Intel (silicon photonics)
Intel put silicon photonics into volume with more than six million 100G transceivers and integrated lasers in use, then handed its pluggable module lines to Jabil in 2023 to focus on silicon photonics components and optical I/O.
Facts
Source per value- Role Where the company sits in the optics supply chain: pluggable module maker, DSP and chip supplier, laser and component maker, network OEM that sells its own optics, contract manufacturer, optical I/O and co-packaged optics developer, or active electrical cable maker.
- Lasers & components 2
- Top speed Gb/s Highest module or chip application rate documented in the cited sources, in Gb/s (1600 = 1.6T). A historical catalog or announcement is not proof of today’s maximum or volume shipments.
- Not published
- Speeds Data-center speed grades in the current portfolio, as the company lists them.
- 100G (6M+ transceivers in use); pluggable lines moved to Jabil in 2023 1
- 1.6T status Evidence for the 1.6T module or chip: volume/revenue shipping, customer sampling, or public demo/announcement. Blank means no dated status established; inspect the source date.
- Not published
- Form factors Pluggable form factors offered (QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP112, QSFP-DD, OSFP, OSFP-XD and so on), or the package type for chips and engines.
- Not published
- LPO / LRO Offers linear pluggable optics (LPO) or linear receive optics (LRO), or the drivers, TIAs or DSPs built for them.
- Not published
- CPO / optical I/O Offers co-packaged optics, optical engines for CPO, or optical I/O chiplets.
- Not published
- Silicon photonics Identifies silicon photonics in a published product, design or demonstration. This flag does not establish volume shipments.
- Yes 1
- Coherent (ZR) Offers coherent pluggables or coherent DSPs (400ZR, ZR+, 800ZR) for data center interconnect.
- Not published
- Lasers Laser technologies the company makes or uses: VCSEL, EML, DML, CW lasers for silicon photonics, or tunable lasers.
- Integrated lasers on silicon 1
- Reaches Reach classes offered, from SR (multimode, about 100 m) through DR, FR and LR (single-mode, 500 m to 10 km) to ZR (80 km and beyond).
- Not published
- Named customers Hyperscaler or major customers the company or its filings name publicly.
- Not published
- Revenue Reported annual revenue in the original currency and fiscal year. Figures may cover an entire group and periods differ; this is not an optics market-share ranking.
- Not published
- Optics revenue share Share or amount of revenue from optical transceivers, datacom or the relevant segment, where a filing or earnings release states it.
- Not published
- Listing Stock exchange and ticker, or Private.
- Not published
- Manufacturing Countries where the company states it manufactures.
- Not published
- Parent Owner company for subsidiaries and acquired businesses.
- Not published
Sources
- Intel Labs: integrated photonics research accessed 2026-11-11
- Jabil: Intel silicon photonics transceiver deal (30 Oct 2023) accessed 2026-11-11
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