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HyperLight and UMC Collaborate with Jabil to Bring TFLN Photonics to Data-Center Scale Deployment
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & HSINCHU, Taiwan, March 13, 2026--HyperLight Corporation ("HyperLight"), United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303)("UMC"), and Wavetek Microelectronics Corporation ("Wavetek"), a wholly owned subsidiary of UMC, today announced a collaboration with Jabil Inc. ("Jabil"), to accelerate the deployment of thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics into hyperscale AI data center interconnects. The collaboration brings together HyperLight’s TFLN photonic technology,
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