Astera Labs Unveils Orion: A Compute-Agnostic Rack-Scale Architecture for Token-Efficient AI Factories

Astera Labs Unveils Orion: A Compute-Agnostic Rack-Scale Architecture for Token-Efficient AI Factories Tweet SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astera Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALAB), a leader in semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for rack-scale AI infrastructure, today announced Orion: a modular rack-scale reference design with production-grade connectivity that allows customers to choose their own GPU and CPU. To be offered through Astera Labs’ ODM and OEM partners, the Orion production-grade reference designs are expected to help enable neocloud and enterprise customers to deploy AI infrastructure faster and run it more efficiently, turning racks built on open standards into token-efficient AI factories. For neoclouds and enterprises to economically serve inference at scale, they must secure sufficient accelerator and CPU capacity while delivering predictable, low-latency performance across increasingly complex AI infrastructure.