12:20 – 12:30
Introduction of Lightmatter
Discover how a leading silicon photonics company is shaping the future of high-speed interconnect. This brief talk will highlight Lightmatter’s mission, market focus, and the strategic role its products play in enabling next-generation technologies.
Eric Yeh
Lightmatter
With over 20 years of experience in product marketing and management, Eric is a leader in driving innovation and product adoption across the semiconductor industry. His technical expertise spans photonics, processors, interconnects, and networking. All of these technologies are instrumental in shaping his vision for today’s advanced computing systems.
Throughout his career, Eric has held key management and leadership roles at Broadcom, MediaTek, and Marvell, consistently working at the forefront of technological innovation. At Marvell, he led the product team at the Networking Business Unit, where he played a pivotal role in expanding the company’s presence in the Ethernet Switching market.
Today, Eric serves as Head of Product Marketing at Lightmatter, where he is spearheading efforts to bring silicon photonics to XPUs and AI networking, with a focus on accelerating AI performance while maximizing power efficiency.
Lightmatter
Company Profile
Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure and enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company was founded in 2017 out of MIT, with two of its co-founders – CEO Nick Harris, Ph.D. and Chief Scientist Darius Bunandar, Ph.D. – renowned as preeminent scientists in the field. Lightmatter has raised $850 million in funding by leading investors including Fidelity, Google Ventures, Sequoia, Spark, T Rowe Price, and Viking, and was most recently valued at $4.4 billion. Initially founded in Boston, Lightmatter moved its headquarters to Mountain View in 2023. It currently employs 230 employees across its headquarters in Silicon Valley, as well as offices in Boston, Toronto, Oregon and Arizona.
Company Products & Services
The company’s groundbreaking Passage™ platform—the world’s first 3D-stacked silicon photonics engine—connects thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light. Designed to eliminate critical data bottlenecks, Lightmatter’s technology enables unparalleled efficiency and scalability for the most advanced AI and high-performance computing workloads, pushing the boundaries of AI infrastructure.
