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SILITH and UMC achieve mass production milestone for silicon photonics
SILITH Technology, a silicon photonics fabless company, and United Microelectronics Corporation [ UMC ], a leading global semiconductor foundry, have announced the first massproduction wafer delivery of photonic ICs from UMC’ s Singapore fab, advancing the partnership between the two companies to scale next-generation silicon photonics manufacturing. The collaboration combines SILITH’ s photonics design expertise with UMC’ s 12-inch wafer manufacturing capacity and process capabilities to support high-volume production of SILITH’ s 1.6T silicon photonics platform, addressing the growing demand for high-speed AI optical interconnects in AI and hyperscale data centre networks.
Jason Zhang, Chief Technology Officer of SILITH, said:“ AI is driving an unprecedented demand for optical bandwidth, making silicon photonics a foundational technology for future data centre infrastructure. At SILITH, we are building a scalable silicon photonics platform that spans pluggable optics, co-packaged optics( CPO) and future optical I / O architectures. Together with UMC, we are bringing together leading-edge silicon photonics innovation and high-volume 12-inch manufacturing to deliver the performance, scalability and cost efficiency required for the next generation of AI networks.”
Combining SILITH’ s proprietary silicon photonics architecture with UMC’ s advanced process integration expertise and proven silicon-on-insulator( SOI) manufacturing capabilities, the joint team brought the silicon photonics platform from development to production readiness in 18 months. The platform has demonstrated production-level performance with high yield and reliability and has since been qualified by a leading cloud infrastructure customer for volume deployment. Together, the two companies have established a scalable manufacturing platform to support the next generation of AI infrastructure.
Support for aggressive AI regulation and public stock transfers
Verasight, a nonpartisan survey research firm that collects verified, representative survey responses, has released the findings of its June 2026 AI Survey. The nationwide poll reveals deep public scepticism toward Artificial Intelligence firms and an overwhelming demand for strict federal oversight, independent safety mandates and public corporate accountability.
The data indicates that the American public favours aggressive economic interventions alongside standard safety regulations. A remarkable 69 % of Americans support requiring AI firms to transfer 50 % of their stock to a public fund. Interestingly, public support for this major corporate wealth redistribution remains highly resilient, dipping only slightly to 64 % when the policy is explicitly tied to Senator Bernie Sanders.
Beyond stock transfers, Americans are no longer content leaving safety guardrails to the tech industry’ s discretion. An overwhelming 89 % of respondents support requiring AI companies to publicly disclose the results of all internal safety testing. At the same time, 81 % of Americans support granting the federal government the explicit authority to block the release of any AI system deemed risky, while 49 % state that the government, rather than tech companies, should have the final say on safety standards.
Trust in corporate self-regulation remains remarkably low across the country. The survey found that 43 % of Americans believe regulations proposed by AI firms themselves are intentionally designed to benefit the companies rather than protect the public. The survey finds 30 % of respondents explicitly trust the US government more than prominent AI developers to accurately judge whether a model is safe for public deployment.
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