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This announcement marks a critical infrastructure milestone for AI data centers, as the integration of lasers directly onto photonic chips addresses the urgent need for energy-efficient, high-bandwidth interconnects scaling from 800G to 1.6T and beyond. By leveraging monolithic silicon photonics platforms, this technology reduces manufacturing variability and complexity, which is essential for sustaining the rapid expansion of scale-out and scale-up AI architectures.

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NewPhotonics® and Tower Semiconductor Begin High-Volume Shipments of Laser-Integrated, Serviceable Optical Engine PICs for Scale-Out and Scale Up AI Interconnect

Tower SemiconductorSeptember 17, 20265 min read

Home » Press Releases NewPhotonics® and Tower Semiconductor Begin High-Volume Shipments of Laser-Integrated, Serviceable Optical Engine PICs for Scale-Out and Scale Up AI Interconnect Companies commercialize scale manufacturability of 800G to 1.6T PICs in external pluggable and CPX MSA compliant NPO socket pluggable solutions built on PH18DA platform designed for high-density monolithic laser integration, SOAs, modulators […]

Companies commercialize scale manufacturability of 800G to 1.6T PICs in external pluggable and CPX MSA compliant NPO socket pluggable solutions built on PH18DA platform designed for high-density monolithic laser integration, SOAs, modulators and detectors MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, and TEL AVIV, Israel, September 17, 2026 – Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/TASE: TSEM), the leading foundry for high-value analog semiconductor solutions, and NewPhotonics®, a fabless semiconductor delivering innovative photonic IC chip solutions, today announced high-volume shipment of laser-integrated serviceable optical engines designed to meet the urgent and growing demand for high-bandwidth,…

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