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Silicon Photonics Heats Up: GlobalFoundries Drives Innovation While Taiwan Foundries Secure Strategic Edge
Daily Gazette Global Overview GlobalFoundries is rapidly advancing next-generation silicon photonics, with industry leaders like NVIDIA leveraging its 300mm platform. Concurrently, TSMC is integrating silicon photonics and HBM via 3D pac... -
Scientists Develop Photonic Chip with Quad-Lane Optical Highway, Dramatically Boosting Data Transfer Capacity
Facebook Global Overview Scientists have developed a photonic chip featuring a 'quad-lane optical highway,' capable of transmitting four independent optical signals via parallel waveguides on a single chip. This breakthrough dramatically... -
UC Berkeley Develops Ultra-Low-Loss, Low-Power Silicon Photonics MEMS Optical Switch with Zero-Change Foundry Process
Semiconductor Engineering USA Overview Researchers at UC Berkeley have published a technical paper on a broadband silicon photonics MEMS optical switch utilizing a 'zero-change foundry-compatible process' and 'BEOL post-processing.' This... -
Marvell Unveils Photonic Fabric Products Post-Celestial AI Acquisition, Fortifying AI Memory Infrastructure
Technologies.org USA Overview Following its acquisition of Celestial AI in February 2026, Marvell has launched new AI memory infrastructure products, including Photonic Fabric memory modules, NICs, and chiplets. These offerings aim to bo... -
Optical Computing Redefines AI’s Physical Limits; China Accelerates Industrialization with Key Innovations
LINIOBATE | Power Next Gen Photon China Overview Optical computing is rapidly advancing to redefine the physical limits of AI computing by overcoming the 'power wall' and 'memory wall' of electronic chips. Lightmatter's photonic AI accel... -
Photonic Computing Poised to Outperform Silicon, Dramatically Boosting AI Performance and Energy Efficiency
Dr Akhilesh Kumar Global Overview Photonic computing offers a potential paradigm shift by using light instead of electrons for information processing, thereby overcoming the physical and energy limitations of conventional electronic proc... -
Novel Photonic AI Accelerator Achieves 70% Power Reduction Over GPUs for Edge AI Breakthrough
YouTube Global Overview A new photonic AI accelerator has achieved a significant breakthrough, enabling complex simulations on edge devices while reducing power consumption by approximately 70% compared to GPUs. This technology fuses lig... -
Facebook Declares Photonic Interconnects Critical for Next-Gen AI and Data Centers
Facebook USA Overview Facebook has highlighted that photonic interconnects are becoming indispensable for next-generation AI and data centers, as traditional electrical links reach their limits under escalating AI and HPC workloads. This... -
Broadcom Unveils Industry’s First 400G/Lane Optical DSP ‘Taurus’ at OFC 2026, Paving Way for 200T AI Era with Cost-Effective 1.6T Transceivers
Broadcom Inc. USA Overview Broadcom introduced the industry's first 400G/lane optical DSP, 'Taurus,' at OFC 2026, showcasing cutting-edge solutions for scaling AI infrastructure. This groundbreaking DSP, when combined with Broadcom's hig... -
Lumentum CEO Flags Indium Phosphide Wafer Shortage; US Regulators Consider Banning Chinese Optical Transceivers, Potentially Benefiting Coherent and Other US Firms
Morningstar USA Overview Lumentum Holdings' CEO has warned that indium phosphide wafers, crucial for silicon photonics, could face a more severe supply crunch than memory semiconductors. Proactively, Lumentum has deposited $87 million wi...
