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Coherent named one of time's America's Growth Leaders 2027. Recognition highlights Coherent's growth, financial strength and business momentum. October 22, 2026 14:15 ET | Source: Coherent Corp. SAXONBURG, Pa., Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), the global leader in photonics, is proud to announce its inclusion in the America's Growth Leaders 2027 list, a distinguished ranking honoring companies demonstrating exceptional growth performance, financial stability, and stock performance. This recognition is presented by TIME and Statista, global leaders in data analysis and industry benchmarking, and it can now be viewed on time.com. Being named to the America's Growth Leaders 2027 list signifies that Coherent Corp. stands among the most accomplished businesses in the United States. These organizations have consistently excelled in expanding their market presence, maintaining strong financial foundations, and delivering value to shareholders. Inclusion in this elite group reflects sustained success, resilience through market fluctuations, and the ability to create lasting impact in the competitive global landscape. "Being recognized as one of America's Growth Leaders is a testament to the momentum we are building across Coherent," said Jim Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of Coherent. "Our teams are executing with speed and focus, delivering innovative technologies that address some of the world's most important opportunities. This recognition belongs to our employees around the world whose talent, commitment and relentless drive make our progress possible." Coherent's portfolio of technologies spans some of the world's most consequential markets, including artificial intelligence and datacenter infrastructure, communications, industrial applications, semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and instrumentation. "Growth starts with people," said Grace Lee, Chief People Officer. "Every day, our employees bring the ideas, energy and courage to push what's possible. This recognition is a celebration of them and of what we can achieve together." The recognition reflects Coherent's continued focus on disciplined execution, innovation and creating sustainable long-term value for customers, employees and shareholders. About Coherent Coherent is the global photonics leader. We harness photons to drive innovation. Industry leaders in the datacenter, communications, and industrial markets rely on Coherent's world-leading technology to fuel their own innovation and growth. Founded in 1971 and operating in more than 20 countries, Coherent brings the industry's broadest, deepest technology stack; unmatched supply chain resilience; and global scale to help its customers solve their toughest technology challenges. For more information, please visit us at coherent.com. About Statista Statista publishes hundreds of worldwide industry rankings and company listings with high-profile media partners. This research and analysis service is based on the success of statista.com, the leading data and business intelligence portal that provides statistics, relevant business data, and various market and consumer studies and surveys. Media Contact: Photos accompanying this announcement are available at

PECC Summit: Coherent sees chip-to-chip optics as the next frontier. Coherent CTO Dr. Julie Eng outlines coexisting pluggable, CPO and NPO architectures and a longer-term path to optical compute-and-memory connectivity. Optical connectivity is moving progressively closer to the compute core, with chip-to-chip links and new memory architectures emerging as the next frontier after optical scale-up networks, according to Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng, EVP, Optical Components and Chief Technology Officer at Coherent. Speaking at PECC Summit on October 20, Eng outlined a future in which pluggable transceivers, co-packaged optics (CPO) and near-packaged optics (NPO) coexist, with different technologies addressing distinct requirements for reach, power, bandwidth density and serviceability. Eng traced that progression from long-haul telecommunications through enterprise and hyperscale data centers to today's AI infrastructure. Enterprise networks adopted multimode fiber and gallium arsenide VCSELs, while hyperscale facilities expanded demand for single-mode fiber, indium phosphide devices and silicon photonics. Multiple optical lanes, PAM4 modulation and digital signal processing subsequently increased transceiver capacity. AI now places greater pressure on bandwidth density and energy efficiency as optics becomes part of the fabric connecting distributed computing resources. For scale-out networks, Eng described a continuing roadmap for pluggable optics built around higher lane speeds and denser packaging. Coherent has demonstrated 400G-per-lane links using differential electro-absorption modulated lasers and silicon-photonics modulators. At the recent ECOC exhibition in Málaga, the company demonstrated a 3.2T architecture in an OSFP-size package using eight 425G PAM4 optical lanes. These are technology demonstrations supporting the next generation of pluggables, rather than announcements of general product availability. For scale-up