CIOE 2026

The 27th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2026) took place September 9-11 in Shenzhen, bringing together more than 5,000 exhibitors from over 30 countries and regions.

The 27th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2026) was held September 9-11 in Shenzhen, bringing together more than 5,000 exhibitors from over 30 countries and regions.

Held at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, CIOE 2026 took place alongside the International Integrated Circuit Innovation Expo (IICIE) 2026 and the Shenzhen International Electronics & Embedded Expo (elexcon) 2026.

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Wednesday 16 September 2026

As AI data centers hit a transmission wall, GlobalFoundries pushes into silicon photonics

At the China International Optoelectronics Expo (CIOE), a palm-sized metal transceiver represents the shift from copper to light in data center infrastructure, one of the biggest transformations...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

AR glasses target 2 billion myopia users as China supply chain eyes doubling shipments

Suppliers in China's AR glasses supply chain see the approximately 2 billion people worldwide with myopia as a potential market and...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Sivers Semiconductors positions laser arrays as solution to copper's limits

At this year's China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE), Sivers Semiconductor brought two products to its booth that trace the...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Inside CIOE: takeaways from China's biggest optoelectronics show

Last week, from September 9 to 11, thousands of vendors gathered for an enormous trade show in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen. At the China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE),...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Commentary: CIOE 2026 reveals the harder race behind AI optical interconnects

The 2026 China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) closed with 800G and 1.6T optical modules still dominating the show floor,...

Monday 14 September 2026

China optical firms target photonics with mixed high-end, lower-cost push

The 2026 China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) closed on September 11. While near-eye display applications such as AR/VR and smart glasses drew attention, vendors' latest...

Saturday 12 September 2026

Luxshare eyes AR glasses breakthrough through car HUD model

At the 2026 China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE), Luxshare and its lens module unit Luxvisions jointly showcased multiple...

Friday 11 September 2026

Huawei stakes out the AI optics rulebook with 7.2Tbps NPO

Huawei Technologies has unveiled a 7.2-terabit-per-second near-packaged optics (NPO) module for AI data centres, coupling a high-bandwidth product launch with an effort to shape emerging...

Friday 11 September 2026

CIOE 2026: Hitachi relies on partnerships, not proprietary tech, to ride China's optical boom

At an optoelectronics trade expo in China, Hitachi High-Tech used its booth not to unveil a flagship product of its own, but to showcase...

Friday 11 September 2026

CIOE 2026: Automotive optical-module demand could rival FTTx shipments by 2030

Automotive optical-module demand could approach the scale of the established FTTx market by around 2030 as increasingly data-intensive vehicles shift high-bandwidth connections from...

Friday 11 September 2026

CIOE 2026: Smartphone camera market faces deeper slump as Apple draws attention in Shenzhen

The smartphone camera market drew renewed attention at CIOE 2026 in Shenzhen, but the focus did not signal a broad recovery. For readers worldwide, the outlook matters because weak...

Thursday 10 September 2026

CIOE 2026: Morphotonics draws on display background to break AR waveguide bottlenecks

At the China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE), Morphotonics, a Netherlands-based nanoimprint lithography company, made the case that the quickest way to reach affordable AR...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

CIOE 2026: Luxshare bets on flat optics to solve AR glasses' weight problem

At its booth at the China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE), Luxshare and its camera-module affiliate Luxvisions showcased the components they believe will define the next generation...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

China's AI meets photonics: CIOE, IICIE, and elexcon open together in Shenzhen

The 27th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) opened at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, taking place alongside the International Integrated Circuit...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

CIOE 2026: FIT wins Amphenol patent license, expands AI interconnect push

Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) announced on September 7, 2026, that it has secured a patent license from competitor Amphenol for high-speed backplane connector solutions. The...

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