# TeraHop

> TeraHop is an optical solutions provider building high-speed optical transceivers and modules for AI clusters and data centers. Operating from Singapore, San Jose, Thailand and a new Texas plant, it ships 400G, 800G, 1.6T and emerging 12.8T-class optics. As the international-facing arm of Zhongji InnoLight - the world's largest optical-transceiver maker - TeraHop pairs high-volume manufacturing with R&D partnerships across NVIDIA, Marvell and Corning, and in 2025-2026 raised roughly US$517M with backing from Abu Dhabi's ADIA and Singapore's Temasek.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Founders:** Sheng Liu (CEO (also Co-founder & President of parent Zhongji InnoLight))
- **Team size:** ~93 employees (per LinkedIn)
- **Products:** AI & Data Center Networking transceivers, 1.6T DR8 Silicon Photonics transceiver, XPO 12.8 Tbps module, DCI & Metro coherent optics, Mobile Networking transceivers
- **Notable:** Three products named 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews honorees: 1.6T OSFP224 DR8 Silicon Photonics, 800G Coherent Lite LR2, and PCIe6 OSFP-XD LPO AOC., Demonstrated industry-first 12.8 Tbps XPO transceiver and 6.4 Tbps NPO at OFC 2026., First-ever PCIe Gen 6 over optics demonstration with Marvell at OFC 2025.

## Products & services

- **AI & Data Center Networking transceivers** — Full portfolio of high-speed optical transceivers including 1.6T-OSFP224, 800G (OSFP224/OSFP112/QSFP112-DD) and 400G (QSFP112/OSFP112/QSFP56-DD) modules, in retimed, half-retimed and linear/LPO variants, plus PCIe 6 AOC/AEC.
- **1.6T DR8 Silicon Photonics transceiver** — 1.6T DR8 OSFP module built on silicon photonics, co-developed with NVIDIA DSP; recognized as a 2026 Lightwave Innovation honoree.
- **XPO 12.8 Tbps module** — Industry-first 12.8 Tbps XPO-8x DR8 pluggable optical module with integrated liquid cooling, drawing up to 400W per module - up to 200T per OCP rack unit.
- **DCI & Metro coherent optics** — Coherent and 'coherent-lite' detection products such as 1.6T-2xLR4 OSFP and 800G-LR2 coherent-lite (Marvell Aquila DSP) for metro and data-center interconnect.
- **Mobile Networking transceivers** — Front-haul, mid-haul and back-haul optical transceivers for telecom carrier and mobile backhaul networks.
- **Optical Circuit Switch (OCS)** — 64x64 and 300x300 MEMS-based silicon-photonics optical circuit switches for reconfigurable AI networking fabrics.

## Achievements

- Three products named 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews honorees: 1.6T OSFP224 DR8 Silicon Photonics, 800G Coherent Lite LR2, and PCIe6 OSFP-XD LPO AOC.
- Demonstrated industry-first 12.8 Tbps XPO transceiver and 6.4 Tbps NPO at OFC 2026.
- First-ever PCIe Gen 6 over optics demonstration with Marvell at OFC 2025.
- MCF-native 1.6T transceiver demonstrated jointly with Corning.
- Over 12 million optical modules shipped.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Joined XPO MSA as founding member and demoed industry-first 12.8 Tbps XPO module and 6.4 Tbps NPO at OFC 2026 (Booth #1701).
- **2026-04** — Abu Dhabi's ADIA (via Platinum Orchid) joined the ~US$517M capital raise alongside Temasek vehicles; parent InnoLight retains ~67.7%.
- **2025-11** — Purchased 120,000 sq ft of cleanroom + office space at Richardson Innovation Quarter, Texas - its first US optical-transceiver manufacturing site.
- **2025-04** — Demonstrated 1.6T-DR8/2xFR4 OSFP, 800G-LR2 coherent-lite and PCIe Gen6 AOC with Marvell and OIF interop partners at OFC 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://terahop.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/terahoptech
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TeraHopTech
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeraHop
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terahoptech

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Last updated: 2026-06-20