Tower Semiconductor, Quintessent Partner on Silicon Photonics Platform

Tower Semiconductor, a foundry of high-value analog semiconductor solutions, and Quintessent, a connectivity solutions developer using silicon PICs, will partner to develop a silicon photonics process with integrated quantum dot lasers. The technology seeks to address optical connectivity in AI/machine learning and disaggregated computing (data center) markets. The foundry process will build on Tower’s PH18 production silicon photonics platform and add Quintessent’s III-V quantum dot-based lasers and optical amplifiers to enable a complete suite of active and passive silicon photonic elements. The resulting capability will demonstrate integrated optical gain in a standard foundry silicon photonics process. The...