AMD buys silicon photonics startup Enosemi to fuel its AI ambitions

AMD won A bunch ofA start of designing special materials to support the development of silicone photonic product. The terms of the agreement were announced on Wednesday, not disclosed.

Silicone photonics light – use photons – transmit information to offer a faster and more efficient alternative to traditional electrical communication. AMD and other chipmakers showed growing interest in technology. Last year last, AMD It was reported to have something Silicone photonica combined with several Taiwanese startings for R & D cooperation.

AMD says “accelerates” that will take the enosemia [its] Joint Optics update for AI systems. “

“As AI models grow larger and more complex, faster, more efficient data movements are accelerating,” Brian Amick, Technology and Engineering in AMD, wrote in SVP, A Blog Post. “Enosemia has collaborated with us as a foreign development partner of photonsiks, and this purchase extends successful connection.

The enosemia, located in the silicone valley, builds and sends photonic integrated schemes – microchips of two or more photonic components that make up the processing circuit. In 2023, a group of technological entrepreneurs, including Ari Novack and Matthew Streshinsky, both in semiconductor engineering, ENOSEMI, offers products such as optical restrictions connecting calculation and network components in a data center.

Before his speech, Eosemi won $ 150,000 in FC financing, including New Mexico Vintage Foundation. The company had 16 employees in May, According to Pitchbook.

Novack LinkedIn profile It now lists it as a silicone design engineering in AMD.

Enosemia is the first purchase of AMD after the company’s mass deals to buy ZT systems previously paid around $ 4.9 billion. (AMD has reached one agreement ZT Systems’ Server production work to sell for $ 3 billion this month.)

The company doubles AI investments; In 2024, AMD’s AI Chip revenues reached $ 5 billion, CEO Lisa said Call during a gain in February.