Our technology for the photonic age
The innovation? Powerful photonic interfaces on every electronic chip that needs to exchange data. That means: 100 to 1,000 times faster data processing.
Our technology for the photonic age
The innovation? Powerful photonic interfaces on every electronic chip that needs to exchange data. That means: 100 to 1,000 times faster data processing.
More powerful chips needed for exploding data volumes
Advances in computing power have fundamentally changed the way we work, play and communicate — leading to breakthroughs in all areas of our lives. Now and in the future exploding data sets and complex applications will require even stronger computer systems.
The race for smaller feature sizes has already become very challenging and costly … Huge investments have been made by the semiconductor industry to build the current production lines over the last decades. Therefore, a complete shift away from established fabrication processes seems unlikely.
But since conventional clustering of multiple components is physically limited, too, only new strategies will satisfy the demand for more performance and energy efficiency — to empower AI, autonomous driving, IoT, quantum computing or simply more efficient data centres, that emits less green house gases.
We have the solution: the fibre optic connectivity of microchips
Data processing at the speed of light
Compatible with any microchip
Photonics in mass production
Graphene is one of the decisive factors
The material graphene, discovered in 2004, has unique optical and electrical properties. Only this makes the fibre optic connectivity of microchips possible and is compatible with today’s electrical technology. We take advantage of this and can thus build on what already exists.
This is what makes our new technology stand out:
- The first complete package of a photonic technology platform on any electronics.
- Our technology enables the conversion of electronic signals into optical signals and vice versa.
- 10 Pbit/s total data rate systems possible.
- Enables up to 100,000 times greater distances between individual microchips compared to copper.
- On-chip optical signal routing and fiber-to-chip interfaces for chip-to-chip connections.
- The CMOS front-end world remains untouched.
- Our back-end photonics are processed as flexible on-demand technology on the electronics.
