Begins high-volume shipments of laser-integrated optical engine PICs

What did TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD announce?

Tower and NewPhotonics announced high-volume shipment of laser-integrated optical engine PICs supporting 800G to 1.6T data rates, built on Tower's PH18DA silicon photonics platform.

Key details

• NewPhotonics NPG102 PICs for 800G and 1.6T use 200G-per-lane designs with heterogeneously integrated lasers on a monolithic PIC.
• CPX-MSA compliant NPC505 chipsets for 6.4T are slated to begin volume shipment in 1H27.
• Devices are built on Tower's PH18DA SiPho platform, which monolithically integrates lasers, semiconductor optical amplifiers, modulators and photodetectors on one photonic IC.
• Both companies will attend ECOC 2026 in Malaga, Spain, September 21-23.

Why it matters

This 6-K reports a material contract at TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. The likely share-price reaction reads as positive.

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