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Scintil Photonics in France has appointed Matt Crowley as CEO as founder Sylvie Menezo moves to technology developments and customer partnerships
The move will also boost the presence of the Gernoble-based photonic chip developer with a US subsidiary to support its expanding customer base in datacentres, machine learning and AI as the company ramps production.
The company, a spin out of French research lab CEA-Leti, has raised €23m ($24m) with the latest round led by Robert Bosch.
Crowley joins Scintil from his recent role as senior director business development at Qualcomm after successfully leading Vesper Technologies, a MEMS technology company.
As chief technology officer, founder Sylvie Menezo will focus on the photonic integrated circuit technology that serves as a critical remote light source for GPU interconnects in AI datacentres.
LEAF Light is a single chip, integrating DFB laser arrays and multiplexers to offer 8 to 16 muxed frequencies (100 GHz or 200 GHz frequency spacing) on a single fibre. The Scintil circuits are fabricated from a proprietary Scintil Heterogeneous Integrated Photonics (SHIP) technology manufactured in a multi-customer silicon foundry with standard silicon photonics.
This is used for 800G DWDM Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing in the CW-WDM Multi Source Agreement for interoperable datacentre interconnect.
“Scintil has established itself as a leader in photonic integrated circuits and I’m honoured to join Sylvie in leading the company into its next chapter,” said Crowley.
“Having recently led Vesper Technologies to high-volume shipments and through its successful acquisition, I understand the immense potential of breakthrough technologies in rapidly evolving markets. Our LEAF Light product demonstrates our ability to deliver transformative solutions for AI datacenters and advanced computing applications. Our US presence strengthens our ability to serve customers and accelerate market adoption of our technology. I look forward to partnering with Sylvie and the entire team to build on Scintil’s impressive foundation.”
“Having founded and grown Scintil, I am delighted to have Matt join us as CEO. As we expand our business globally, it is essential to have a presence in the United States, in which we will benefit from Matt’s highly relevant business experience,” said Menezo as Scintil managing director and CTO.
“I will continue to advance our innovative technology roadmap, develop our talented team and strengthen our rich partnerships. Close collaboration with our industry leading customers has always been the driving force behind our innovation and fuels our drive to succeed. I am happy to see the huge appeal our flagship product, LEAF Light, is receiving from the industry,”
“Our SHIP circuit technology, fabricated by Tower Semiconductor and leveraging its high-volume standard Si Photonics, can offer much more in the very near and longer-term future,” she added.
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