Advantest Partners with OpenLight to Develop Silicon Photonics Test Solutions for High-Volume Manufacturing

Advantest and OpenLight announced a partnership to develop solutions for scalable, high-volume silicon photonics testing.

As AI and high-performance computing workloads increase, data centers are adopting silicon photonics and co-packaged optics technology. The companies will collaborate to address the challenges of high-volume electro-optical device testing, including Optical Engines. The partnership aims to establish an end-to-end test solution for high-volume manufacturing to support scalable production of next-generation silicon photonics devices and the adoption of optical interconnect technologies for data centers and high-speed networking applications.

OpenLight specializes in heterogeneous silicon photonics integration and custom Photonic Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (PASIC) design. “We work closely with our foundry partners to design and manufacture innovative PASICs to support the advancement of AI technology,” said Adam Carter, CEO of OpenLight. “We are pleased to collaborate with Advantest as part of this ecosystem. Their leadership in test will allow us to offer sophisticated solutions that deliver customer value and address demands for high-volume manufacturing.”

Advantest is a leading semiconductor test equipment supplier. “As we broaden our silicon photonics capabilities, we are pleased to partner ...