Photonics with advanced CMOS electronics enables energy-efficient, high-bandwidth data communication for faster, more efficient AI

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-generation-ai-hardware-3d-photonic.html

"transferring vast data volume: 80 photonic transmitters and receivers within low cost, compact 3D chip delivers 800 Gb/s bandwidth, 5.3 Tb/s/mm2 bandwidth density... low energy consumption: 120 fJ/ bit...large-scale AI models, real-time data processing in autonomous systems, high-performance computing, telecommunications, disaggregated memory systems... scalable fabrication in existing foundries"