On February 21, according to a report by TechCrunch on February 19 (US time), Hyperlume, a Micro LED optical interconnect company, recently completed a seed round of financing of $12.5 million (approximately RMB 90.622 million), with Intel Capital among the backers.
Hyperlume aims to create a low-cost inter-chip optical interconnect technology suitable for short-range communication within AI computing clusters. This technology will have inherent advantages over copper interconnects in terms of low latency and low power consumption, while also being more cost-effective than laser interconnects.
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The company ultimately chose ultra-high-speed Micro LED as the light source, coupled with a high-efficiency driving ASIC, and finally achieved an effect close to that of traditional laser-based solutions at a lower cost.
Hyperlume claims its pluggable active fiber optic solution supports bandwidth from 1.6Tbps to 3.2Tbps, with a fixed latency of 4ns, optical time of flight, and a transmission power consumption of only 1pJ/bit, while also supporting distances up to 30 meters. (Image source: IT Home)
