Huawei, Imec link up

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , a leading company in information and communication technology (ICT), and Belgium-based nanoelectronics research center Imec announced their strategic partnership on optical data link technology, Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.

Their joint research on silicon-based optical interconnection is expected to deliver benefits including high speed, low power consumption and cost savings.

In 2013, Huawei acquired photonics company Caliopa, jointly created by Imec and Ghent University, thereby adding silicon photonics research to its European research and development portfolio.

Silicon photonics is a key technology expected to revolutionize optical communications by enabling the creation of highly integrated, low power optical transceivers used for data transmission and telecommunications.