1. Alphawave Semi has announced the tape-out of an industry-first IO chiplet on TSMC's 7nm process, supporting UCIe, Ethernet, PCIe, and CXL. 2. The chiplet delivers a total bandwidth of up to 1.6Tbit/s and supports multiple standards including PCIe 6.0, CXL 3.x, and 800G Ethernet. 3. The company highlights the flexibility and scalability this chiplet provides for hyperscaler and datacenter infrastructure customers, allowing them to mix and match custom SoCs with I/O connectivity or memory expansion chiplets.