Shanghai-based maker of silicon photonics chips, transceivers, and optical circuit switching systems for AI computing clusters.
Bopu Semiconductor (also styled Beeplux Semiconductor; Chinese: 孛璞半导体) is a Shanghai-based silicon photonics company founded in 2022 by returnee researcher Dr. Xing Yufei. Based in Zhangjiang Science City, Pudong, the company provides full-chain silicon photonics solutions spanning chip design, wafer processing, packaging, and system-level testing.
Its product lines include high-speed silicon photonic transceiver chips and optical engines (ranging from 400G to 1.6T), optical circuit switching (OCS) chips and systems (from 8x8 up to 128x128 port configurations), silicon photonics IP licensing and custom design services, wafer-level test equipment, and silicon-photonics-based FMCW LiDAR. The company states it has achieved mass-production qualification for its silicon photonic chips on domestic 12-inch CMOS lines and began large-scale shipments in 2025.
Bopu raised a Series A round of several hundred million RMB in October 2025 led by Shanghai Guohe Investment, followed by a Series B round of several hundred million RMB announced on November 6, 2026, led by Huaying Capital with participation from Kailian Capital, Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Group's Intellectual Property Fund, Southeast Space Frame, and Shunyi Investment. The Series B proceeds are earmarked for R&D on silicon photonics chips and OCS systems, production capacity, and customer onboarding.