Astera Labs unveils Orion: what it means for Astera Labs stock
Published on 10/25/2026 at 17:45 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSProduct and reporting dates
- Astera Labs announced Orion on October 12, 2026.
- Orion is designed to connect up to 160 accelerators per pod.
- Astera Labs plans to offer Orion designs through partners beginning in the first quarter of 2027.
- Third-quarter 2026 results are scheduled for November 3, 2026.
Astera Labs announced Orion, a modular rack-scale reference design for AI infrastructure, on October 12, 2026, according to GlobeNewswire.
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The week in figures
Astera Labs said Orion is built around a high-radix 320-lane PCIe switch fabric designed to scale from 8 to 160 accelerators per pod. The company also described six production-grade reference designs covering the rack, compute tray, fabric tray, memory tray, link board and compute board. These details were included in the October 12 release from GlobeNewswire.
Chronology of the week
On October 12, 2026, Astera Labs announced Orion as a compute-agnostic architecture that allows customers to select their own GPUs and CPUs. The company said the designs are intended for availability through OEM and ODM partners beginning in the first quarter of 2027, while complete racks and systems are to be manufactured, licensed and sold by those partners, according to GlobeNewswire.
Dates of the coming week
Astera Labs said on October 6, 2026, that it will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results after the market close on November 3, 2026, followed by a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The announcement was distributed by GlobeNewswire.
