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TFC Optical Communication

TFC is a Chinese maker of optical sub-assemblies and passive optical components, and it also provides optoelectronic packaging manufacturing services for optical-module makers.

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What it does

TFC is a Chinese maker of optical sub-assemblies and passive optical components, and it also provides optoelectronic packaging manufacturing services for optical-module makers.

Why it matters

Optical transceivers and co-packaged optics for AI clusters are built from sub-assemblies like TFC's, and NVIDIA names TFC Communication in its silicon photonics ecosystem.

How it makes money

Sells optical components and sub-assemblies and charges for optoelectronic packaging and manufacturing services, mainly to optical-module and network-equipment makers.

Geography

China (Suzhou)

AI stack position

AI chips and networking. The companies designing the processors, accelerators and networking equipment that do the actual computing behind AI, including GPUs like NVIDIA's, and the high-speed connections that link thousands of them together.

Same-layer peers

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Connections (1)

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Dated or announced (1)

TFC Optical Communication named in NVIDIA's silicon photonics ecosystem with NVIDIA
Partners withDated / announced
NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Photonics announcement named TFC Communication as part of NVIDIA's silicon photonics ecosystem.

Source: 2025-03-18 · reviewed 2026-10-02

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced; not confirmed operating

Limits: Ecosystem listing only; does not state which products TFC supplies, volumes, revenue, or that products have shipped.

NVIDIA Announces Spectrum-X Photonics, Co-Packaged Optics Networking Switches to Scale AI Factories to Millions of GPUs ↗

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