Fabric.AI Orders $15M Kopin MicroLED Optical Interconnects for AI Data Centers
Fabric.AI has placed a $15M purchase order with Kopin to co-develop MicroLED-based Neural I/o optical interconnects for GPU-to-GPU communication in AI data centers. The technology uses programmable MicroLED pixels as ultra-high-speed, low-power optical transceivers to eliminate copper wiring and reduce energy consumption per bit.
1. Strategic Collaboration and Order
Fabric.AI has placed a $15 million purchase order with Kopin to jointly develop the Neural I/o optical interconnect chipset. Under the agreement, Kopin will hold an exclusive manufacturing role and owns 19.9% of Fabric.AI, aligning incentives for future scale.
2. Neural I/o Technology Benefits
The Neural I/o design repurposes MicroLED pixels as bi-directional optical transceivers capable of ultra-high-bandwidth GPU-to-GPU data transfer while consuming a fraction of the power of copper wiring, eliminating expensive lasers and reducing cooling requirements in AI data centers.
3. Market Implications for Fabric.AI
By extending its system-level design into optical interconnects, Fabric.AI positions itself to capture a growing share of the AI hardware infrastructure market. The collaboration leverages Fabric.AI’s fabless semiconductor model to address rising data-center energy costs and scalability challenges.