We are now the largest pure-play silicon photonics foundry, expanding global manufacturing capabilities to serve a broader customer base and meet the growing optical communication demands of AI datacenters SINGAPORE – November 17, 2025 – GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) (GF) today announced the acquisition of Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), a silicon photonics foundry based in Singapore,...
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Silicon Photonics at Scale: Highlights from AMF Silicon Photonics Summit 2025, China (organized in conjunction with CIOE 2025)
Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), the World’s 1st Pure-Play Silicon Photonics Foundry recently hosted its flagship AMF Silicon Photonics Ecosystem Summit 2025 under the central theme: “Silicon Photonics at Scale”. The summit addressed the seismic market shift driven by the explosive demands of AI computing, which requires unprecedented quantities, dramatically higher bandwidth, and critically, ultra-low latency....
Collaboration Announcement: Lightwave Logic and Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) Partner to Accelerate Development of Silicon Photonics Modulators Using Electro-Optic Polymers
Recent work with Lightwave Logic for Electo-Optic (EO) polymer modulation integrated on AMF’s standard process has shown promising results showcasing high-bandwidth required for next generation of optical transceivers. AMF is confidently enabling Silicon Photonics adoption to customers and partners. Read the full press release here.
Advanced Micro Foundry Unveils SiPhab 4.5: Empowering 800G & 1.6T Communication with Next-Generation PDK
SINGAPORE, March 26, 2024 – Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), announces the launch of its latest Process Development Kit (PDK) – SiPhab 4.5. Combining AMF’s Silicon Photonics (Si Ph) technology leadership with the needs of high-speed data center interconnects, SiPhab 4.5 represents a leap in Silicon Photonics design. In a bid to accelerate Si Ph adoption...
AMF releases new PDK 4.0: Entering in the New Era of Silicon Photonics
Singapore, November 2023 – Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), the world’s first Silicon Photonics specialty foundry, has launched its next generation of Process Design Kit (PDK)- 4.0. Through this PDK, AMF customers will have access to an enhanced library, with 101 unique devices, available on the 3 key technology platforms offered by AMF, for both Customized...
Advanced Micro Foundry launches MPW runs for Visible and Infrared Wavelengths in partnership with Ascenta Technologies
Singapore/Toronto, August 2023 – Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) and Ascenta Technologies (Ascenta) announce a new milestone in the advancement of Silicon Photonics across visible wavelengths: The AMF Visible + Infrared (IR) multi-project wafer (MPW) series. A long-standing collaborative endeavour between AMF, a leading Silicon Photonics foundry, and Ascenta, a spin-off led by researchers from the...
AMF and Synopsys launch Synopsys OptoCompiler™ feature to AMF PDK
AMF & Synopsys’s long-standing partnership aimed at developing comprehensive EDA solutions for AMF’s process design kits (PDK), reached a new milestone with the launch of Synopsys OptoCompiler™ for AMF platforms. AMF’s PDK on Synopsys is now expanded to include design enablement through Synopsys OptoCompiler™, along with physical verification solutions (DRC and LVS) on IC validator....
AMF and Axis-Tec to jointly develop SiPh wafer level testing system and methodology
Advanced Micro Foundry Pte. Ltd (AMF), a leading commercial pure-play Silicon Photonics specialty foundry and Axis-Tec, a provider of automatic wafer level testers for optical and optical-electrical couplers, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop Silicon Photonics Wafer Level Testing System and Methodology for standard industrial solutions. Silicon Photonics is a rapidly developing...