Innovation

APN, the backbone for the journey from electronics to photonics

In the present, light travels much faster than electricity, but today optical technology (photonics) is used mainly just for long-distance transmission. Information processing in devices and servers as well as other key network elements remain electrical.

February 18th, 2022

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A solution towards sustainability

APN (All-Photonics Network) will help respond to the explosive growth of data volume and power consumption demanded by current and future technologies. From 2016 to 2030 the IT-related power demand will increase up to 5000.

In our vision, APN will take photonics inside all information processing devices.

APN will also enable them to connect end-to-end optically.

It will also expand optical communications to terrestrial-satellite communications and undersea communications.

The change in power efficiency, transmission speed and latency will make a whole new connected world possible.

x100

Target power consumption efficiency
x125

Target transmission capacity
1/200

Target end-to-end delay reduction

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