The startup develops a silicon-photonics platform that integrates a single-chip optical engine for optical transceivers, enabling deployment in various ICT environments. This technology offers a low-cost, low-maintenance solution that provides customized, compact, and reliable systems for enhanced data transmission efficiency.
Funding
$23.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Increasing demands for computing power and high-speed communication across various sectors, including data centers, 5G infrastructure, and automotive, require enhanced data transmission efficiency and thermal management. Traditional optical transceivers often present challenges in terms of cost, size, power consumption, and reliability, especially when operating in harsh environments.
Solution
AIO Core provides a silicon photonics-based single-chip optical engine platform, IOCore®, designed to address the growing need for high-performance, energy-efficient optical interconnects. The IOCore® platform integrates optical transmitter and receiver functions on a single chip, enabling NRZ signal transmission from 1 Gbps to 32 Gbps per channel. Utilizing a Fabry-Perot type quantum dot laser, the IOCore® ensures reliable operation over an industrial temperature range (-40°C to 105°C) and in harsh environments, including immersion cooling systems. The platform's design facilitates flexible integration with various optical components, such as front pluggable transceiver modules and co-packaged optical modules, offering customized solutions for enhanced data transmission.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes those in high-performance computing, 5G infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, automotive, medical equipment, and aerospace industries seeking compact, reliable, and energy-efficient optical interconnect solutions.
Features
- Single-chip integration of optical transmitter and receiver functions using silicon photonics
- Utilizes Mach-Zehnder Interference (MZI) modulators, Germanium photodetectors, and Vertical Grating Couplers
- Employs Quantum Dot Fabry-Perot laser for stable optical output and low temperature dependence
- Supports NRZ signal transmission from 1 Gbps to 25 Gbps and 32 Gbps per channel
- Operable in industrial temperature range from -40°C to 100°C, with extended operation up to 105°C
- Features optical pin structure for robust and low-loss connections to multimode fibers
- Designed for easy assembly and robustness in harsh environments, including immersion cooling
- Evaluation boards available for characterizing and validating IOCore® performance