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Salience Labs debuts all-optical switch for AI hubs

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Salience Labs unveils a 32-port all-optical switch for AI data centres, promising big latency and power cuts as rack densities surge.
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Taara unveils photonic chip for cable-free 25Gbps links

Wed, 25th Feb 2026
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Taara unveils a silicon photonics platform and Taara Beam, a cable-free link delivering fibre-like 25Gbps speeds over distances up to 10km.
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Firgun backs Photonic from its $250m fund

Sun, 15th Feb 2026
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Firgun's debut quantum fund deal backs Canada's Photonic from its $250m pot, deepening cross-border UK-North America ties.
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NVIDIA CEO reveals Blackwell AI platform during keynote

Wed, 19th Mar 2025
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Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the groundbreaking Blackwell AI platform, marking a pivotal moment in computing innovation at the annual GTC conference.
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NVIDIA unveils new silicon photonics networking solutions

Wed, 19th Mar 2025
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NVIDIA has unveiled its innovative Spectrum-X and Quantum-X silicon photonics networking switches, boosting AI factory efficiency while slashing energy use.
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Cisco heralds silicon & optics as core of 'next decade of digital innovation'

Fri, 13th Dec 2019
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Cisco has a plan for the next decade of digital innovation, and it all starts with pushing innovation beyond the boundaries of what's currently possible.
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UK's silicon photonics consortium welcomes £4.8 million boost to R&D

Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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Silicon photonics is seen as one of the key technologies to solve the surging volumes of IP traffic using astronomic volumes of energy.
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Intel debuts silicon photonics – the next BIG thing in data centers

Thu, 18th Aug 2016
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Intel has announced that it has developed silicon photonics technology which will replace data center copper wires.
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Intel creates lightning-fast silicon optical network

Wed, 28th Jul 2010
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Intel's experimental chip could replace electrons with light beams to carry data at 50Gbps, potentially revolutionizing computer design.