PRESS RELEASE

01 March 2023

Contact:

Kazuhiko Kurata

Chief Technology Officer

AIO Core Co., Ltd.

47-12-301, Sekiguchi 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0014, JAPAN

Tel: +81-3-6265-3956, FAX: +81-3-6265-3957

E-mail: kurata@aiocore.com     Website: http://www.aiocore.com/

AIO Core Announces Industry’s first Quantum Dot Laser based Silicon Photonics Transceiver chips for 32Gbps PCIe Gen 5

Demonstrates Immersion Cooling ready Modules at OFC 2023 Exhibition (Booth 6309).

Tokyo, Japan. – March 1, 2023

AIO Core, a supplier of silicon photonics transceiver PICs, announced availability of the industry’s first 32Gbps transceiver chips compatible with PCIe Gen 5. The AIO Core optical engine incorporates Quantum Dot lasers and is designed for ultra-low power and small size transceivers. The novel AIO core transceiver is a 5mmx5mm chip scale package operating in 1300nm band. The use of quantum dot lasers enables transceivers to operate in wide temperature range (-40-105C) with extremely high reliability. AIO Core is also developing its PCIe 6.0 optical interface which will incorporate Synopsys IP.

“This product release opens the door for applications such as multi-lane 4x32 Gbps and higher rate Datacom links with ultra-high spatial density”, said Mr. Kazuhiko Kurata, Chief Technology Officer of AIO Core Co., Ltd. “The optical engine enables real application of Silicon photonics in wide temperature range for the next generation High Performance Computing links critical for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning  applications”, he added.

As industry moves to higher data rates, optical interconnects are expected to penetrate shorter reach chip-to-chip and intra-chip (on-chip) links. This silicon photonics AIO core enclosed in a single package supporting system-in-package (SIP) architecture where a number of integrated circuit chips can be enclosed in a modular fashion.  The low cost, small size, and low power high data rate optical engine has the benefits of economies of scale in volume applications such as, Datacom, Storage, Industrial automation, Medical devices, Automotive and consumer electronics at low cost.

“With our commitment to continuing innovation, I believe we will realize low power dissipation links compatible with immersion cooling for future “Green Datacenters” and  Ultra High-performance computers (HPC) in the near future”, said Mr. Hidetaka Fukuda, Chief Executive Officer of AIO Core Inc..

AIO Core is a startup company located in Tokyo dedicated to development of innovative high-speed silicon photonics optical engines for datacenter networks, HPC and other applications

This exhibition is based on results obtained from a project commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).