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Friday 8 May 2026
Nvidia, Corning lock in US AI optics expansion with new fiber plants
Nvidia and Corning are expanding their partnership in a move that underscores how the artificial intelligence infrastructure race is rapidly shifting beyond GPUs and into optical connectivity,...
Friday 8 May 2026
Coherent order backlog reaches 2030: 1.6T optics and 6-inch InP capacity accelerate
Driven by surging AI computing demand and the industry-wide shift toward higher-bandwidth, lower-power network infrastructure, optical communications company Coherent Corp. says customer...
Friday 8 May 2026
BenQ Materials bets on CPO and microLED amid optical communications push
BenQ Materials is seeing its diversification begin to pay off as it pushes into co-packaged optics (CPO) and microLED. The polarizer maker said its subsidiary Cenefom's chemical mechanical...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
GlobalFoundries sees optical and SiGe momentum drive strategic leap into high-value chip markets
GlobalFoundries used its first-quarter 2026 earnings call to spotlight advances in silicon photonics (SiPh), co-packaged optics (CPO), and silicon-germanium (SiGe) development while...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Univacco eyes 2027 Vietnam plant ramp-up for CPO and advanced packaging materials
Univacco said its Vietnam plant will begin mass production in the second quarter of 2027 as the company moves to position itself in the co-packaged optics and advanced packaging materials...
Tuesday 5 May 2026
AUO to highlight Micro LED, AI and ultra-low-power displays at SID Display Week 2026
Taiwan-based AUO said it will present integrated Micro LED, optics, sensing and AI display technologies at SID Display Week 2026, aiming to demonstrate transparent, interactive and...
Thursday 30 April 2026
Commentary: Taiwan’s optics industry finds a new role in the AI imaging boom

For more than a decade, the global imaging market has been defined by a clear divide: on one side, rugged, lightweight action cameras built...

Wednesday 29 April 2026
Analysis: Taiwan's two major panel makers enter semiconductor packaging; CPO and FOPLP become key
Optical communication technology is shifting from traditional pluggable optics toward co-packaged optics (CPO) architectures. Advanced packaging technologies are extending from wafer-level...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
Radiant Opto-Electronics delays optical communications push by 2–3 years
Radiant Opto-Electronics will wait two to three years before accelerating investment in optical communications and co-packaged optics (CPO), as uncertainties around industry structure...
Monday 27 April 2026
What Nvidia and Broadcom's CPO bets reveal about the future of AI infrastructure
The CPO market is projected to grow at a 142% CAGR from 2026 to 2030 (excl. ELS). As AI clusters scale and 3.2T data rates push copper to its limits, CPO is emerging as a key solut...
Friday 24 April 2026
Largan, Sunny Optical target FAU in push toward CPO and AI optics
Largan Precision and Sunny Optical have recently announced plans to enter the fiber array unit (FAU) market, positioning it as a priority development area. Industry sources say the...
Monday 20 April 2026
Canary Islands push into semiconductors, build on space tech base

The Canary Islands, an Atlantic archipelago off northwest Africa, have long been defined by tourism rather than technology.

Friday 17 April 2026
Sivers and Jabil partner on 1.6T optics to tackle AI power demands
Sivers Semiconductors and Jabil have announced a collaboration to develop a 1.6T optical transceiver module aimed at addressing the growing energy demands of AI data center interconnects...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Huawei backs optical chip push through photonics supplier investment
AI data centre and high-speed computing demand are pushing optical communications and photonic chips into focus, as data transmission bottlenecks reinforce the strategic role of photonics...
Monday 13 April 2026
Silicon photonics scaling hits wafer testing bottleneck
AI demand is pushing data transmission to its limits, making 2026 a critical year for silicon photonics (SiPh) and co-packaged optics (CPO) to move into large-scale deployment. The...