Missed us at OCP? Watch this @NextGenInfra_io video to learn about our latest collaboration in AI networking with @Flexintl, showcasing Passage CPO, Guide DR external laser modules and vClick Optics integrated into a switch tray built to @OpenComputePrj rack and server specifications. nextgeninfra.io/2026-ocp-glo… @ConvergeDigest @WireRoy @AvidThink

Attention Boston! We’re hiring new grads and interns for 2027. Visit us on October 21 at the NES-Optica optics and photonics career fair. Optics + Photonics Fall Career Fair 2026 Date: Wed., October 21, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM–3:00 PM Eastern Time Place: Boston University Photonics Center, Room 906, 8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston Learn more: lightmatter.com/people/caree…

Lightmatter’s Guide VLSP light engine has been selected as one of @TIME's 2026 Best Inventions! This year TIME recognizes 300 groundbreaking inventions and we’re proud that our Guide laser is one of them. With very large scale photonics integration onto a single chip, Guide powers advanced data center optics that allow supercomputers to move data faster with less power, accelerating AI training and inference. Read the TIME summary at time.com/collection/best-inv… #TIMEBestInventions #AIInfrastructure

Breaking at #OCPGlobalSummit2026: Alongside @Flexintl and industry partners, we unveiled industry-first OCP ORv3 & MHS-based CPO systems designed for hyperscale data centers. Highlights: 💠1st ORv3 and MHS-based systems with our Passage CPO, Guide DR laser, and vClick Optics 💠Next-gen 204.8 Tbps CPO switch tray in 1RU co-developed with Flex 💠Next-gen 102.4 Tbps CPO XPU tray leveraging infrastructure from a major ODM partner 💠Fiber connectivity includes the SEAT detachable optical interface from SENKO 💠Expanded beam PRIZM TMT optical connector technology from @Corning Read the full release (lightmatter.com/press-releas…) & visit booth A36. @OpenComputePrj #CPO #Photonics

Attending CadenceCONNECT? Catch this talk on October 14th by Rez Baghdadi that highlights the Passage 3D co-packaged optics platform. He will delve deep into the three platforms and trace the path from device demonstration to deployable infrastructure. Details: lightmatter.co/event/cadence… @Cadence #Photonics

As copper interconnects hit physical limits, the power lost to heat and signal decay is pushing data center energy consumption past a breaking point. Scaling AI requires flattening the energy curve. Join Dr. Darius Bunandar at #SEMICONWest as he presents an architectural blueprint for bending the AI power curve with silicon photonics. More information: lightmatter.co/event/semicon… @SEMIAmericas #Photonics

Congratulations to Jessie Rosenberg for being named a @GlobalSemi 2026 WISH Rising Women in Semi Award Nominee! The award recognizes female technical leaders with 10 to 20 years of industry experience who make significant contributions to semiconductor innovation. The winner will be announced at WISH: Women in Semiconductor Hardware Conference on November 10th. Learn more and register: gsaglobal.org/events/event/2… #WISH26 #WomenInSTEM #WomenInTech #WLI

Lightmatter is honored to be named to @FastCompany's Next Big Things in Tech 2026 list, an annual recognition of breakthrough technologies with the potential to transform industries and shape the future. The company has been named in the "Mid-Market Mavericks: 100–499 Employees" category. As traditional electrical interconnects hit physical limits, Lightmatter’s interconnect products provide the optical bandwidth density and power efficiency needed to scale next-generation AI infrastructure. Our team is proud to be recognized for building the photonic foundation that will power the next wave of frontier models. Read the article: fastcompany.com/91612119/mid… #FCTechAwards #Passage #GuideVLSP #Photonics

CPO is emerging as a critical data center scaling engine as AI workloads push bandwidth, power, and integration limits. Ecosystem alignment is essential and reference designs are key to enable interoperability and accelerate adoption across the OCP community at scale. In this session on Oct. 14th at the @OpenComputePrj Global Summit, Bijan Nowroozi and Janos Veres of @Flexintl will present results from a test vehicle built to verify high-speed Open Silicon Architectures for CPO. Details: lightmatter.co/event/2026-oc…

Heads-up Seattle: We’re hiring new grads and interns for 2027. Come visit us at UW Seattle's 2026 “Engineering Hiring Expo”: ➡️Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026 ➡️Time: 12:00–3:30 PM Pacific Time ➡️Place: University of Washington, Seattle campus, Husky Union Building, 2nd-floor ballrooms lightmatter.co/people/career…

The annual @OpenComputePrj Global Summit is almost here. Don’t miss this session on Oct. 13th with Bijan Nowroozi and Morris Repeta of @Dell for an inside look at how OCP’s Modular Hardware System workstream is extending data center server architecture for high-bandwidth silicon photonic interconnects. Details: lightmatter.co/event/2026-oc…

The Fall speaking circuit continues. Join Meg O’Brien for a presentation at the International Test Conference that examines the engineering and packaging challenges inherent to CPO integration, the novel chip architectures that shape test requirements, and the collaborative ecosystem development strategies necessary to bring CPO products to volume production release. More information: lightmatter.co/event/itc-202…

We’re excited to showcase our industry-leading technology at @OpenComputePrj's Global Summit! Visit us at booth A36 to see our latest innovations, partnerships and photonic interconnect hardware and systems, including the Passage platform, the world's first 3D photonic interconnect platform, and Guide, the industry's first VLSP light engine. We’ll also be speaking at two sessions during the week – more details at lightmatter.co/event/2026-oc…

Kaushik Patel, VP of Photonics & Silicon Engineering, is speaking at the upcoming PECC Summit alongside other industry leaders in a session focused on the emerging approaches to optical scale-up. The session will delve into technologies such as NPO, CPO, 3D photonic interposers, microLEDs, and terahertz-class optical interconnects.More details: lightmatter.co/event/pecc-su…

Today we wrapped up #ECOC2026 after three packed days of conducting live demos in the @OiForum Interoperability Demo booth, showcasing two generations of our Passage L-series CPO platform. To learn more about Passage visit lightmatter.co/products/pass…. Next up, see you at @OpenComputePrj's Global Summit, October 12-15, 2026.

As the industry transitions to 3D photonic interconnects supporting DWDM BiDi link architectures, the laser has become one of the most critical components to achieve the required system performance, bandwidth and scalability. Join us at IMAPS SiPhotonics Packaging Summit 2026 for a talk that explores the key packaging tradeoffs that shape where and how light sources integrate into next-generation optical engines, including Lightmatter’s approach. More info: lightmatter.co/event/imaps-s…

We’re excited to join the @OiForum Interoperability Demo at #ECOC2026! Visit booth 2126 to see live demos of two industry-first milestones from our Passage L-series CPO platform: ➡️First BiDi CPO chip driving 400 Gb/s bandwidth per fiber (4 wavelength Tx + 4 wavelength Rx), launched in 2025 with 800Gb/s of DWDM bandwidth per fiber on 16-wavelengths (8 Tx + 8 Rx). ➡️First 1.6 Tb/s per fiber CPO chip, employing 16-wavelength UniDi DWDM, co-developed with @Qualcomm and launched earlier in 2026. Details: oiforum.com/meetings-events/… #OIFInteropDemo #OIFInteroperability