With AI compute demands soaring, silicon photonics is emerging as a next-generation technology poised to reshape the landscape. According to Hankyung, sources say that Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions (DS) Division has designated the technology as a future strategic priority and begun recrui...

While NVIDIA unveiled its latest silicon photonics breakthrough last week—teaming up with Meta and Oracle to enhance AI data center networks using Spectrum-X Ethernet switches—another AI chip titan is stepping up its game. According to the Liberty Times, AMD has picked Tainan and Kaohsiung fo...

A research team led by Professor Michal Lipson at Columbia University has achieved a major breakthrough in silicon photonics, as reported in the latest issue of Nature Photonics. The team successfully demonstrated a high-power frequency comb light source integrated directly on a silicon photonic chi...

As ultra-fast, high-volume data exchange becomes essential in the AI era, optical communication is becoming a key driver for upgrading data centers and AI infrastructure. According to Commercial Times, the rise of CPO (Co-Packaged Optics) switches is fueling demand for SerDes technology, which conve...

At GTC 2025, NVIDIA unveiled Spectrum-X and Quantum-X silicon photonics switches, scaling AI factories to millions of GPUs while cutting energy and costs. Taiwan’s supply chain plays a key role, with TSMC’s COUPE (Compact Universal Photonic Engine) integrating 65nm electronic and photonic ICs in...