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UMC shipping Sipho wafers
What happened
UMC and SILITH have delivered the first mass-production wafers of silicon photonics ICs. This collaboration leverages UMC's 12-inch fab and SILITH's 1.6T platform for AI data center optical interconnects. Neutral signal as this indicates capacity expansion and production readiness rather than a shortage.
Impact and signal
Low impactImpact score: 25/100
Affected components and suppliers
Silicon Photonics ICsOptical Interconnects1.6T Silicon Photonics Platform400G/lane Optical Interconnects
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)SILITH Technology
silicon-photonicsai-data-centermass-productionfoundry
Source and time
Source: Electronics Weekly · 7/14/2026 · View original source
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