Enosemi has licensed its technology from Luminous Computing and makes interconnect products for datacentres. It has 16 employees and has raised $150,000 in venture capital.
“Enosemi has collaborated with us as an external development partner on photonics, and this acquisition extends that successful relationship,” said Brian Amick AMD svp for technology and engineering.
According to AMD the acquisition will support internal engineering initiatives focused on artificial intelligence hardware.
Currently large-scale AI clusters, which comprise of multiple server racks which include graphics cards, networking gear, cooling equipment and a range of other components, have to be assembled manually into server racks.
Nvidia currently offers a line of systems called the DGX series that combines these components needed to run AI models into an integrated package – meaning that customers no longer have to assemble everything on their own.
AMD is looking to develop a similar offer and last year acquired ZT Systems, a company that specialises in designing rack-scale data centre systems. The acquisition of Enosemi is being seen as a move to support AMD’s efforts in this area.
“As AI models grow larger and more complex, the need for faster, more efficient data movement is accelerating,” said Amick. “To meet these evolving demands, particularly at the rack scale, optical interconnects offer a compelling path forward.”
Enosemi will support AMD’s efforts to develop co-packaged optics, or CPO, technology that can boost the efficiency of AI clusters’ fibre-optic network equipment.
Amick said, “Enosemi will help us scale our ability to support and develop a variety of photonics and co-packaged optics solutions across next-gen AI systems.”
