Hilight Semiconductor Limited

The goal of this project -- **PhotUnion -** is to leverage microtransfer printing technology (uTP) to develop a cost-efficient, scalable, heterogenous, wafer-level direct assembly process for photodiodes (PD) on top of transimpedance amplifiers (TIA) that surpasses current state-of-the-art performance at a reduced cost. In particular, the end product will...

Every year, the amount of data transferred across optical fibre networks to people's homes increases, with millions of 10Gb/s Passive Optical Network (10G-PON) units sold every year to support this. However, there is a need to roll out 50G-PON to enable smart factory and digital driven manufacturing, next-generation city traffic management, and 10G smart ...

Data centres are increasing in size to be able to support an exponential increase in data usage which, in turn, is driving up energy consumption. In 2015, data centres consumed over 400TWh worldwide to power and cool server racks, with power consumption increasing at around 14% per year. An example data centre, NGD, based in Newport, UK, has its own prima...

Increasing demand for bandwidth-intensive applications by businesses and domestic consumers, along with the emerging ‘Internet of Things’, is straining our broadband networks and could lead to data demand outpacing supply. The EU Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council states that “fast broadband infrastructure is now a determining factor in ensuring the economi...

"Increasing demand for bandwidth-intensive applications by businesses and domestic consumers, along with the emerging ‘Internet of Things’, is straining our broadband networks and could lead to data demand outpacing supply. The EU Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council states that “fast broadband infrastructure is now a determining factor in ensuring the econom...