Skip To Main Content
Intel logo - Return to the home page

Sign In

Your username is missing
Your password is missing

By signing in, you agree to our Terms of Service.

Forgot your Intel username or password?

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work for Intel? Sign in here.

Don’t have an Intel account? Sign up here for a basic account.

My Tools

Select Your Region

Asia Pacific

  • Asia Pacific (English)
  • Australia (English)
  • India (English)
  • Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia)
  • Japan (日本語)
  • Korea (한국어)
  • Mainland China (简体中文)
  • Taiwan (繁體中文)
  • Thailand (ไทย)
  • Vietnam (Tiếng Việt)

Europe

  • France (Français)
  • Germany (Deutsch)
  • Ireland (English)
  • Italy (Italiano)
  • Poland (Polski)
  • Russia (Русский)
  • Spain (Español)
  • Turkey (Türkçe)
  • United Kingdom (English)

Latin America

  • Argentina (Español)
  • Brazil (Português)
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Latin America (Español)
  • Mexico (Español)
  • Peru (Español)

Middle East/Africa

  • Israel (עברית)

North America

  • United States (English)
  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (Français)
Sign In to access restricted content

Using Intel.com Search

You can easily search the entire Intel.com site in several ways.

  • Brand Name: Core i9
  • Document Number: 123456
  • Code Name: Alder Lake
  • Special Operators: “Ice Lake”, Ice AND Lake, Ice OR Lake, Ice*

Quick Links

You can also try the quick links below to see results for most popular searches.

  • Product Information
  • Support
  • Drivers & Software

Recent Searches

Sign In to access restricted content

Advanced Search

Only search in

Sign in to access restricted content.

The browser version you are using is not recommended for this site.
Please consider upgrading to the latest version of your browser by clicking one of the following links.

  • Safari
  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Firefox

Integrated Photonics | Transitioning to End-to-End Optical I/O

Since 2004, Intel Labs has pioneered silicon photonics research from architecture design to manufacturing. Research goals include overcoming the limits of electrical input/output (I/O) and integrating optical I/O throughout the compute system to expand the possibilities for data center workloads and beyond.

Intro Video: Transitioning Server Interconnect from Electrical to Optical I/O

Watch this short video to learn how Intel is working to bring optical I/O directly to servers with integrated photonics. (Credit: Intel Corporation)

Integrated Photonics Research 

Intel Labs pioneered silicon photonics to meet the growing demand for more efficient and resourceful network infrastructure for ever-increasing amounts of data. Commercialization of prototypes have transferred to Intel’s data center business and, with more than six million Intel 100G transceivers and integrated lasers in use, Intel is paving the way for next-generation deployments and future innovations.

Photonics offers superior reach, bandwidth density, power consumption and latency in high-speed networks and provides rack-to-rack connectivity for data center applications including optical communications and telecommunications. Integrated photonics brings together the advantages of silicon photonics and CMOS circuits. By integrating the power of optical directly with compute, memory, and peripheral technologies, high bandwidth data can be moved throughout the entire network with significantly less power.

Integrated photonics research at Intel Labs is focused on reducing costs, size, and operating power, and extending optical performance to enable more scalable, disaggregated architectures at the highest level of the network. Core technology building blocks under development include light generation, amplification, detection, modulation, CMOS interface circuits and package integration technology. 

Demo: Building Future Technologies on Light

Senior Principal Engineers Haisheng Rong and Principal Engineer Ganesh Balamurugan, from Intel Labs speak on Intel’s vision for integrated photonics at Intel Labs Day 2020 and highlight current innovations that have brought the company to where it is today.

Watch the technical presentation to learn about Intel Labs’ photonics research and scientific breakthroughs, including the first silicon-based laser, the first silicon optical modulator, and silicon micro-ring modulators and detectors capable of transmitting and receiving optical data at 112 gigabits per second. 

Watch Video

Intel Advances Progress in Integrated Photonics for Data Centers

Intel Labs highlights industry-leading technological advances toward the realization of the company’s long-standing vision of integrating photonics with low-cost, high-volume silicon.

The advancements represent critical progress in the field of optical interconnects, which address growing challenges around the performance scaling of electrical input/output (I/O) as compute-hungry data workloads increasingly overwhelm network traffic in data centers. 

Read more

Integrated Photonics Presentation

View an in-depth technical presentation on Intel Labs’ integrated Photonics research. 

View presentation

Show more Show less

Intel Labs Day Deep Dive with James Jaussi

Watch Intel Labs Senior Principal Engineer James Jaussi’s presentation from his Intel Labs Day 2020 session on “Transitioning Server Interconnect from Electrical to Optical I/O.”

James presents Intel Labs’ innovations in integrated photonics and the vision to bring optical I/O to servers opening new possibilities for more disaggregated architectures with multiple functional blocks interconnected via optical processor technology, software, and high-speed networks.

Intel Research Center for Integrated Photonics for Data Center Interconnects

Read about Intel Labs’ new research center that’s dedicated to accelerating optical I/O technology innovation in performance scaling and integration with a specific focus on photonics technology and devices, CMOS circuits and link architecture, and package integration and fiber coupling.

Read more

 

  • Company Overview
  • Contact Intel
  • Newsroom
  • Investors
  • Careers
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Public Policy
  • © Intel Corporation
  • Terms of Use
  • *Trademarks
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • Supply Chain Transparency
  • Site Map

Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. // No product or component can be absolutely secure. // Your costs and results may vary. // Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. // See our complete legal Notices and Disclaimers. // Intel is committed to respecting human rights and avoiding complicity in human rights abuses. See Intel’s Global Human Rights Principles. Intel’s products and software are intended only to be used in applications that do not cause or contribute to a violation of an internationally recognized human right.

Intel Footer Logo