Lightwire's CMOS Photonics Technology

As copper and traditional optoelectronics interconnects run into power consumption, signal integrity and cost limitations at high speeds, the industry needs a different approach to high bandwidth interconnects.

Lightwire's CMOS photonics technology is the solution. The Lightwire Application Specific IC or LASIC platform leverages the advantages of CMOS manufacturing - low power, high density, and low manufacturing cost, with the advantages of CMOS photonics - low power dissipation, compact size and scalability. Lightwire's CMOS photonics 10 GbE SFP+ modules are the proof of the viability of its advanced technology, and use much less power, provide outstanding signal integrity and operate over a wider and more useful temperature range than competing copper or optoelectronic solutions. Lightwire's innovative CMOS photonics technology enables the company to deliver high bandwidth transceivers with breakthrough power performance and signal integrity.

Lightwire is the first to deliver CMOS photonics technology into the mainstream 10 Gbps interconnect market and its technology roadmap leads directly to 40 and 100 Gbps low-power interconnects within 12 to 24 months.