Intel adds multi-channel lasers to its silicon photonics toolbox

Intel has developed an 8-lane parallel-wavelength laser array to tackle the growing challenge of feeding data to integrated circuits (ICs). 

Haisheng Rong

Optical input-output (I/O) promises to solve the challenge of getting data into and out of high-end silicon devices. 

These ICs include Ethernet switch chips and 'XPUs', shorthand for processors (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs) and data processor units (DPUs).

The laser array is Intel's latest addition to its library of silicon photonics devices. 

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