Credo Technology Group agreed to acquire DustPhotonics, a developer of Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit technology for optical transceivers, in a cash-and-stock deal.

#Credo #DustPhotonics #SiliconPhotonics #OpticalNetworking #Photonics

Self-Configuring Multichannel Multidimensional Integrated Photonic Processor

HKUST demonstrates a CMOS-compatible silicon photonic processor using an 8×8 SVD-MZI mesh to arbitrarily manipulate spatial/polarization modes from random speckle inputs, self-configuring for beam shaping, optical switching, and ROADM at 64-Gbaud.

#SiliconPhotonics #PhotonicProcessing #Research

Fully Photonic CNN with Hybrid Ex-Situ/In-Situ Training on Silicon Photonics

A fully optical CNN on silicon photonics achieves 94% MNIST accuracy with 100–242× better energy efficiency than GPUs, using MZI meshes, WDM pooling, and SPSA in-situ fine-tuning across 2,132 tunable parameters on an 18×18mm² chip.

#PhotonicAI #SiliconPhotonics #Research

Lumentum Holdings said U.S. hyperscaler demand for its optical components is filling its order book through 2028.

#Lumentum #Optical #Photonics #SiliconPhotonics #AIInfrastructure

Barclays upgraded Marvell, raising its price target to $150 from $105, calling it "first and foremost an optical company."

Industry checks suggest optical ports will double in 2026 and double again in 2027.

#Marvell #MRVL #Optical #Photonics #SiliconPhotonics

An Editors' Pick via #OPG_OL: Wide-temperature-range operation of quantum-dot LC-DFB lasers from −40°C to 110°C https://bit.ly/4vyQ97x #SiliconPhotonics #OpticalInterconnects💡⚛️

Aehr Test Systems shares jumped ~23% on Tuesday after securing an initial order from a new, unnamed networking customer developing silicon photonics transceivers for AI data centers.

#Aehr #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #SiliconPhotonics #Semiconductors

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Acacia Communications Kibo 1.6T PAM4 DSP #AcaciaCommunications #KiboDSP #PAM4
#1point6T #OpticalNetworking #DataCenter
#AIInfrastructure #CloudComputing
#Hyperscale #SiliconPhotonics #DSP #ASIC

TOWER AND COHERENT HIT 400 GBPS PER LANE — THE 3.2T TRANSCEIVER ERA JUST GOT CLOSER.

#TowerSemiconductor #Coherent #SiliconPhotonics #OpticalNetworking #Photonics

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Acacia PAM4 DSP ASICs enable network operators to meet the intra-data center
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Quantum Reservoir Computing with Classical and Nonclassical States in an Integrated Optical Circuit

A silicon photonic QRC using a single 'kitten' state achieves ~97% classification accuracy—a 9-fold error reduction over classical inputs—simulated exactly via generalized-P phase-space methods with no Hilbert space cutoff.

#QuantumReservoirComputing #SiliconPhotonics #QuantumML

Via #OPG_OL: Mid-infrared entanglement in 220 nm silicon https://bit.ly/4rK6C6l #SIliconPhotonics #QuantumTechnology @bristoluni.bsky.social💡⚛️

Ayar Labs Raises $500M to Wire AI Chips With Light Ayar Labs closes a $500M Series E backed by Nvidia, AMD, and Sequoia to mass-produce co-packaged optical interconnects that replace copper in AI data centers.

Ayar Labs Raises $500M to Wire AI Chips With Light

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#AyarLabs #SiliconPhotonics #AiInfrastructure

Light Over Copper: The $500m Bet Reshaping AI's Power Crisis Nvidia-backed Ayar Labs closes a $500m Series E to mass-produce silicon photonics chiplets, joining a broader industry push to replace copper with light in AI data centres.

Light Over Copper: The $500m Bet Reshaping AI's Power Crisis

#SiliconPhotonics #AIInfrastructure #Nvidia #TechInvesting #AusNews #IndoPacific

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Silicon Photonics Chip: The Foundry Battle Heats Up Discover how silicon photonics chip foundry services are becoming the battleground for AI dominance. Global giants like TSMC, Intel, and Tower Semiconductor are racing to meet explosive demand.

