At the 2026 Open Compute Project Global Summit, Intel unveiled its latest roadmap for silicon photonics technology, emphasizing that this technology will serve as a crucial foundation for future high-performance computing and AI data centers. Nick Dubé, Vice President of Intel's Data Center Systems and Solutions, referred to silicon photonics as the 'golden hammer' for next-generation system architectures and highlighted that Intel is the only high-volume foundry capable of mass-producing 300mm indium phosphide silicon photonics wafers.
