GlobalFoundries bets big on photonics to meet soaring Chinese data center demand
Foundry giant balancing eastern infra buildout with U.S. expansion
News - Silicon Photonics
The latest news on networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure
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AI demand to fuel 23x silicon photonic growth by 2030
Chinese laser maker eyes strategic gains from blooming optical interconnect market
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Photonics grabs White House security strategy priority over data infrastructure
Data centers out, quantum in as priorities shift toward tactical relevance
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Industry giants unite to define open co-packaged optics for next-gen AI infrastructure
Lightmatter and OCP work to standardize silicon photonic interconnects for future AI cluster backbones
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Ex-Aruba CTO unveils optical startup armed with $900M to scale AI interconnectivity
Qualcomm-backed Lumilens debuts at a $5.5 billion valuation, with a mystery hyperscale customer already on board
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Michigan State's diamond defect keeps quantum data alive 1,000x longer using light
Millisecond coherence achieved using all-optical control in a diamond spin-photon interface
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AI to drive optical transceiver market value to $112B by 2031
Yole Group report suggests AI buildout to account for more than 90% of total market revenue
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Musk approved to acquire optical transceiver developer taking on Chinese dominance
Former SpaceX engineers' startup set to scale 1.6T AI interconnects with ‘fast and repeatable flip chip die bonding’
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Marvell recruits new CFO from Adobe amidst meteoric rise
Dan Durn to replace longtime executive Willem Meintjes
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AMD, Oriole Networks partner on nanosecond photonic networks for AI
UCL spinout claims its optical switching tech can cut AI network power usage by 81%
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Credo ramps up AI-driven optical connectivity push with DustPhotonics acquisition
The $750 million deal sees Credo expand its portfolio as it eyes to offer a ‘vertically integrated connectivity stack’
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Nvidia-backed Lumentum unveils heat-resilient optical interconnect for AI networks
Jensen Huang details optical supply chain strategy as one of its investees debuts high-capacity, heat-tolerant alternative for AI scale-up
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Nvidia backs copper in next-gen interconnects amid CPO push
CEO Jensen Huang says industry needs ‘a lot more capacity for copper’ alongside optics to meet ecosystem growth
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Google follows Nvidia's lead with ‘large orders’ for optical interconnects: report
Move part of an ongoing supply chain arms race as both companies seek to secure components for next-gen optical networking
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Taara launches photonics chip to break bottlenecks with light-based connectivity
CEO details how the innovation, which shrinks free space optics into a fingernail-sized piece of hardware, could extend to data centers and space
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Coherent rides AI data center wave as revenues soar
New 1.6T transceivers help photonic optics supplier hit record $5.8 billion revenues
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nEye Systems raises $58m for optical switch technology
Startup has raised $72.5m since founding in 2020
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STMicroelectronics unveils new data center photonics chip for AI workload interconnects
The PIC100 offering is the first from STMicroelectronics' new product portfolio
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Nvidia and TSMC to collaborate on silicon photonics technology
Both companies have previously been tied to silicon photonics projects
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GlobalFoundries to establish an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in New York
Center described as the “first of is kind”
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Silicon photonics startup Xscape Photonics closes $44M funding round
Brings company’s total funding to $57 million
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TSMC partners with Ansys, Synopsys, and Cadence to boost silicon photonics program
Company unveiled silicon photonics roadmap at conference last month
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Silicon photonics company DustPhotonics closes $24m Series B funding round
Funding came from both new and existing investors