Lightmatter Unveils Passage L20 Near-Package Optics

Photonics startup Lightmatter unveiled the Passage L20 near-package optical engine and vClick surface fiber array ahead of OFC on Wednesday. The 6.4 Tbps L20 uses bidirectional 200 Gbps fibers to halve fiber counts versus pluggables and attaches near the ASIC rather than co-packaging, while vClick enables wafer-level surface testing for advanced packaging. Lightmatter plans sampling in late 2026.
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