# Credo

> Credo designs high-speed connectivity chips, active electrical cables, optical transceivers and SerDes intellectual property for AI clusters, cloud infrastructure and networking equipment. Its business combines physical products with IP licensing, using signal integrity, power efficiency and link diagnostics to address data-center bottlenecks.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, United States
- **Founders:** Lawrence Cheng (Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer), Job Lam (Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer)
- **Products:** ZeroFlap Active Electrical Cables, ZeroFlap optical transceivers, Optical DSPs, Toucan PCIe retimers, Ethernet retimers, gearboxes and MACsec devices
- **Notable:** Founded in 2008; Nasdaq-listed as CRDO since 2022., Fiscal 2026 revenue more than tripled from fiscal 2025., Completed DustPhotonics acquisition on May 28, 2026, adding silicon-photonics technology.

## Products & services

- **ZeroFlap Active Electrical Cables** — Retimed copper cables for short data-center links; product range includes 100G through 1.6T.
- **ZeroFlap optical transceivers** — Optical modules with link-health telemetry; 800G launch in March and 224G-based 1.6T expansion in September.
- **Optical DSPs** — PAM4 signal-processing chips for optical modules; includes Robin 800G and Cardinal 1.6T families.
- **Toucan PCIe retimers** — Signal-regeneration devices for PCIe connectivity, complemented by PCIe AECs.
- **Ethernet retimers, gearboxes and MACsec devices** — Signal restoration, interface adaptation and link security for networking equipment.
- **SerDes IP and chiplets** — Licensable interface designs and chiplets for integration into customers’ silicon.
- **PILOT** — Telemetry, diagnostic tools and SDK supporting network debug and link monitoring.
- **ZeroFlap Active Light Cable** — Announced 1.6T wide-parallel micro-emitter design targeting up to 50m and 12W per cable-end; specifications are design targets.
- **OmniConnect Weaver** — Memory fanout gearbox demonstrated on an AMD Versal adaptive SoC evaluation board in October.

## Achievements

- Founded in 2008; Nasdaq-listed as CRDO since 2022.
- Fiscal 2026 revenue more than tripled from fiscal 2025.
- Completed DustPhotonics acquisition on May 28, 2026, adding silicon-photonics technology.
- Announced 1.6T ZeroFlap active light cable architecture in October 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 13: demonstrated OmniConnect Weaver on an AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 evaluation board.
- **2026-10** — October 12: announced a 1.6T ZeroFlap active light cable targeting row-scale connectivity up to 50m and an SRMO standardization initiative.
- **2026-09** — Reported Q1 FY2027 revenue of $479.0 million, up 114.7% year over year.
- **2026-09** — Expanded ZeroFlap optics with 224G-based 1.6T transceivers.

## Links

- Website: https://credosemi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credo-semi
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/credosemi
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@credosemi

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Last updated: 2026-10-24