Rockley Photonics

All About Circuits reports on how silicon photonics are helping data centers keep up with the IoT, big data and cloud computing. The use of photonics in networking and electronics has been considered one of many possible solutions for handling the growing demand on data centers, where Moore’s Law is rapidly becoming obsolete. Here's a look at some of the photonics hardware and projects being implemented in the industry.

Robert Rickman, non-exec director, Rockley Photonics receives the Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Best Practices Global Technology Innovation Award in London - 14 March 2017

According to Frost & Sullivan, Rockley is poised to play a transformational role in the future design of ‘hyper-scale’ data centers.

Semiconductor industry veteran, Nick Kucharewski, joins Rockley Photonics as it prepares to deliver its revolutionary integrated-optical ASIC for data center networks

Rockley Photonics’ Rickman reveals plan for faster data centers. At the UK’s Future Photonics Hub’s inaugural industry day, held recently at the University of Southampton, UK and attended by 150 delegates, the keynote speech, entitled Scaling cloud data centers with packet switching, was presented by Dr Andrew Rickman, OBE, CEO and Chairman of Rockley Photonics. http://optics.org/news/7/9/28

Writing in the Summer 2016 issue of DCS Europe, Greg Finn, VP Business Development and co-founder of Rockley Photonics, explains how new thinking at the heart of the network will have the ability to transform the future design of data centres.

Next generation data centre networking "We’ve now reached the stage where data centre operators have to focus on the network component in the face of the anticipated scaling required to meet future growth." Dr Andrew Rickman

We currently have several job openings, from database software engineers, software architects to photonics test engineers and marketing director. We have offices in Southern California, the United Kingdom, and Northern Europe. We are seeking best-in-class engineers to join our dynamic and innovative team. Candidates must have excellent written and oral communication skills, work well independently and in a team environment, and thrive on the challenges that come from working in a fast-paced start-up. Check out our careers page here - http://rockleyphotonics.com/careers/

Those architecting the so called ‘mega datacentres’ are on red alert, according to Dr Andrew Rickman, CEO of Rockley Photonics. The industry is on a mad path, he contended. Moore’s Law is proving difficult and costly but, with the right combination of elements, we can break the cycle. http://bit.ly/21VBd2G

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto Universityare starting a new funded project on optical switching and transmission technologies to improve the scalability and energy-efficiency of data centres and 5G networks where the volumes of data transfer grow exponentially. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_re/2016-02/vtrc-vaa022916.php

In an update on the ongoing #SPIE analysis of the global #photonics market, Stephen Anderson, SPIE director of industry development, noted that application revenues are approaching USD$1.5 trillion and the greater industry employs more than 3.5 million people. http://www.novuslight.com/vibrant-photonics-industry-reflec

Rockley Photonics’ CEO, Andrew Rickman, joins 150 other technology thought leaders and investment professionals from growth companies around the world to discuss why the digital stack market area contains the largest number of fast growing companies and why relatively young companies continue to grow into dominating international players. http://rockleyphotonics.com//andrew-rickman-to-present-the

A NASA team has been tapped to build a new type of communications modem that will employ a potentially revolutionary technology that could transform everything from telecommunications, medical imaging, advanced manufacturing to national defence. The space agency’s first-ever integrated-photonics modem will be tested aboard the International Space Station beginning in 2020. http://www.nasa.gov//nasa-engineers-tapped-to-build-first-