Taiwanese firms form tech silicon photonics alliance

Taipei, Sept. 3 (CNA) A group of over 30 companies, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), announced the formation of the Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance (SiPhIA) Tuesday.

At a launch event for the alliance at SEMICON Taiwan, K.C. Hsu (徐國晉), TSMC's vice president of Integrated Interconnect & Packaging, said that as the artificial intelligence (AI) era requires massive computing power, "energy efficiency has become a significant issue."