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Uncle Sam sees the light, offers GlobalFoundries $300M to pursue silicon photonics while taking 1% stake

What happened

The US government is investing $300M in GlobalFoundries and taking a 1% stake to accelerate silicon photonics development for AI datacenters. This funding supports GF's SCALE technology and advanced packaging capabilities like CPO and NPO. This policy move is bullish for the optical interconnect and advanced packaging supply chain.

Impact and signal

Medium impactImpact score: 60/100

Affected components and suppliers

Silicon PhotonicsCPO (Co-Packaged Optics)NPO (Near-Packaged Optics)
GlobalFoundriesNvidiaAMDMarvell Technology
policychips-actsilicon-photonicsequity-stakecpo

Source and time

Source: The Register · 7/29/2026 · View original source

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