News: Optoelectronics
3 October 2023
Hyper Photonix announces new manufacturing facility in Bengbu, China
Optical transceiver designer and manufacturer Hyper Photonix Ltd of Bellevue, WA, USA has announced an expansion of its manufacturing capabilities, marked by the inauguration this June of a gigafactory in Bengbu, Anhui province, China. Encompassing 120,000ft2 and backed by a multi-million-dollar investment, the new facility aims to meet the surging demand for optical transceivers in the hyper-scale data-center and artificial intelligence (AI) markets.
The firm is ramping up production of 400G and 800G transceivers, and preparing for future volume production of 1.6T products. Production ramp up is planned to reach 50,000 units per month by the end of 2023, increasing to several 100,000 units/month by the end of 2024.
Hyper Photonix’s president & founder Ming Yang believes that the accelerated integration of silicon photonics in optical transceivers will be critical to meet the fundamental challenges facing the industry. “Our company’s Hyper Silicon photonics technology platform — combined with in-house chip-to-transceiver design, manufacturing and testing competencies — ensures that our company is well positioned to provide volume solutions at a compelling price point and empower the rapid deployment of AI/ML in hyperscale data centers globally,” he reckons.
Plans are underway to establish production lines outside of China by mid-2024 to mitigate risks to production flow and to offer customers alternative sourcing at enhanced value.
Hyper Photonix is showcasing live demonstrations of its multiple Hyper Silicon enabled transceivers in the Ethernet Alliance’s booth (#460) at the 49th European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2023) in Glasgow, Scotland, UK (2–4 October), where it is also participating in a series of interoperability demonstrations.
