07:27 AM EST, 02/05/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tower Semiconductor ( TSEM ) said Thursday it is teaming up with Nvidia ( NVDA ) to scale artificial intelligence infrastructure deployments with silicon photonics for 1.6T data center optical modules designed for Nvidia's ( NVDA ) networking protocols.

"The exponential growth of AI is driving the need for a new class of high-speed, scalable networking to connect AI infrastructure," said Gilad Shainer, senior vice president of networking for Nvidia ( NVDA ).