IQE plc announced a strengthened portfolio of high-speed optical connectivity epiwafers to address increasing demands for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, carrier, and data-intensive workloads. These products are designed to meet the demands of AI and data centres now and in the future, while also increasing energy efficiency. The new offerings are: The industry's first foundry epitaxy service for 1310 nm Quantum Dot Lasers (QDL), available on both GaAs and Si, with PIC and CMOS platform compatibility to enable customers to develop next generation high data payload optical transceivers for greater performance and energy efficiency within data centres.

Launch of a 56G 850 nm VCSEL reference design for pulsed amplitude modulation (PAM-4) optical transmission in data centre and enterprise short-reach multimode fiber (MMF) applications. Release of a 6" InP based PIN photodetector platform, complementing 6" InP FP, DFB and EML signal laser offering, for customers prototyping photonics devices at disruptive larger wafer diameters, enabling the industry to scale and meet the future demands of datacom whilst driving economies of scale.