Photonic Integrated Circuits Benefit Greatly From AI Data Center Demand, but Other Applications Are Now Emerging, Says IDTechEx
What are the benefits and challenges for Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits?
- What are the benefits and challenges for Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits?
- Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) are tiny optical systems made of materials such as Silica (Glass), Silicon, or Indium Phosphide.
- However, there are still significant challenges for the PIC market, such as material limitations, integration complexity, and cost management.
- The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has spurred an unprecedented demand for high-performance transceivers capable of supporting the massive data rates required by AI accelerators and data centers.