Intel on silicon photonics and its role in the data centre
In the next couple of years, you will see a massive adoption of silicon photonics into the data centers and into high-performance computing
Mario Paniccia, Intel
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In the next couple of years, you will see a massive adoption of silicon photonics into the data centers and into high-performance computing
Mario Paniccia, Intel
STMicroelectronics expects to have first silicon photonics products by mid-2014. The chip company announced the licensing of silicon photonics technology from Luxtera in March 2012. Since then STMicro has been developing its 300mm (12-inch) CMOS wafer manufacturing line for silicon photonics at its fab at Crolles, France.
"We think we are the only ones doing the processing in a 12-inch line," says Flavio Benetti, general manager of mixed processes division at STMicroelectronics.
Ranovus has raised US $11 million in funding to develop Terabit capacity links for the data centre. The Ottawa-based start-up plans to use dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) technology to create huge data pipes that reduce significantly the power consumption, and cost, per bit.
The concluding part of the interview with Finisar's executive chairman and company co-founder, Jerry Rawls, to mark the company's 25th anniversary.
Second and final part
Guys that are in the silicon photonics industry have a religion. It does not make any difference what the real economics are, what the real performance is, they talk with a religious fervour about what might be possible with silicon
Intel and Corning have further detailed their 1.6 Terabit interface technology for the data centre.
The collaboration combines Intel's silicon photonics technology operating at 25 Gigabit-per-fibre with Corning's ClearCurve LX multimode fibre and latest MXC connector.
Briefing: Silicon Photonics
Part 2: A system vendor's perspective
An interview with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs' Martin Zirngibl, domain leader for enabling physical technologies, on the merits and potential impact of silicon photonics