Mr. Todd Haugen reports

SIVERS SEMICONDUCTORS, O-NET AND ENABLENCE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION ON CO-PACKAGED OPTICS

Enablence Technologies Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with Sivers Semiconductors AB, a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, and O-Net Technologies, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of advanced optoelectronic products, to develop an eight-channel external light source (ELS) module for AI (artificial intelligence) data centres and HPC (high-performance computing) systems. All three companies will be showcasing their optics solutions and discussing the collaboration at the coming OFC Show in Los Angeles from March 17 to March 20. You can visit Enablence at booth No. 4812, Sivers at booth No. 1250 and O-Net at booth No. 2039.

Under the agreement, O-Net Technologies will serve as the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) partner, integrating Sivers Semiconductors' laser arrays and Enablence's NxN Star Coupler to deliver a scalable ELS module for next-generation scaleout and scale-up optical systems.

"External light sources are critical to scalable co-packaged optics," said Alex McCann, managing director for Sivers's photonics business. "Our DFB laser arrays deliver the performance, reliability and wavelength stability required for evolving CPO architectures, which will accelerate the deployment of next-generation AI infrastructure, including high-performance computing systems (HCPs) and next-generation data centres."

"A recent McKinsey report forecasts the AI infrastructure market will surpass $7-trillion by 2030 and many even believe this to be a conservative number," noted Todd Haugen, chief executive officer of Enablence Technologies. "Meeting the needs of this fast-growing sector means accelerating commercialization of high-performance CPO architectures as one of a handful of optics solutions that can meet AI data centre compute requirements. Collaboration is also key to successful commercialization, and we are excited to partner with Sivers and O-Net where our NxN star coupler helps to enable efficient wavelength distribution at scale."

"O-Net Technologies is pleased to partner with Sivers and Enablence to enhance our eight-channel external light source module," said Austin Na, chief executive officer and chairman of O-Net Technologies. "Together, we're enabling a practical, scalable ELS aligned with the needs of high-performance compute (HPC) and AI data centres."

The resulting broad-market solution offers a compact, scalable external light source capable of enabling multiwavelength optical interconnects for scaleout networking and scale-up compute implementations.

OFC 2026, Los Angeles, Calif.

Enablence will be showcasing a range of planar light-wave optics solutions at OFC 2026 from March 17 to 19. You can visit the company in booth No. 4812 or connect with the company at aioptiocs@enablence.com.

About Enablence Technologies Inc.

Enablence Technologies is a publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. The company designs, manufactures and sells optical components, primarily in the form of planar light-wave circuits (PLCs), artificial intelligence (AI) and lidar technologies on silicon-based chips. Enablence products support a broad range of customers in the multibillion-dollar data centre, telecom, automotive and industrial automation industries. Enablence operates a wafer fab in Fremont, Calif., with design centres in Asia and North America, supported by sales and marketing operations around the world.

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