Silicon Photonics Workshop
About this Event
Soitec is thrilled to host an exclusive, private workshop running parallel to ECOC 2026.
This year, we are diving straight into the infrastructure shaping tomorrow's tech landscape: Scaling Silicon Photonics from Foundry to AI Fabric for Next-Generation Gigawatt Datacenters.
The event will bring together pioneering minds and industry titans from across the entire value chain, featuring insights from Lumentum, Tower Semiconductor, IMEC, CIENA, and Soitec.
Stay Tuned: The detailed agenda will be officially unveiled one month prior to the event.
Agenda
Electronic-Photonic Co-Design for Near-Package Optics and Co-Packaged Optics
Host: Guilhem De Valicourt - Ciena
Info: Near-packaged optics, and co-packaged optics provide low-power I/O solutions for AI/ML clusters. In this talk, we review the co-design of electronic and photonic subsystems, discussing their principal benefits and the technical challenges.
High power and multi-wavelength lasers for high density interconnects
Host: Matthew Sysak - Lumentum
Info: This presentation will focus on the role lasers play in high density scaleup and scaleout ecosystems. Critical trends such as CW-WDM MSA and the OCI MSA will be reviewed and discussed in the context of Data center deployment. Recent progress from Lumentum multi-wavelength and high power laser development will be presented
Heterogeneous Photonics Integration for Next-Gen AI Interconnects
Host: Philippe Absil - IMEC
Info: As hyperscale AI workloads and high-performance computing continue to push interconnects, photonics has transitioned from an emerging alternative to a critical architectural necessity. However, realizing a cohesive "photonic fabric" requires bridging heterogeneous material systems, high-density optical I/O, and advanced packaging techniques. This talk addresses the challenges of heterogeneous photonics integration.
Adapting Silicon Fabs for Photonic Ics
Host: Edward Preisler
Info: The promise of silicon photonics has always been to take advantage of the massive investments in CMOS-driven silicon fab infrastructure and tools, for use in integrated photonics. The recent explosion of demand for PICs has enabled fabs to fulfill that promise, but has also exposed some unexpected challenges and opportunities which will be discussed in this talk
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