Tower + Marvell Milestone: 5 Million Coherent PICs Shipped
Tower Semiconductor and Marvell announced that they have shipped more than five million coherent photonic integrated circuits (PICs), marking a ...
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Tower Semiconductor Profile
Tower Semiconductor is a specialty semiconductor foundry focused on analog-intensive technologies, RF devices, power management, silicon photonics, image sensors, and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The company provides manufacturing services for communications, data center, automotive, industrial, medical, aerospace, and AI infrastructure applications through a global network of wafer fabrication facilities.
| Headquarters | Migdal HaEmek, Israel |
| CEO | Russell Ellwanger |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Primary Focus | Specialty Foundry Services, Silicon Photonics, RF, Analog & Mixed-Signal Semiconductors |
| Key Technologies | Silicon Photonics, SiGe, RF SOI, Power Management, CMOS Image Sensors, MEMS, GaN, InP Integration |
Coverage Areas:
Silicon Photonics • Optical Interconnects • AI Infrastructure • Specialty Foundry • RF Devices • Data Center Connectivity • Power Management • Mixed-Signal ICs • Semiconductor Manufacturing
Silicon Photonics • Optical Interconnects • AI Infrastructure • Specialty Foundry • RF Devices • Data Center Connectivity • Power Management • Mixed-Signal ICs • Semiconductor Manufacturing
Converge Digest tracks Tower Semiconductor’s specialty foundry roadmap, silicon photonics manufacturing initiatives, AI infrastructure partnerships, optical interconnect technologies, RF and mixed-signal innovations, strategic customer engagements, fab expansions, earnings, and developments across the communications and data center semiconductor ecosystem.
Tower and IQE Resolve Dispute, Collaborate on Silicon Photonics
IQE and Tower Semiconductor announced a multi-year agreement for the supply of Indium Phosphide (InP) epiwafers that will support silicon ...
Tower Semiconductor Secures $1.3 Billion in Silicon Photonics Contracts
Tower Semiconductor reported strong Q1 2026 financial results driven by accelerating demand for silicon photonics used in AI infrastructure, while ...
Tower Semi and Axiro Launch U.S.-Fabricated SiGe Beamforming ICs
Tower Semiconductor and Axiro Semiconductor introduced a new line of radar beamforming ICs built on silicon germanium (SiGe) technology and fabricated in ...
Tower Semiconductor Aligns SiPho Platform with Xanadu’s Photonic Quantum Roadmap
Xanadu and Tower Semiconductor expanded their strategic collaboration to advance silicon photonics manufacturing for fault-tolerant quantum computers. The companies are aligning Xanadu’s photonic ...
Tower and Scintil Roll Out First Heterogeneous DWDM Lasers
Tower Semiconductor and Scintil Photonics introduced what they describe as the first heterogeneously integrated DWDM laser sources designed for AI infrastructure, combining monolithic ...
Tower Semi and LightIC Push Silicon Photonics into Automotive
Tower Semiconductor and LightIC Technologies announced a strategic collaboration aimed at extending silicon photonics beyond AI data-center infrastructure into automotive, robotics, and Physical ...
Tower Extends Wafer-Bonding Tech to SiPho + SiGe for Data-Center Optics
Tower Semiconductor introduced a new 3D-IC foundry capability that integrates its Silicon Photonics (SiPho) and SiGe BiCMOS electronic IC (EIC) ...
OpenLight, Tower Demo High-Speed 400G/Lane Optical Modulator
OpenLight and Tower Semiconductor have successfully demonstrated a 400G/lane silicon photonics modulator, marking a significant advancement in high-speed optical connectivity ...
Tower Semi to fab Innolight’s 400G/800G transceivers
Tower Semiconductor and InnoLight Technology will develop multi-generation high-speed optical transceivers based on Tower’s Silicon Photonics process platform (PH18). Production ...
Intel to pay $353 million to terminate merger with Tower
Intel confirmed that it has terminated plans to acquire Tower Semiconductor due to the inability to obtain in a timely ...
Tower Semi and Juniper develop silicon photonics process
Tower Semiconductor and Juniper Networks announced a silicon photonics (SiPho) foundry-ready process with integrated III-V lasers, amplifiers modulators and detectors. Potential ...
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