iReach Corporation, a specialist in Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology, today announced that it has raised US$10.8 million in a new funding round. The round was led by Darwin Venture Management, with participation from Taiwan’s National Development Fund and strategic investors from the optical communications sector. The new funding will accelerate the development of iReach’s core wafer-bonded flip-chip VCSEL technology for high-speed optical communications and advanced sensing, while supporting the company’s expansion from...

As parameter counts in generative AI models expand exponentially, single-GPU configurations can no longer meet processing demands. While clustered computing has become industry standard, it introduces severe physical limits: the Bandwidth Wall and the Power Wall. In modern AI server architectures—specifically within chip-to-chip (Die-to-Die) and board-to-board Scale-Up expansion topologies—traditional copper interconnects are rapidly hitting physical ceilings. Signal attenuation, elevated latency, and unsustainable power dissipation have sparked a clear cons...