AI's hunger for speed is hitting a wall. Data center copper interconnects are failing. Silicon photonics (using light) is the fix. 2026 is the breakout year. Foundry giants are in an all-out war for this market. Who wins shapes AI's future.
#AI #SiliconPhotonics
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Via #OPG_Optica: 100 GHz bandwidth ultra-thin germanium photodetectors with high responsivity on a 300 mm silicon photonics process https://bit.ly/4sX89XR #HighSpeedOpticalCommunication #SiliconPhotonics💡⚛️

Tower Semiconductor said it is teaming up with Nvidia to advance AI infrastructure using 1.6T data center optical modules.

#TSEM #NVDA #Nvidia #TowerSemiconductor #SiliconPhotonics

Nvidia Adopts Silicon Photonics for Rubin Ultra Platform Nvidia has adopted silicon photonics for its Rubin Ultra platform with 800G and 1.6T interconnects, as the pluggable optics market is projected to grow to $24 billion by 2030.

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Nvidia Adopts Silicon Photonics for Vera Rubin Ultra Platform

#AI #AIChips #NVIDIA #SiliconPhotonics ##BigTech #Hardware #Semiconductors #DataCenters #AIInfrastructure

Fabrication and integration of photonic devices for phase-change memory and neuromorphic computing

This review highlights advances in integrating chalcogenide #PhaseChangeMaterials with #SiliconPhotonics, enabling non‑volatile memory and #NeuromorphicComputing via wafer‑scale PCM devices for energy‑efficient #MachineLearning acceleration.

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Silicon Photonics Market Future of the Semiconductor Market: Innovation and Investment www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/sili... #SiliconPhotonics #MarketResearch #IndustryAnalysis #TechnologyTrends #BusinessGrowth #GlobalMarket #FutureOfTech

US Silicon Photonics Market Trends 2026: Rising Demand, Innovation, and Supply Chain Shifts www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/us-s...
#SiliconPhotonics #OpticalCommunication #USSemiconductors #NextGenNetworking #Photonics

Via #OPG_Optica: Embedded growth of visible InP quantum dot lasers in silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits opg.optica.org/optica/fulltext.cfm #SiliconPhotonics #VisibleLaser 💡 ⚛️

Mixx Technologies Raises $33 Million to Transform AI Connectivity with Silicon-Integrated Optics SAN JOSE — Mixx Technologies has raised $33 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to push forward its optical connectivity platform designed for next-generation AI data centers. The round was led by ICM HPQC Fund with participation from major global investors. The startup’s founding team includes pioneers of Intel’s silicon-photonics transceivers and Broadcom’s early […]

Mixx Technologies Raises $33 Million to Transform AI Connectivity with Silicon-Integrated Optics #MixxTechnologies #AI #Optics #SiliconPhotonics #DataCenters

GlobalFoundries buys AMF to cement silicon photonics lead for AI data centers AI data moves to light as GlobalFoundries integrates Singapore AMFGlobalFoundries has acquired Singapore headquartered Advanced Micro Foundry, a specialist in...

GlobalFoundries buys AMF to cement silicon photonics lead for AI data centers #AI #SiliconPhotonics #SingaporeTech

All-optical modulation with single photons using an electron avalanche - Nature Nanotechnology Electron avalanche multiplication can enable an all-optical modulator controlled by single photons.

New paper:

All-optical modulation with single photons using an electron avalanche.

#NonlinearOptics
#PhotonicDevices
#QuantumOptics
#SiliconPhotonics

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An Editors' Pick via #OPG_OpEx: In situ thermal trimming of waveguides in a standard active silicon photonics platform opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm #SiliconPhotonics #ThermalAnnealing

Photonic Computing Boosts AI Data Center Performance

Lightmatter announced its silicon photonics tech, with the Passage optics product delivering optical connections to each chip, replacing copper interconnects and supporting GPUs and XPUs. getnews.me/photonic-computing-boost... #lightmatter #siliconphotonics #ai

3D Electronic‑Photonic Interconnects Enable Energy‑Efficient HPC

EPIC's 3D electronic‑photonic interconnects achieve >10 TB/s/mm² bandwidth density and ≤100 fJ/bit energy per bit, offering a path to energy‑efficient exascale HPC. Read more: getnews.me/3d-electronic-photonic-i... #hpc #siliconphotonics #epic

A great example of the remarkable work of our #academic colleagues here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social
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