GlobalFoundries just announced its acquisition of Advanced Micro Foundry, a Singapore-based silicon photonics maker, a purchase the company says makes it the largest manufacturer of the technology, as reported by data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/globalfoundries-buys-singapores-advanced-micro-foundry-push-speed-up-ai-data-2025-11-18/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/globalfoundries-buys-singapores-advanced-micro-foundry-push-speed-up-ai-data-2025-11-18/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Reuters. Silicon photonics uses light instead of electrical pulses to transmit data, and it can be used for communication within chips, between components, and even across servers.
data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/nvidia-outlines-plans-for-using-light-for-communication-between-ai-gpus-by-2026-silicon-photonics-and-co-packaged-optics-may-become-mandatory-for-next-gen-ai-data-centers” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/nvidia-outlines-plans-for-using-light-for-communication-between-ai-gpus-by-2026-silicon-photonics-and-co-packaged-optics-may-become-mandatory-for-next-gen-ai-data-centers”>Nvidia is already planning to implement silicon photonics for its next-generation AI servers, which would reduce…
