ICT-STREAMS aims at developing a radically new optical technology for direct chip-to-chip, board level interconnection paradigm that overcomes the current limitations of server-board designs. It aims to deliver a 1.6 Tb/s mid-board transceiver together with a 25.6 Tb/s-throughput mid-board routing engine onto the same electro-optic PCB, releasing a point-to-point-linked 16-socket server board, increasing server-board density and throughput by >400% and 1600% respectively, with 10 fold reduced energy consumption.