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Ayar Labs is a Silicon Valley-based company developing optical interconnect solutions for chip-to-chip communications. The company's core technology replaces traditional copper-based electrical interconnects with silicon photonics-based optical I/O, enabling significantly higher bandwidth, lower latency, and reduced power consumption in data transfer between chips. Ayar Labs' flagship products include the TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet and the SuperNova light source. The TeraPHY chiplet integrates alongside host processors to convert electrical signals to optical, allowing data transmission via fiber optics. As of March 2024, Ayar Labs demonstrated a 16 Tbps bi-directional bandwidth solution, capable of driving 256 optical carriers - a level of performance crucial for AI workloads. The company's technology aims to address bandwidth bottlenecks in various applications, including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, data centers, and telecommunications. Ayar Labs utilizes a chiplet architecture, designed to be packaged with compute tiles from other chipmakers using open standards like Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCI-express). The company's optical I/O technology is manufactured by GlobalFoundries using its GF Fotonix platform.
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Ayar Labs has secured strategic partnerships with several industry leaders. The company is collaborating with NVIDIA to develop next-generation AI infrastructure based on optical I/O technology. This partnership aims to address the increasing bandwidth demands of AI and machine learning workloads. Ayar Labs is also working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to enhance future versions of HPE's Slingshot interconnect switching systems. The collaboration focuses on developing high-performance networking solutions and novel disaggregated system architectures. Additionally, Ayar Labs has partnered with Corning Incorporated to create an optical leadership solution by coupling Ayar Labs' TeraPHY optical I/O chiplets with Corning's glass waveguide module. Ericsson is also involved in this AI-driven solution as part of their technology exploration for future mobile systems. Furthermore, Ayar Labs is working with Teramount to showcase a concept for the next-generation TeraVERSE detachable connector, designed to meet the infrastructure demands of next-generation AI.

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Ayar Labs develops optical interconnect solutions using silicon photonics to replace traditional copper-based electrical interconnects. Its core products, the TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet and SuperNova light source, enable higher bandwidth, lower latency, and reduced power consumption for AI, HPC, data centers, and telecom applications.&nbsp;Notably, the TeraPHY claims to be the industry’s first in-package optical I/O. It claims to have 5x–10x higher bandwidth, is 4x–8x more power-efficient, and has 10x lower latency than traditional interconnect solutions. The company also utilizes Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology to increase the amount of data transmitted over a single optical fiber by using multiple wavelengths (or channels) of light.&nbsp;Ayar Labs' chiplet architecture integrates with compute tiles using open standards like UCI-express and is manufactured by GlobalFoundries on its GF Fotonix platform.Key customers and partnershipsNotable customers leveraging Ayar Labs solutions included Intel, NVIDIA, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (December 2024).Notable customers leveraging Ayar Labs solutions included Intel, NVIDIA, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (December 2024).In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/37499">December 2024</a>, Ayar Labs partnered with Sivers Semiconductors to focus on manufacturing readiness of Sivers' high-precision laser arrays for Ayar Labs' in-package optical interconnect solution, aimed at addressing bandwidth bottlenecks in AI infrastructure.In&nbsp;<a href="https://ayarlabs.com/resources/revolutionary-optics-glass-waveguide-redefine-ai-telecom-data-center-infrastructures/">March 2024</a>, Ayar Labs and Corning, with Ericsson as a partner, developed an integrated optical solution combining Ayar's TeraPHY chiplets and Corning's glass waveguide module for low-latency, energy-efficient connectivity in AI, 6G, data centers, and compute-intensive applications. Ayar Labs also partnered with Teramount in&nbsp;<a href="https://ayarlabs.com/news/ayar-labs-to-showcase-optical-interconnect-solutions-to-redefine-ai-at-ofc-2024/">March 2024</a> to showcase a concept for the TeraVERSE detachable connector to meet the infrastructure demands of GenAI workloads.&nbsp;Earlier, in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lumentum.com/en/media-room/news-releases/lumentum-and-ayar-labs-announce-strategic-collaboration-supply-external">2022</a>, it partnered with Lumentum to secure high-volume CW-WDM lasers for its energy-efficient optical I/O solutions.

