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GlobalFoundries and Corning Collaborate To Deliver Detachable Fiber Connector Solutions to Scale Next-Generation Optical Connectivity
Glass-waveguide based detachable fiber connector solutions enabling co-packaged optics will be demonstrated at ECOC 2025 and GF’s Technology SummitMALTA, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) (GF) today announced a collaborative effort with Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) to develop detachable fiber connector solutions for GF’s silicon photonics platform. Corning’s GlassBridge™ solution, a glass-waveguide based edge-coupler compatible with the platform’s v-groov
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