Intel patent embeds MicroLEDs in chip packaging — technology may enable embedded optical interconnects through TGVs

Intel has showcased a patent it filed in 2022 to embed MicroLEDs inside chip packaging. The company suggests this could be used for diagnostic testing, customized lighting on chip surfaces, but perhaps more importantly, an alternative integration for co-packaged optics

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Tower Semiconductor to invest $4 billion in Japanese ops to set up massive optical connectivity hub

Tower’s new optical connectivity hub in Japan will increase its output by 40 times in 2029 compared to 2025 level.

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AI data center optical interconnect market to hit $144 billion by 2030, an over ten-fold increase from 2024 figures, according to new projections — silicon photonics expected to account for nearly two-thirds of revenue, driven by co-packaged optics

A new CIC forecast projects that the data center optical interconnect market will grow from $13.7 billion in 2024 to $144.4 billion by 2030, with silicon photonics accounting for 63.7% of revenue.

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How optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI’s next hot commodity — looming US-China summit puts photonics into the crosshairs

The U.S. wants Chinese optical transceivers out of future AI data centers, but China’s current dominance of the rapidly evolving photonics supply chain could make a ban complicated

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Squishy Photonic Switches Promise Fast Low Power Logic
 Squishy Photonic Switches Promise Fast Low Power Logic

Photonic devices, which rely on light instead of electricity, have the potential to be faster and more energy efficient than today’s electronics. They also present a unique opportunity to develop devices using soft materials, such as polymers and gels…

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From invisibility cloaks to AI chips: Neurophos raises $110M to build tiny optical processors for inferencing

Neurophos is taking a crack at solving the AI industry’s power efficiency problem with an optical chip that uses a composite material to do the math required in AI inferencing tasks.

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