Ayar Labs develops a monolithic in-package optical I/O (MIPO) solution for applications that require high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects. The company disrupts the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by driving improvement in interconnect bandwidth density at lower power. Its patented approach uses industry-standard cost-effective silicon processing techniques to develop high speed, high density, low power optical-based interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical-based I/O. Ayar’s flagship product is a chip called TeraPhy that implements its optical technology on compact silicon die. The chip can be integrated directly into a central processing unit, graphics card, or another processor to give it optical data transmission capabilities.

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GlobalFoundries is an American full-service semiconductor foundry that manufactures integrated circuits in high volume. The company’s client portfolio includes AMD, Broadcom,Qualcomm, and STMicroelectronics. GlobalFoundries operates multiple semiconductor fabrication facilities (fabs) across the globe, providing a variety of advanced technology nodes for manufacturing semiconductor wafers. These facilities are equipped to produce chips based on different process technologies, including FinFET and FD-SOI (Fully Depleted Silicon On Insulator).   GlobalFoundries has five 200mm fabrication plants in Singapore, and two 300 mm fabrication plants each in Germany and Singapore, along with a new 300mm fabrication plant in Malta, Saratoga County, New York.  GlobalFoundries was established on March 2, 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

<div> GlobalFoundries Inc. (Nasdaq: GFS) is one of the world's leading semiconductor foundries, manufacturing chips for a wide range of applications and industries. Founded in 2009 as a spin-off from AMD's manufacturing arm, GlobalFoundries has grown to become the third-largest semiconductor foundry globally by revenue. GlobalFoundries operates manufacturing facilities, known as fabs, across three continents - in the US, Germany, and Singapore. The company's flagship Fab 8 facility is located in Malta, New York, which also serves as its corporate headquarters. GlobalFoundries produces over 2.2 million wafers annually (300mm equivalent) across its global manufacturing footprint. GlobalFoundries offers a diverse portfolio of semiconductor manufacturing platforms and solutions, focusing on feature-rich and specialized technologies rather than pursuing the most advanced process nodes. The company serves over 250 customers across five key end markets: automotive, communications infrastructure and data center, home and industrial IoT, smart mobile devices, and aerospace &amp; defense. Major customers include Qualcomm, AMD, NXP Semiconductors, and General Motors. In recent years, GlobalFoundries has made significant investments to expand its manufacturing capacity and capabilities. In September 2023, the company opened a USD 4 billion facility expansion in Singapore. In February 2024, GlobalFoundries received USD 1.5 billion in funding from the US CHIPS and Science Act to support capacity expansions in New York and Vermont. These investments aim to strengthen GlobalFoundries' ability to meet growing demand for semiconductors in key markets like automotive and aerospace &amp; defense. GlobalFoundries reported revenue of USD 7.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. The company employs approximately 12,000 people globally and holds around 9,000 patents. GlobalFoundries continues to focus on innovation and partnerships to drive growth, recently announcing advancements in its 22FDX platform and new collaborations with customers like General Motors and Infineon for automotive semiconductors. </div>

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 The quantum computing company Diraq, operating out of Sydney, has recently reached a new record for control accuracy in a quantum processor. They achieved a 99.9% accuracy using the familiar silicon wafer technology. The device incorporates a silicon spin qubit, constructed in a 300 mm foundry setting, using typical CMOS materials and processes.
 With this device, advanced qubit control and measurement techniques become possible. These include real-time feedback, a streamlined method for qubit initialization, control of voltage pulse shaping, and cutting-edge analysis techniques like gate set tomography (GST) and randomized benchmarking.
 Making this high-performance qubit device available lays the groundwork for high-quality qubits and standard CMOS transistors to be combined onto a single chip. This is a crucial step towards the production of commercially viable, error-corrected quantum computers that could house millions of qubits. Diraq intends to harness existing semiconductor foundry capabilities to manufacture quantum processor chips on a broad scale. In relation to this, a company known as GlobalFoundries has been contracted to produce a batch of sample chips for Diraq later this year.&nbsp;
 
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