IQE plc announced the first 150 mm (6") Indium Phosphide (InP) platform enabling the scaled production of electro-optic devices at the core of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud data centre networks. In collaboration with Kelvin Nanotechnology and the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre, IQE has developed a process-ready 6" Distributed Feedback (DFB) InP laser wafer platform, enabling customers to deliver high-volume laser solutions supporting the rapid growth in high-speed optical data links. IQE's data infrastructure semiconductor materials are employed across a diverse range of transceiver platforms. As a pioneer in InP, IQE is further demonstrating the technology's scalability, enabling a step change in volume manufacturing to satisfy an increasing demand for DFB lasers.

This also ensures optical interconnect technology remains cost competitive, as network traffic scales to meet the requirements of generative AI and data intensive applications.