Sandia Labs Tests Laser-Based Photonic Data Center Cooling

Minnesota-based startup Maxwell Labs has entered into an R&D agreement with Sandia and the University of New Mexico to demonstrate laser-based photonic cooling for computer chips. The company is working to develop the new technology to regulate the temperature of chips, while aiming to lower the power ….

Lightmatter Announces Passage L200, Co-Packaged Optics for AI

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.– Photonic supercomputing company Lightmatter announced Passage L200, which the company said is the first 3D co-packaged optics (CPO) product. Designed to integrate with the latest XPU and switch silicon designs, Passage L200 supports unprecedented AI performance scaling by eliminating interconnect bandwidth bottlenecks, the company said. The L200 3D CPO family includes both […]

Q.ANT and IMS CHIPS Launch Pilot Production Line for Photonic AI Chips in Stuttgart

Q.ANT, a photonic AI chip company, said today it has launched a dedicated production line for its AI chips at the Institute of Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS).Capable of producing up to 1,000 wafers per year, the pilot line enables Q.ANT to refine its chip architecture to meet evolving market requirements. It also serves as the […]

Lightmatter and Amkor Technology Partner on 3D Photonics Package

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 — Photonic supercomputing company Lightmatter today announced a strategic partnership with Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, to create the largest-ever 3D-packaged chip complex utilizing Lightmatter’s innovative Passage platform. This collaboration harnesses Lightmatter’s groundbreaking 3D-stacked photonic engine along with Amkor’s advanced multi-die packaging expertise to […]

Oriole Networks Raises $22M for Photonics to Cut LLM Energy Use

London, 21st October: Oriole Networks – a company using light to train Large Language Models with low energy consumption – has raised an additional $22 million from investors to scale its “super-brain” solution.  The round was led by Plural with all existing investors – UCL Technology Fund, XTX Ventures, Clean Growth Fund, and Dorilton Ventures – reinvesting. Oriole Networks addresses […]

Quantum Computing for HPC Centers – A Concise Buyer’s Guide

As high-performance computing centers (HPCs) look to integrate quantum computing technologies into their existing infrastructure, understanding the distinct features and requirements of various quantum modalities is essential.

NTT: All-Photonics Network Activated between Taiwan and Japan

NTT Corp. and Chunghwa Telecom announced they have activated the first all-photonics network between Taiwan and Japan with approximately 17 msec on an approximately 3,000 km one-way network, according to the companies.

NTT Demonstrates Optical Fiber Monitoring Technology for All-Photonics Network

TOKYO – August 20, 2024 – NTT Corporation (NTT) has developed technology to visualize the state of end-to-end fiber-optic links without using measuring equipment and succeeded, according to the company, for the first time in demonstrating the world’s highest accuracy in a North American field-deployed environment simulating a commercial network. This technology will advance the […]

Intel’s 4 TB/s Integrated Optical I/O Chiplet Called ‘Important Milestone’

Intel announced it has achieved an advance in integrated photonics technology for high-speed data transmission. The prototype OCI chiplet is designed to support 64 channels of 32 gigabits/second bidirectional data transmission on up to 100 meters of fiber optics ….

Wave Photonics Secures £4.5M Investment Round

June 20, 2024 — Wave Photonics, a Cambridge-based start-up, has received £4.5 million to develop on-chip photonics designs for quantum technologies, sensors, and data center applications. The UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund and Cambridge Enterprise Ventures led the round, with participation from Redstone QAI Quantum Fund, Kyra Ventures, Parkwalk’s University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund […]