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Learn how The Netherlands is leveraging billion-euro investments and European partnerships to scale integrated photonics…

Learn how The Netherlands is leveraging billion-euro investments and European partnerships to scale integrated photonics from research into a world-leading, industrially mature production ecosystem.

The Netherlands is securing global leadership in integrated photonics, a technology using light instead of electricity…

The Netherlands is securing global leadership in integrated photonics, a technology using light instead of electricity for faster, more energy-efficient data processing, essential for AI, healthcare, and mobility.

In the final part of this series, we zero in on three photonics technologies expected to be essential for demanding…

In the final part of this series, we zero in on three photonics technologies expected to be essential for demanding computing and communication systems of the future.

Announced today, the high-performance switch IC enables scale-up and scale-out for AI networks and supports co-packaged optics.

Announced today, the high-performance switch IC enables scale-up and scale-out for AI networks and supports co-packaged optics.

Both copper and optical interconnects face limitations as choices for next gen data centers. Learn how a third option…

Both copper and optical interconnects face limitations as choices for next gen data centers. Learn how a third option promises to enable scaling up AI clusters in data centers for years to come.

InGaAs Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) use avalanche multiplication to amplify weak optical signals. Learn how adding…

InGaAs Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) use avalanche multiplication to amplify weak optical signals. Learn how adding antimony (Sb) into the APD structure enhances temperature stability and reduces noise.

We publish hundreds of articles every year—too many even for our team to read them all. So, we decided to share our…

We publish hundreds of articles every year—too many even for our team to read them all. So, we decided to share our favorite 2024 news, technical articles, projects, and podcasts with each other and all of you. Enjoy!

The team turned to deep learning to help them develop a new form of unidirectional imaging system that operates with…

The team turned to deep learning to help them develop a new form of unidirectional imaging system that operates with partially coherent light.

The two have joined forces to craft a fourth generation, terabit-scale Cloud/Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and metro…

The two have joined forces to craft a fourth generation, terabit-scale Cloud/Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and metro transport network solution based on Microchip’s PHY and Acacia’s module.

Lightmatter aims to use light to solve two major electrical challenges in AI computing with active optical interposers…

Lightmatter aims to use light to solve two major electrical challenges in AI computing with active optical interposers designed to resolve those pesky bandwidth bottlenecks and the "world’s first" photonic computing platform for more power-efficient matrix calculations.

Here are three announcements from the 2023 Flash Memory Summit that reflect some of the biggest trends in memory and…

Here are three announcements from the 2023 Flash Memory Summit that reflect some of the biggest trends in memory and storage technology.

Leveraging novel photonic circuit designs, researchers hope to lower electricity consumption in data centers.

Leveraging novel photonic circuit designs, researchers hope to lower electricity consumption in data centers.

Dr. Tom Mader is the COO of OpenLight where they are developing an open-foundry ecosystem for silicon photonics with…

Dr. Tom Mader is the COO of OpenLight where they are developing an open-foundry ecosystem for silicon photonics with integrated lasers to enable advances in datacom, LiDAR, high-performance computing, AI, and even optical computing.

Since terahertz technology is being looked at as the next step toward 6G, companies like Cannon, universities such as…

Since terahertz technology is being looked at as the next step toward 6G, companies like Cannon, universities such as Harvard, and agencies like NASA aim to keep this technology advancing.

An encoding technique used for digital communication, pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) converts a discrete-time signal…

An encoding technique used for digital communication, pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) converts a discrete-time signal into a variable-amplitude continuous-time signal that is suitable for high-speed wired communication systems.

To achieve the peak velocity for next-gen communications, Microsoft has acquired Lumenisity, a pioneer in high-speed,…

To achieve the peak velocity for next-gen communications, Microsoft has acquired Lumenisity, a pioneer in high-speed, low-loss optical fibers.

LEDs have come a long way since their inception in the 1960s at General Electric. Here is a roundup of three innovations…

LEDs have come a long way since their inception in the 1960s at General Electric. Here is a roundup of three innovations in lighting technology.

The two companies will continue to collaborate on efforts to expand 5G Open Radio Access Network (RAN) across Europe.

The two companies will continue to collaborate on efforts to expand 5G Open Radio Access Network (RAN) across Europe.

With their transimpedance amplifier (TIA) chip, IMEC researchers offer a key technology for ensuring high reliability in…

With their transimpedance amplifier (TIA) chip, IMEC researchers offer a key technology for ensuring high reliability in 100G passive optical networks (PONs).