Technology


Technology partners go on a mission to develop in-orbit data centre infrastructure


Computing platforms provider, Ramon.Space, and Ingrasys, manufacturer of server and storage solutions, are teaming up to develop data centre infrastructure for space. Ramon.Space is pioneering in-orbit


data centres, based around its existing computing, storage and communications platforms. Ingrasys has been a key partner in manufacturing Ramon.Space’s computing product line. “Together, we are laying the foundation


for in-orbit data centres that enable real-time processing, reduce reliance on downlink and support the next generation of soſtware- defined satellites and distributed systems,”


said Avi Shabtai, CEO of Ramon.Space. As data generated in orbit continues to


grow, traditional Earth-based infrastructure faces increasing limitations driven by latency, bandwidth constraints, power availability and environmental challenges. Space-based data centres address these limitations by bringing compute, storage and connectivity into orbit, creating a new architecture for processing space data in real time and at scale, as well as supporting new classes of satellite missions. Space-based data centres are designed


to complement terrestrial data centres and cloud infrastructure, whilst supporting space-generated data that can’t efficiently


be processed on Earth for the purposes of observation, communications, government missions and future space-based services. Ramon.Space’s technologies have


addressed the core challenges of space- based infrastructure, including radiation tolerance, compute performance, autonomous operation, power efficiency and thermal management. The next steps in the programme are


prototype development and testing. The partners will then focus on scaling these platforms into a dedicated, production- ready space product line, supported with Ingrasys’s global manufacturing capabilities.


La Luce Cristallina releases beta version of its 200mm BaTiO3


wafer for AI-scale photonics


The manufacturer of high-performance materials for silicon photonics, La Luce Cristallina, has made a beta version of its 200mm (8-inch) barium titanate (BaTiO3) available to customers for evaluation. R&D teams working with advanced electro- optic modulators for telecommunications and data communication applications will benefit from the ultra-low voltage operation of the BaTiO3 platform. The solution addresses the bandwidth and power demands of AI-scale data centre infrastructure and supercomputers. “The beta version of our barium titanate


wafer marks another step toward advancing co-packaged optics amid the rise of AI, quantum photonics and other high- capacity applications. With it, customers can unlock the full potential of barium titanate for powering multiple generations of electro-optic innovation across diverse applications,” said Agham Posadas, CTO and Co-Founder of La Luce Cristallina. BaTiO3 provides extremely high Pockels coefficient, which defines the strength of


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the linear electro-optic effect, which refers to a material’s refractive index changing proportionally to an applied electric field. In case of La Luce Cristallina’s BaTiO3


bulk single crystal that coefficient is 1,300pm/V, enabling ultra-low voltage electro-optic modulators across various photonics applications. The BaTiO3 is easily integrated into


standard CMOS silicon manufacturing processes. All these benefits combined are placing this platform in a leading position of electro-optic materials for low-loss, high-speed switching in quantum optical circuits. With advancements made in AI and machine learning, the quantum computing sector is growing in strength, supported with major investments. This market is projected to reach $20.5bn by 2035 at a compound annual growth rate of about 26%.


The biosensing market is also seeing


substantial growth, driven by the demand for continuous health monitoring. This


8-inch barium titanate wafer


market is expected to reach $67bn by 2034, from the current year’s $33bn. Both markets are expected to significantly benefit from the BaTiO3 platform.


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