Silicon photonics stories
Salience Labs debuts all-optical switch for AI hubs
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Salience Labs unveils a 32-port all-optical switch for AI data centres, promising big latency and power cuts as rack densities surge.
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Taara unveils photonic chip for cable-free 25Gbps links
Wed, 25th Feb 2026
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network infrastructure
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Taara unveils a silicon photonics platform and Taara Beam, a cable-free link delivering fibre-like 25Gbps speeds over distances up to 10km.
NVIDIA CEO reveals Blackwell AI platform during keynote
Wed, 19th Mar 2025
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open source
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ai
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clean technologies
Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the groundbreaking Blackwell AI platform, marking a pivotal moment in computing innovation at the annual GTC conference.
NVIDIA unveils new silicon photonics networking solutions
Wed, 19th Mar 2025
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supply chain
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ethernet
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foxconn
NVIDIA has unveiled its innovative Spectrum-X and Quantum-X silicon photonics networking switches, boosting AI factory efficiency while slashing energy use.
Cisco heralds silicon & optics as core of 'next decade of digital innovation'
Fri, 13th Dec 2019
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quantum computing
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cisco
Cisco has a plan for the next decade of digital innovation, and it all starts with pushing innovation beyond the boundaries of what's currently possible.
Cisco completes US$660m acquisition of semiconductor company
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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semiconductors
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Cisco has finalised its US$660m acquisition of semiconductor firm Luxtera, aiming to boost chip performance and cater to rising internet bandwidth demand.
Silicon photonics market to grow 23.4% in next six years
Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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According to a recent report, the market for silicon photonics is being boosted by the growth of data centres, especially throughout APAC.
UK's silicon photonics consortium welcomes £4.8 million boost to R&D
Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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energy efficient
Silicon photonics is seen as one of the key technologies to solve the surging volumes of IP traffic using astronomic volumes of energy.
Intel debuts silicon photonics – the next BIG thing in data centers
Thu, 18th Aug 2016
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microsoft
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intel
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copper network
Intel has announced that it has developed silicon photonics technology which will replace data center copper wires.
Intel creates lightning-fast silicon optical network
Wed, 28th Jul 2010
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datacentre infrastructure
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intel
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silicon photonics
Intel's experimental chip could replace electrons with light beams to carry data at 50Gbps, potentially revolutionizing computer design.