{"id":884276,"date":"2025-11-17T06:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=884276"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:54:22","slug":"pic-1000x-faster-than-nvidia-gpus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/business\/pic-1000x-faster-than-nvidia-gpus-2025-11\/","title":{"rendered":"PIC 1,000-times faster than Nvidia GPUs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photonic IC that claims to perform AI tasks 1,000-times faster than Nvidia\u2019s GPUs has been made by China\u2019s Chip Hub for Integrated Photonics Xplore (CHIPX), reports the South China Morning Post.<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-634286132\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>CHIPX, based in Wuxi, is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Turing Quantum, a Shanghai startup.<\/p><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-109166609\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The fab has installed a thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) pilot line capable of running 12,000 six-inch wafers a year. \u00a0Each wafer is yielding \u2018about\u2019 350 working die. It uses a proprietary co-packaging technology for photonics and electronics.<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-721169625\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>CHIPX claims the devices form the basis of the first quantum computing platform that is both widely deployable and scalable to support 1 million qubits of quantum processing performance.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-884277 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15160931\/IMG_1290.webp\" alt=\"PIC 1000x faster than Nvidia GPUs\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15160931\/IMG_1290.webp 540w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15160931\/IMG_1290-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is claimed that the chip is already being used in industries such as aerospace, biomedicine and finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAchieving co-packaging technology for photons and electronics, chip-level integration and wafer-scale mass <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-884278 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15161205\/IMG_1292-150x150.webp\" alt=\"Jin Xianmin\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15161205\/IMG_1292-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15161205\/IMG_1292-70x70.webp 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>production of photonic quantum chips \u2013 I believe this is a world first,\u201d says Jin Xianmin (pictured)) a physics professor at the university and founder of Turing Quantum. \u201cWe<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>anticipate developing chips capable of handling larger numbers of photons in the near future.\u201d he told mainland media on the day of the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The university said CHIPX\u2019s pilot production line is fully integrated,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>including design, wafer-level fabrication, packaging and testing through to system integration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has enabled optical quantum computers to become industrial-grade products for the first time,\u201d said the university.<\/p>\n<p><em>See also<\/em>: <a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/tag\/nvidia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nvidia news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photonic IC that claims to perform AI tasks 1,000-times faster than Nvidia\u2019s 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