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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 new software works with SiTime hardware to create the most accurate and reliable data center,…

Announced today, the new software works with SiTime hardware to create the most accurate and reliable data center, networking, and communications timing system.

Unveiled today, the new timing chips from Mixed-Signal Devices offer 2 GHz performance and use scalable CMOS to overcome…

Unveiled today, the new timing chips from Mixed-Signal Devices offer 2 GHz performance and use scalable CMOS to overcome the limits of analog alternatives.

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.

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) may be the way to expand beyond Moore’s law over the next decade.

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) may be the way to expand beyond Moore’s law over the next decade.

With Amazon Web Services as a major partner, STMicroelectronics has launched its first silicon photonics solution.

With Amazon Web Services as a major partner, STMicroelectronics has launched its first silicon photonics solution.

In a remark that aptly foreshadowed his career, the Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist famously said,…

In a remark that aptly foreshadowed his career, the Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist famously said, "The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented."

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.

Using multiple layers of diffracting materials, the researchers can physically maneuver light to perform permutations and…

Using multiple layers of diffracting materials, the researchers can physically maneuver light to perform permutations and enhance security.

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.

The Spanish company has created programmable photonic chips for wireless signal processing, data centers, machine…

The Spanish company has created programmable photonic chips for wireless signal processing, data centers, machine learning, and other advanced computing applications.

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.

Researchers at Stanford built an effective, passive ultra-thin laser isolator using silicon, a well-known material for…

Researchers at Stanford built an effective, passive ultra-thin laser isolator using silicon, a well-known material for chip manufacturing.

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.

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.