Intel Capital has led a Series-B investment in DustPhonics. Intel was joined by WRVI Capital and Avigdor Willenz, in the $25 million round. DustPhonics specializes in optical modules for high speed communications in data centers and other high demand usages. The investment by Intel is a clear endorsement of DustPhonics technology by the chip giant.
Ben Rubovitch, CEO and co-founder of DustPhotonics said, “We are honored to have Intel Capital lead this round, which will help accelerate our vision of next generation optical connectivity.” Ben added, “Our optical transceiver products address the key and challenging requirements for hyper-scale applications, and we will also leverage our electro-optic technology in high-density, future architectures.”
As data rates double with every successive generation, so does the complexity for meeting the demand of lower cost, lower power and higher reliability. Technology innovations, like AuraDP™, provide a significant value differentiation enabling superior performance and sustainable 100, 400 and 800 Gb/s products.
“High speed optical connectivity is essential to enabling the performance and scale of today’s data centers,” said Hong Hou, Vice President of the Data Center Group and General Manager of the Silicon Photonics division at Intel. “The DustPhotonics products complement our leading optical transceiver portfolio through short-reach, standards-based interconnects based on VCSEL technology.”
