Enabling the next phase of Moore’s Law through optical connectivity
Ayar Labs solves the I/O bandwidth and power bottlenecks by moving data using light.
Request your Optical I/O Starter Kit Today
Become a part of the I/O revolution and begin evaluating optical I/O for your next generation SoC architectures now with the Ayar Labs Optical I/O Starter Kit. The kit includes everything you need and can be customized to meet your product requirements.

The Latest Business and Product Developments at Ayar Labs
Ayar Labs is disrupting the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by delivering a 1000x improvement in interconnect bandwidth density at 10x lower power. We use standard CMOS processing to develop high-speed, high-density, low-power optical interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical I/O.
Optical I/O for HPC & AI
Solution Brief:
Paradigm Change: Reinventing HPC Architectures with In-Package Optical I/O
Even with the first exascale systems just around the corner, HPC centers are already wrestling with what technologies will provide the next level of compute performance, bandwidth and memory to continue to advance their science.
Learn how Ayar Labs In-Package Optical I/O technologies are reinventing HPC Architectures that will enable HPC centers to continue to push boundaries for HPC and AI.
Webinar:
Disaggregated Architectures for Next Generation HPC and AI Workloads
This webinar brings together thought leaders working across government, industry and academia who are building and exploring disaggregated architectures and the technologies that enable them. Explore the promise and challenges of building HPC architectures of the future!

Industry Verticals
Optical I/O Takes a Major Step Forward
PIPES Researchers from Ayar Labs and Intel Demonstrate Optical Interconnects to Improve Performance of Digital Microelectronics
See how optical chips can be pushed directly into the CPU/GPU/ASIC package, enabling next-gen computer architectures

Miss us at Hot Chips 2019?
President, Chief Scientist, and Co-Founder, Mark Wade presented Ayar Labs’ mission, product strategy, and collaboration with Intel.
Intel and Ayar Labs demonstrated the industry’s first integration of monolithic in-package optics (MIPO) with a high-performance system-on-chip (SOC) co-packaged with the Intel Stratix 10 FPGA.
Recent Announcements
Ayar Labs Demonstrates First Ultra-Dense Optical Interconnect Solution on GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ Next Generation Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Process
Collaborative partnership accelerates commercialization of in-package optical I/O for applications in artificial Intelligence, cloud architectures, aerospace and 5G communications. Company launches 2021 sampling program SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 2, 2020 – As part of a...
In the Media
Downing Ventures co-leads USD35m Series B investment in Ayar Labs
Downing Ventures has completed a USD35 million Series B funding round in Ayar Labs as co-lead investor. Ayar Labs is a Deep Tech organisation that is solving semiconductor interconnect (I/O), bandwidth and power bottlenecks by moving data using light, with its TeraPHY...
Latest Resources
In-Package Optical I/O: On the Cusp of High Volume Manufacturing
Ayar Labs has successfully demonstrated the first ultra-dense optical interconnect solution on GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ next generation silicon photonics manufacturing process. With this demonstration, we're showing that optical I/O is ready to be manufactured in high...
Webinar: Disaggregated System Architectures for Next Generation HPC and AI Workloads
As scientific applications and workflows incorporate AI models, new opportunities for innovation in system architectures are created to increase post-exascale computing capabilities. Disaggregated architectures that decouple memory from processors and accelerators...
Demonstration of Ayar Labs’ Optical I/O Multi-Chip Package and Single-Die Package solutions
Our longstanding relationship with DARPA has helped us to achieve a first-of-its-kind demonstration where we have implemented our CMOS-based optical I/O TeraPHY™ chiplets inside the same package as an advanced SOC. More resources from Ayar Labs:
In-Package Optical I/O: On the Cusp of High Volume Manufacturing
Ayar Labs has successfully demonstrated the first ultra-dense optical interconnect solution on GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ next generation silicon photonics manufacturing process. With this demonstration, we're showing that optical I/O is ready to be manufactured in high...