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According to Rockley Photonics, leading market analyst and consulters, Ovum, has recognized Rockley’s unique approach to silicon photonics (SiPh) in its latest analysis of the silicon photonics market. Ovum’s silicon photonics market report summarizes analyzes and compares the companies that are leading in the SiPh space and gives its view of each of their businesses.

According to Ovum’s report, Rockley’s approach to silicon photonics is fundamentally different to other suppliers. Instead of trying to force the silicon chip manufacturing into a SiPh solution, Rockley, according to Ovum, has developed its technology focused on how the silicon chip manufacturing can be modified to be used for SiPh engines. The result is a large waveguide photonics platform that offers multiple benefits over conventional solutions.

According to Lisa Huff, Principle Analyst, Optical Components, Ovum, Rockley started from a clean sheet and has designed a process that is bespoke for SiPh. Results demonstrate that its technology enables low-power, cost-effective optical modules. By incorporating all the transceiver functions in the chip, the company can integrate optical transceiver functionality directly inside its OptoASIC package, delivering on the highly versatile capability of the platform.

Andrew Rickman, the Chief Executive of Rockley states, that because photons behave differently to electrons, silicon photonics requires bespoke processes and solutions to realize the technology’s full potential. Their unique manufacturing processes, expertise and solutions thus puts them several years ahead of the competition. Rockley’s technology is relevant to communication interconnect applications and is already being strongly considered in AI compute cluster environments – liberating data from the constraints of electrical connections. The technology also has huge potential within sensor applications, for example in healthcare, biosensing, 3D laser imaging and autonomous vehicles, and will have massive impact on society.