connectivity, Eng emphasized the trade-offs between CPO and NPO. Placing optical engines beside a switch ASIC or accelerator shortens electrical connections, supporting signal integrity and potentially lower power. NPO places the optical engine on the circuit board near the processor, offering greater serviceability and flexibility while requiring signals to traverse additional board traces and connectors. Eng expects NPO deployments in 2027 and identified Coherent's participation in the Open CPX MSA as part of the effort to develop a socketed ecosystem. The longer-term opportunity is moving optical links inside advanced packages as bandwidth requirements between compute and memory increase. Eng's presentation illustrated an optical interposer connecting XPUs and high-bandwidth memory, with external laser sources, wavelength-division multiplexing and circulators. Candidate implementations include silicon photonics powered by external ultra-high-power or integrated high-power InP lasers, alongside high-density VCSEL arrays connected through fiber arrays or multicore fiber. Eng placed these emerging chip-to-chip and memory-disaggregation applications toward the end of the decade. Manufacturing remains central to that transition. During the discussion, Eng identified electrical crosstalk and matching driver pitch to dense optical arrays as practical challenges, alongside optical crosstalk and fiber integration. She also stressed that wafer-level integration must deliver reproducible performance and sufficiently high yields to achieve its cost advantages. On supply, Eng said Coherent's InP capacity was essentially sold out through the end of 2027, with expansion underway to address demand. - Pluggables: Higher lane speeds and denser packaging extend the scale-out roadmap. - CPO: Short electrical paths support bandwidth density and power efficiency. - NPO: Socketed optical engines offer serviceability and implementation flexibility; Eng expects deployments in 2027. - Chip-to-chip: Optical compute-and-memory connections represent a longer-term opportunity toward decade-end. - Technology choice: Silicon photonics, InP and VCSEL architectures address different reach, density, power and cost requirements. Analysis. Eng's presentation points to several optical transitions occurring simultaneously. Higher-speed pluggables continue to address scale-out fabrics while CPO and NPO bring optical conversion closer to switching and accelerator silicon. Coherent's published demonstrations reflect that breadth: its OFC portfolio included a 6.4T silicon-photonics CPO implementation, a VCSEL-based multimode approach and a 400G-per-lane InP modulator. The company's PhotonLink platform brings together technologies and assembly capabilities for these different implementations. Chip-to-chip optics introduces a deeper architectural change because it extends optical connectivity into the relationship between processors and memory. The slide's emphasis on multiple wavelengths, multiplexers and circulators also shows that increasing bandwidth alone is insufficient: designers must manage fiber count, routing complexity and packaging density. Eng's discussion identifies the practical milestones to watch - driver integration, crosstalk control, optical coupling and manufacturing yield - before these architectures can progress from demonstrations to repeatable production. | Coherent Company Profile · NYSE: COHR | | Headquarters | Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, USA | | Leadership | Jim Anderson, CEO Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng, EVP, Optical Components and CTO | | Core technologies | InP lasers · silicon photonics · VCSELs Photodetectors, precision optics, specialty fiber and optical assemblies | | AI connectivity | PhotonLink Integrated-optics platform supporting CPO, NPO and emerging chip-to-chip architectures | | PECC watchpoints | 400G-per-lane optics; NPO deployment expectations for 2027; compute-and-memory optical links toward decade-end; manufacturing yield and InP capacity. | Related Converge Digest coverage. | Related Coherent Coverage | | SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 · AI OPTICS ECOC Interview: Coherent Looks at What's Next for AI Optics Examines packaging choices, serviceability and the manufacturing requirements for moving optics closer to compute. | | SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 · INTEGRATED OPTICS ECOC: Coherent Launches PhotonLink for CPO, NPO and Chip-to-Chip Details the components, assemblies and implementation paths behind Coherent's integrated-optics strategy. | | AUGUST 12, 2026 · MANUFACTURING Coherent Scales Optical Infrastructure for the AI Data Center Connects the company's InP expansion with its transceiver and CPO/NPO roadmap. | | MARCH 23, 2026 · SILICON PHOTONICS Tower Semiconductor and Coherent Demo 400G/lane in SiPho Reports a silicon-modulator demonstration supporting higher-speed pluggable and co-packaged optics. | | MARCH 12, 2026 · SCALE-ACROSS Coherent Advances Multi-Rail Optical Transport Platform Explains the transport layer connecting geographically distributed AI infrastructure. | Converge Digest is tracking the optical technologies reshaping AI infrastructure. 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