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Lightmatter launches passage M1000: 3D photonic superchip with 114 tbps optical bandwidth for AI infrastructure
Lightmatter announced the launch of Passage M1000, a 3D Photonic Superchip designed to meet the demands of next-generation AI infrastructure. The Passage M1000 sets a new benchmark with an unprecedented 114 Tbps total optical bandwidth, making it the world's fastest AI interconnect. The Pa
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Imec introduces 144GHz photonic CDM FMCW Radar for superior multi-node sensing in ADAS
In a groundbreaking development, imec has successfully built and tested a proof-of-concept photonics-enabled code-division multiplexing (CDM) frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) 144GHz distributed radar system. This innovative system ensures coherent chirps to remote radar units, demonst
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Semiconductor technologies and devices which can grow 5-10x in next five years
Due to the extreme value addition generative AI is offering to wide range of people, generative AI is expected to become ubiquitous in every market, every application and in every device of today's high technology world. Advanced semiconductor devices are the brain behi
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MACOM launches new optical amplifier targeting satellite communication market
RF and Opto semiconductor device specialist MACOM Announced introduction of high power capable new optical amplifier devices to amplify light signals so that they are powerful enough to travel longer distances to support Free Space Optical (FSO) communication between satellites and to ground stat
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Brief explanation of Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers (ROADMS) in silicon photonics
Electrical signal is laziest when it want move from 1 to 0 and vice-versa compared to optical signal. So is emergence of photonics to connect between chips as well chip itself using photons instead of electronics to process data. Very challenging and most valuable research in today's world of AI
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Stacked CMOS image sensor with back-illuminated pixel structure and global shutter
Sony Semiconductor announced the upcoming release of the IMX925 stacked CMOS image sensor with back-illuminated pixel structure and global shutter. This new product offers 394 fps high-speed processing and a high, 24.55-effective-megapixel count and is optimized for industrial equipment imaging.
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Mitsubishi succeed in meeting criteria for orbital demo of its laser module for space
Mitsubishi announced that all success criteria, including an additional success, were achieved without performance degradation during a six-month on-orbit demonstration of its laser source module after extensive evaluation. Mitsubishi Electric conducted the test last year with a module it developed
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Coherent launches CW DFB lasers for silicon photonics transceivers
Coherent launched new high-efficiency continuous wave (CW) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Specifically engineered for silicon photonics transceiver modules, this innovative laser family represents a leap forward in indium phosphide (InP) laser technology. Designed to operate in the O-band (13
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Mitsubishi starts sample shipment of 200Gbps PIN-PD Chip for optical-fiber comm
Mitsubishi to begin shipping samples of its new 200Gbps PIN-photodiode (PD) chip for use in next-generation optical transceivers to support 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps fiber communication from October 1 this year. The addition of the new receiver chip to Mitsubishi Electric's optical device lineup will enab
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onsemi acquired SWIR Vision Systems
onsemi announced that it has completed the acquisition of SWIR Vision Systems, a leading provider of CQD (colloidal quantum-dot-based) short wavelength infrared (SWIR) technology. A technology that extends the detectable light spectrum to see through objects and capture images that were not previo
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IISc researchers turn infrared light visible
The human eye can only see light at certain frequencies (called the visible spectrum), the lowest of which constitutes red light. Infrared light, which we can’t see, has an even lower frequency than red light. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have now fabricated a device to incr
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New 9-megapixel global shutter image sensor for industrial machine vision
OMNIVISION unveiled its new OG09A10 CMOS global shutter (GS) sensor – the company’s first large-format GS solution for factory automation and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The large-pixel, 3.45 µm backside-illuminated (BSI) stacked global shutter sensor, with its low readout noise and th
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