Silicon photonics is a technology that overcomes the speed and bandwidth limitations of traditional copper networking. It uses optical rays (light) to transfer data among integrated circuits by combining laser and silicon technology on the same chip.
Ayar Labs, a leader in silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, today announced it has raised an additional $25 million in Series C1 funding, bringing its total Series C raise to $155 million. The oversubscribed up round was led by new investor Capital TEN. VentureTech Alliance also entered the Series C expansion that included participation by previous investors Boardman Bay Capital Management, IAG Capital Partners, NVIDIA, and Tyche Partners.
Ayar Labs, a leader in the use of silicon photonics for chip-to-chip optical connectivity, today announced public demonstration of the industry’s first 4 terabit-per-second (Tbps) bidirectional Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) optical solution at the upcoming Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) in San Diego on March 5-9, 2023.
Project KANAGAWA granted to Ayar Labs with goal of transitioning optical Input/Output (I/O) into the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) while driving affordability and scalability for production…
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Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) — an electronic circuit that uses optical components, such as waveguides, modulators, and lasers, all on a single chip.
Pluggable optics — transceiver modules that connect network components to convert high-speed electrical signals into optical signals and vice versa.
Electro-optical transceiver — converts electronic data into an optical signal and vice versa.