Molex is recasting AI optics around serviceability, density, and scale. Its latest roadmap combines blind-mate backplanes, detachable fiber-to-chip links, external laser connectivity, and a high-radix optical switch for larger GPU clusters.
Teledyne shifts extreme acquisition toward storage architectures built for continuity. Its ADQ35 and libads combination brings sustained 25 GB/s-class disk streaming into deployable RAID configurations for long-duration capture, rather than treating storage as a downstream bottleneck.
ABLIC is widening its analogue strategy in Europe and the US. The move centres on battery protection, automotive power, Hall sensing, medical ultrasound electronics, and batteryless water leak detection.
Photon Bridge has secured InP foundry backing for laser engines. The deal with CPFC supports its roadmap for multi-wavelength external laser sources targeting AI infrastructure and advanced sensing applications.
Sheffield is leading a new national semiconductor design centre. The £12.5 million programme will focus on heterogeneous systems, advanced integration, and shared design infrastructure for UK electronic systems development.
UKBIC has opened a pilot line for battery scale-up trials. The Coventry facility is intended to help developers prove chemistries, formats, and processes before committing to industrial-scale manufacture.