On Si Platform Opens a New World in AI-IoT Service Era.

In the near future, ICT (information and communication technology) services are expected to achieve a dramatic evolution through the use of the cloud, IoT (Internet of Things), and AI (artificial intelligence). The communication devices necessary to realize this new era require high performance, high functionality, low cost, and low power consumption. A fusion of various technologies and know-how will be applied in order to meet these requirements. In this article, we explain the concept of an on Si platform, which expands upon silicon (Si) photonics, as one solution. We also show the direction of research and development (R&D) of various elemental technologies and describe the R&D fabrication process to realize the on Si platform concept. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]