OpenLight Partners with Jabil on AI, ML Datacenter Optics

OpenLight, a developer and manufacturer of silicon photonic technology, has entered into a strategic partnership with Jabil to expedite manufacturing. The partnership is expected to allow OpenLight customers to fast-track the manufacturing and delivery of integrated PICs across a wide range of applications and markets, including datacom transceivers, automotive lidar, AI, ML, HPC, and healthcare.

Founded in 2022, OpenLight provides an open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers which utilizes an indium phosphide-based modulator. OpenLight has additional partnerships with Spark Photonics, and its process design kit is available with Tower Semiconductor. The company is a joint venture of Synopsys and Juniper Networks.