The bottleneck limiting the next generation of artificial intelligence isn't compute power—it's the wire connecting the chips. French startup Scintil Photonics…
The bottleneck limiting the next generation of artificial intelligence isn't compute power—it's the wire connecting the chips. French startup Scintil Photonics thinks it has the answer.
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.
Optical computing is the "New Moore's Law" for AI. It solves electronic scaling limits, offering higher speed, lower…
Optical computing is the "New Moore's Law" for AI. It solves electronic scaling limits, offering higher speed, lower power, and efficiency gains proportional to problem size for matrix operations.
Enjoy this roundup of our favorite All About Circuits research news articles of 2025!
Enjoy this roundup of our favorite All About Circuits research news articles of 2025!
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, Broadcom’s Gen 8 128G Fibre Channel switch portfolio is claimed as the first quantum-safe, SAN…
Announced today, Broadcom’s Gen 8 128G Fibre Channel switch portfolio is claimed as the first quantum-safe, SAN architecture with 128G speed, AI-powered SAN management, and quantum-safe cryptography.
In part 1, we looked at the trends pushing photonics investments upward. Here, we take a deeper dive into the markets and…
In part 1, we looked at the trends pushing photonics investments upward. Here, we take a deeper dive into the markets and the technology suppliers receiving those investments.
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.
While one of the new DSP PHYs reportedly offers the industry’s lowest power consumption for 800G, the other is the…
While one of the new DSP PHYs reportedly offers the industry’s lowest power consumption for 800G, the other is the first 200G/lane DSP with integrated VCSEL drivers.
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.
To meet demands for higher densities, faster performance, and compliance to open standards, connector manufacturers are…
To meet demands for higher densities, faster performance, and compliance to open standards, connector manufacturers are racing to keep pace.
Some of the leaders of the networking industry showed up to the Optical Fiber Conference, including Broadcom, MediaTek,…
Some of the leaders of the networking industry showed up to the Optical Fiber Conference, including Broadcom, MediaTek, Semtech, and MaxLinear.
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.
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.
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).