According to a report by TechCrunch on February 19, the Canada-based optical interconnect startup Hyperlume has secured a $12.5 million seed round—an infusion that underscores growing interest from major backers including Intel Capital.

Hyperlume is on a mission to develop low-cost, chip-to-chip optical interconnect technology designed specifically for the short-range communications found in AI computing racks. In today’s data centers, where energy consumption hit 4.4% of U.S. electricity in 2023 and could soar to 12% by 2028, a significant share of power is devoured by traditional copper-based connections. The company’s innovation aims to slash energy use while dramatically reducing latency.

The company has reimagined Micro LEDs to transfer data between chips at speeds that not only outpace copper interconnects but also do so with markedly lower power consumption. Hyperlume co-founder and CEO Mohsen Asad explained that his work on Micro LEDs and data transfer, together with the surge in AI, underscored the critical need for near-zero latency. His extensive background in electrical engineering has been instrumental in charting the company’s course, while co-founder Hossein Fariborzi, an expert in low-power circuit design, has played a pivotal role in refining the solution.

TrendForce 2024 Micro LED Market Trend and Technology Cost Analysis
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