Himax issues statement regarding FOCI Fiber Optic Communications pact

In response to recent media reports, Himax (HIMX) Technologies issued a statement clarifying that Himax is a collaboration and strategic partner of FOCI Fiber Optic Communications in the field of co-packaged optics. The company said, “All ongoing collaborations between the two parties continue to progress actively, and there has been no change as claimed in a certain media report. In the field of CPO, Himax leverages its proprietary WLO advanced nano imprinting technology. Together with FOCI, the two companies have achieved significant breakthroughs in silicon photonics technology. The first-generation solution is currently being validated by key customers and partners for the technologies and their reliability while the companies work toward mass production readiness in 2026. Concurrent with the development of the first-generation CPO solution, as strategic partners, the two companies are conducting joint development efforts with global leading customers and ecosystem partners, focusing on future-generation high-speed optical transmission technologies and advanced CPO architectures to address the explosive bandwidth demands driven by AI data center and high-performance computing applications.”