Finchetto
Finchetto develops fully-optical passive network switches and photonic processors that significantly reduce energy consumption in data centers, which currently account for 2% of global electricity use. By achieving up to 26 times lower power requirements and 40 times reduced latency compared to traditional electronic switches, Finchetto enhances computational efficiency for AI applications.
- Energy
- Hardware
- Semiconductor
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Data centers, which are critical for AI and other computationally intensive applications, consume a significant and growing amount of global electricity, with network switches alone accounting for a substantial portion of this energy usage. Traditional electro-optical network switches present trade-offs between power consumption and latency, limiting overall computational efficiency.
Solution
Finchetto is developing fully-optical passive network switches and photonic processors that drastically reduce energy consumption and latency in data centers. By eliminating electronics in the switching process, Finchetto's technology achieves ultra-low latency and high throughput packet switching while requiring a fraction of the power compared to state-of-the-art network switches. This innovative approach enables much more compute for far less power, addressing the increasing demands of AI and other data-intensive applications. The fully optical, passive architecture is optimized for efficient AI, offering a new era of networking.
Target Audience
Finchetto's primary customers are data centers and hyperscalers seeking to improve energy efficiency and performance for AI and other computationally intensive workloads.
Features
- Fully optical, zero-electronics switching with completely passive logic
- Ultra-low port-to-port latency (40 nanoseconds), up to 50x lower than current state-of-the-art options
- Extreme efficiency, delivering a 26
- 53x reduction in power compared to state-of-the-art network switches (38 Watts)
- Unlimited bandwidth, enabling packet switching at the speed and throughput of the surrounding transceivers
- Compatibility with next-generation network topologies such as PolarFly for massively distributed compute