Kulicke & Soffa Advances AI Infrastructure Through Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) and Advanced Packaging Leadership
Kulicke & Soffa Advances AI Infrastructure Through Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) and Advanced Packaging Leadership
PR Newswire
SINGAPORE, Sept. 1, 2026
SINGAPORE, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S", "we" or the "Company"), a global leader in semiconductor and electronics assembly solutions, continues to strengthen its position as a critical enabler of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure through its advanced packaging portfolio, including Thermo-Compression Bonding (TCB) solutions which directly address emerging Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) applications.
As AI, cloud computing and high-performance networking continue to scale and require unprecedented data processing and network performance, the semiconductor industry is increasingly deploying emerging CPO architectures to unlock greater power efficiency and greater bandwidth. These benefits, which offer higher transfer speeds, and improved energy efficiency for data centers, require higher-density assembly capability throughout the stacked, heterogeneous-integrated CPO package.
As an established technology leader supporting advanced heterogeneous integration applications, K&S TCB technologies are well aligned with the industry's transition from traditional pluggable optical modules to silicon photonics-based CPO. The Company's advanced packaging capabilities provide a robust foundation to enable the next generation of high-bandwidth, energy-efficient networking architectures.
K&S has provided the industry with the first commercially available Fluxless Thermo-Compression (FTC) solution, firmly establishing the company as the market leader. K&S FTC systems offer unparalleled flexibility, enabling customers to choose integrated plasma, formic-acid, or a combination thereof, which significantly enhances interconnect quality, extends bandwidth capabilities and accelerates industry adoption of heterogeneous integration. These innovative K&S solutions are already supporting several of the most advanced, high-performance heterogeneous integration applications, with market-leading yield and throughput, providing customers with proven performance and a significant competitive advantage.
"AI is fundamentally reshaping the semiconductor industry, and accelerating demand for our growing base of highly capable heterogeneous solutions," said John Molnar, Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Solutions at K&S. "Our advanced packaging portfolio provides the precision, performance, and capability to support the industry's most complex assembly requirements. Emerging CPO applications are arguably the highest bandwidth applications and are now joining leading-edge logic and also HBM applications, as the industry rapidly migrates to next generation heterogeneous assembly."
The Company's advanced packaging business is capitalizing on this rapid technology transition which is transforming high-performance computing, high-bandwidth memory, and advanced networking applications. As the industry enters a new era of AI-driven transformation, K&S remains committed to delivering scalable, innovative interconnect solutions which directly address emerging AI related performance and power efficiency requirements.
The Company is scheduled to showcase key features of its expanding Advanced Solutions portfolio at SEMICON Taiwan, taking place from September 2 to September 4, 2026.
About Kulicke & Soffa
Kulicke & Soffa is a global leader in semiconductor assembly technology, advancing device performance across automotive, compute, industrial, memory and communications markets. Founded on innovation in 1951, K&S is uniquely positioned to overcome increasingly dynamic process challenges – creating and delivering long-term value by aligning technology with opportunity.
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