GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) (GF) today announced a collaborative effort with Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) to develop detachable fiber connector solutions for GF's silicon photonics platform. Corning's GlassBridge solution, a glass-waveguide based edge-coupler compatible with the platform's v-grooves, is designed to meet the growing demands of AI datacenters for high bandwidth and power-efficient optical connectivity. Other coupling mechanisms are also being developed, including a vertically-coupled detachable fiber-to-PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) solution—demonstrating GlobalFoundries and Corning's combined ability to produce multiple forms of co-packaged PIC-to-fiber connectivity.

The collaboration leverages Corning's world-leading innovation in glass, optical fiber and connectivity technologies. This includes a broad portfolio of special glass compositions, glass wafer, IOX, and laser processing, and Fiber Array Units (FAUs), leveraging fibers with ultra-precise core alignments minimizing insertion loss for the most demanding data center and high-performance computing applications.