Tech Update: Highlights of Chiplet Summit 2024

The Second Annual Chiplet Summit, held February 6-8, 2024 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, more than doubled in size compared with the previous year's event, demonstrating growing interest from chip designers in this emerging field. Chuck Sobey, Conference Chair of Chiplet Summit, provides some highlights:- The industry's shift towards chiplet technology as a way to move beyond Moore's law, utilizing older process geometries and combining them...

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Tech Update: Calculating the Costs/Benefits of Chiplets

Should you consider a chiplet for your next semiconductor project or stick with a conventional, monolithic design? Marek Hempel, Staff Process Development Engineer from Analog Devices, discuss a white paper by the Open Compute Project that delves into this topic.- He discusses the financial trade-offs between monolithic, chiplet, and SIP designs, helping you understand which route is best for your specific needs.- Marek dives into the interplay...

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#OFC24: Upcoming Panel on Heterogeneous Integration

Heterogeneous Integration opens new capabilities for technologies, use cases, and market participants. Integrating devices developed separately and often on different substrates (as, for example, III-V semiconductors and Silicon Photonics) into a single composite device enables miniaturization, simplifies interconnection, saves materials, and reduces energy consumption. Dan Pitt, President of Palo Alto Innovation Advisors, previews a panel discussion...

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FCC rules against AI-driven Robocalls and Robotexts

The FCC issued a declatory ruling that prohibs the use of AI-generated voices for robocalls, under the protections afforded under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).  The ruling also  encompasses current uses of AI in robotexting,  e.g., interacting with consumers as though they were live human callers.The FCC also finds “that certain AI technologies such as ‘voice cloning’ appear to fall within the TCPA’s existing prohibition...

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Equinix purchases 151 MW of renewable energy in Australia

Equinix signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Australia with TagEnergy.  The deal includes the purchase of 151 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy that is expected to come online at the provider's Golden Plains Wind Farm – East project in 2029. The agreement is Equinix's first long-term renewable energy agreement in the Asia-Pacific region."To date, Equinix has executed 21 PPAs globally resulting in 3,000,000 MWh of renewable energy and...

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Cloudflare: "firing efficiently on all cylinders"

Cloudflare reported Q4 2023 total revenue of $362.5 million representing an increase of 32% year-over-year. GAAP loss from operations was $42.8 million, or 11.8% of total revenue, compared to $50.7 million, or 18.5% of total revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP income from operations was $39.8 million, or 11.0% of total revenue, compared to $16.8 million, or 6.1% of total revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2022."We had an exceptionally...

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Lumentum posts revenue of $366.8M

Lumentum reported net revenue for the fiscal second quarter of 2024 was $366.8 million, with GAAP net loss of $99.1 million, or $1.47 per diluted share. Net revenue for the fiscal first quarter of 2024 was $317.6 million, with GAAP net loss of $67.9 million, or $1.02 per diluted share. Net revenue for the fiscal second quarter of 2023 was $506.0 million, with GAAP net loss of $31.7 million, or $0.46 per diluted share.Non-GAAP net income for the fiscal...

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American Electric Power deploys Ribbon's IP/Optical

American Electric Power (AEP), which maintains and operates the nation's largest electricity transmission system, has added Ribbon's IP and Optical products as one of its solutions to continue providing the critical communications needs to support AEP's infrastructure.Financial terms were not disclosed."AEP is a leader in the utilities sector, and its extensive network is a key part of our national infrastructure," said Dave Hogan, Vice President,...

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SPIE Photonics West 2024 attracted 24,000

Photonics West, which was held last week at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, attracted 24,000-plus technical professional registerants from more than 70 countries across the international optics and photonics community. The  annual photonics conference hosted over 1,500 exhibitors, and featured over 5,000 technical presentations across an interactive and engaging week that included BiOS, LASE, OPTO, Quantum West, the BiOS Expo, the Photonics...

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