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WhalePiX

Semiconductors & PhotonicsCloud & Digital InfrastructureQuebec City, QC

Quebec City developer of silicon-photonic integrated circuits and optical-interconnect chiplets for data-centre and AI-cluster links, aiming at multi-terabit optical transmission at lower power per bit.

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About

Source: whalepix.com

WhalePiX is a Quebec City company developing silicon-photonic integrated circuits and optical-interconnect chiplets for data-centre and AI-cluster links. FABrIC, the federal semiconductor program administered by CMC Microsystems, describes the company as developing advanced photonic integrated circuits. Its own site publishes a Quebec City head office and describes a multidisciplinary team of experts, alongside an Ottawa office.

  • FABrIC awarded $999,796 in May 2026 for LightEdge, photonic chiplets for multi-terabit links in AI data centres and cloud infrastructure. fabricinnovation.ca

  • Publishes a Quebec City head office at 2740 Einstein Street, and also mentions an Ottawa office. whalepix.com

  • FABrIC names Wei Shi as CEO and President. fabricinnovation.ca

  • States it specializes in O-band transceiver chiplets aimed at AI data-centre optical interconnects. whalepix.com

Government & Grants

Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.

  1. FABrIC, administered by CMC Microsystems, for LightEdge scalable photonic chiplets — grant

People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Wei Shi

CEO & President

Technology Focus

Company site: whalepix.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Silicon photonicsPhotonic integrated circuitsOptical interconnectChipletsData-centre optics

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