignite optical communications at this GTC event.
After all, this sector has been hot for far too long. From CPO to silicon photonics, from optical modules to high-speed interconnects, the market has basically placed all its imagination about AI infrastructure upgrades on this. More coincidentally, OFC 2026 is also being held the same week, with the technical conference from March 15-19 and the exhibition from March 17-19. One is Nvidia laying out the roadmap, the other is the entire optical communications industry chain showing its muscles, so naturally the hype was pushed to its peak.
So before Huang Renxiong took the stage, what the market was actually waiting for was not an ordinary speech, but a spark. What everyone wanted to hear was not "the future direction is fine," but a more explicit statement: in the next phase, optical is the main line.
Unfortunately, Huang Renxiong didn't deliver that message.