Post by Benjamin Wolba

Since the early 2000s, increases in computing power have mostly come from parallelization: Adding cores or switching from CPUs to GPUs for more specialized computing tasks. But sharing data between standalone processors still is tedious and costly. The brothers, Daniel Schall (CEO) and Sebastian Schall (CFO), founded Black Semiconductor in 2020. Together with Cedric Huyghebaert (CTO), they developed optical interconnects to connect chips and allow them to exchange data quickly. Using graphene to translate electronic to photonic signals and transmit signals optically between chips, their technology may lead to 100x to 1000x faster data processing.  Black Semiconductor has raised funding from Vsquared Ventures, Cambium Capital Partners, Onsight Ventures, and Project A Ventures. Learn more about the future of optical chip interconnects from this interview: 👉  how graphene-based optical interconnects can make chips exchange data 👉  why graphene-based transducers work a bit like solar cells 👉  why we need more deep tech and deep tech investors in Europe #FutureOfComputing #Future #Computing #OpticalComputing #Photonics #Graphene #Interconnects #Back #Semiconductor #Startups #Entrepreneurs #VC #VentureCapital #Newsletter #Interview