POET and Lessengers partner on transceivers for AI
The companies are collaborating on an 800G DR8 transceiver that incorporates POET’s optical engines and Lessengers’ direct optical wiring technology
POET Technologies has announced it has partnered with Lessengers, an optical solution provider based in South Korea, to offer a differentiated 800G DR8 transceiver. The transceiver will include POET's transmit and receive optical engines and Lessengers’ “direct optical wiring” (DOW) technology for a cost-effective solution for AI and hyperscale datacentre applications.
POET will supply the highly integrated POET Infinity transmit and receive optical engines configured in an 800G DR8 architecture, which includes electronic and photonic components.
Lessengers expects to have transceiver samples ready for its customers to review in the second half of 2025.
“Like POET, Lessengers is bringing cutting-edge innovation to the market,” commented Raju Kankipati, POET’s chief revenue officer. “It is a perfect partnership of companies that are finding new solutions by unlocking the vast abilities of optical technology. We’re thrilled to continue our growth in the industry through a co-development arrangement with a likeminded and truly inventive company.”
Lessengers chief marketing officer Taeyong Kim added: “POET’s production-ready optical engines provide Lessengers with a high-quality component that allows us to bring more value to our transceiver customers. POET offers a complementary technology to Lessengers’ direct optical coupling that saves on costs and improves efficiency.”
