SAN JOSE – Dec. 11, 2024 – Ayar Labs, an optical interconnect company for large-scale AI workloads, today announced it has secured $155 million in financing led by Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $370 million and raises the company’s valuation to above $1 billion. The strength of the […]
Optical Interconnect: Ayar Labs Secures Investments from AMD, Intel Capital, NVIDIA in $155 Round
December 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Lightmatter and Amkor Technology Partner on 3D Photonics Package
November 14, 2024 by
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 […]
Optical I/O: Celestial AI Acquires Rockley Photonics Portfolio
October 22, 2024 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 23, 2024 – Photonic fabric company Celestial AI today announced the acquisition of silicon photonics intellectual property from Rockley Photonics (Rockley), including worldwide issued and pending patents. Celestial said the combination results in one of the strongest IP portfolios in the field of silicon photonics for optical compute interconnect, bringing their […]
HPC News Bytes 20240701: Silicon Photonics Advance, CPU Thread Count War, Quantum Memory Advantage, Microsoft’s Undersea Data Center
July 1, 2024 by
A happy Fourth of July week to you! Here we offer a quick (5:56) run through recent HPC-AI news, including: An “important milestone” in silicon photonics, CPU thread count war heats up, quantum vs. classical HPC ….
Intel’s 4 TB/s Integrated Optical I/O Chiplet Called ‘Important Milestone’
June 26, 2024 by
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 ….
NTT: Photonics Network Connects Data Centers in U.S. and U.K.
April 11, 2024 by
NTT Corporation (NTT) and NTT DATA announced the successful demonstration of All-Photonics Network (APN)-driven connections between data centers in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the U.K., NTT connected data centers north and east of London….
Ayar Labs Names New CTO, Adds Barratt, Moorthy to Board
January 11, 2024 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Jan. 11, 2024 – Ayar Labs, a company focused on silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, today announced two additions to its Board of Directors. Ganesh Moorthy, President and CEO of Microchip Technology Inc., and Craig Barratt, former CEO of Atheros and current Chair of the Board of Intuitive Surgical, will join the company’s […]
‘Glow-in-the-Dark’ GPUs, Holes Burnt in Boards, Overprovisioning Systems ‘Until Funding Runs Out’ and Other Factors Calling for Optical I/O
December 19, 2023 by
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] …. developments in photonics-based interconnects are so intriguing, offering the promise of increasing bandwidth by up to 1000x at 10%….
HPC News Bytes 20230911: NVIDIA LLM Inferencing; Honeywell and Quantinuum; TSMC in Silicon Photonics; Microsoft Copilot AI Indemnification
September 11, 2023 by
As we reflect on the events of 9/11/2001 (it’s still living hell no matter how long ago it happened), let’s quickly (4:52) review last week’s HPC news highlights, including: NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM for faster AI inferencing; Honeywell integrates quantum-hardened encryption keys from Quantinuum; TSMC enters the silicon photonics arena; Microsoft to defend Copilot AI customers; Hyperion Research hosts HPC User Forum
Ayar Labs Adds $25M to its Series C
May 25, 2023 by
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 24, 2023 – Ayar Labs, a developer of silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, today announced it has raised an additional $25 million in Series C1 funding, bringing its total Series C raise to $155 million. The oversubscribed up round was led by new investor Capital TEN. VentureTech Alliance also entered the […]
