Volantis, which aims to use vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, used in the iPhone's Face ID, to transmit data between AI and memory chips, raised $88M (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
Volantis raised $88 million for an optical link meant to move data faster between AI processors and memory.
The company is working with vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, a technology also used in Apple's Face ID. Its target is one of AI hardware's pressure points: the connection between compute chips and memory chips. The Techmeme item attributes the report to Reuters' Stephen Nellis. Techmeme's note
The company is working with vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, a technology also used in Apple's Face ID. Its target is one of AI hardware's pressure points: the connection between compute chips and memory chips. The Techmeme item attributes the report to Reuters' Stephen Nellis. Techmeme's note
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