This summer, Lightcounting held their annual international start-up competition at the OptiNet China Conference in Beijing. The competition was open to startups developing new products or technologies for the optical communications market, including interconnects for data centers and AI Clusters. A judging panel of top industry experts selected three winners, one for each category: best product, best technology, and best business strategy.
Lightcounting has been analyzing the entire supply chain from semiconductors to modules, tracking the industry, and creating sizing models and future value forecasts for the past two decades, making it the leading market research firm focused on the field of optical transceivers.
Aloe Semiconductor, a startup focused on silicon photonics and electronics solutions, was awarded best business strategy at the competition. Aloe is breaking the wall of 200 Gb/s per optical lane for short reach optical interconnects by using cutting edge dual polarization technology to double speeds, successfully delivering 400 Gb/s per optical lane in a manner that can be scaled to reach 800 Gb/s per optical lane. This technology utilizes existing hardware and software and is therefore inexpensive to implement at all volumes.
Catch Aloe at ECOC 2024 in Frankfurt Germany in September to see its new technology firsthand.