March 23, 2017: Exploiting the photonic wire bonding technology, our research partners at KIT together with Vanguard Photonics have demonstrated an 8-channel silicon photonic transmitter module, operating at an overall line rate of 448 Gbit/s. The demonstration was reported as a post-deadline paper at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference 2017 in Los Angeles. OFC Post-Deadline papers represent the latest groundbreaking technical achievements in the field of optical communications, and only a few are selected by a panel of experts in a highly competitive process. OFC is the world’s leading global conference and exposition for optical communications.