Lycom is showing strong performance. As interest in autonomous driving grows, expectations for the ultra-compact pulsed fiber laser developed by Lycom appear to be increasing.
At 11:55 AM on the 13th, Lycom was trading at 3,310 KRW, up 16.55% from the previous day.
Global investment bank (IB) Morgan Stanley released a report stating that Tesla's autonomous driving supercomputer Dojo could add $500 billion in corporate value. Dojo is a supercomputer that creates autonomous driving software based on Tesla electric vehicles' driving data, including artificial intelligence (AI) technology and high-definition video. The Dojo project is an AI supercomputer development project first unveiled by CEO Elon Musk in August 2021. Tesla's 'Dojo,' which began full-scale operation last month to develop fully autonomous driving software, has exascale performance capable of 10^17 operations per second. Autonomous driving technology is gaining attention not only in automobiles but also in robots and ships. When autonomous driving is commercialized, demand for components such as software and sensors is also expected to increase.
Tesla expects Dojo to bring the era of fully autonomous vehicles closer. It is also expected to lead to the commercialization plan of fully autonomous 'Robotaxi,' a future growth business Tesla is pursuing.
Founded in 1999, Lycom is a company that develops and manufactures core components of optical communication devices such as optical amplifiers and optical transceivers. It developed an optical amplifier that increases the transmission distance of ultra-high-speed multi-channel systems in optical networks and succeeded in domestic production and mass production for the first time in Korea.
Lycom is developing optical amplifiers for optical sensors to secure new growth engines. In May, it supplied initial test quantities of ultra-compact pulsed fiber lasers to a global LiDAR company. Using Lycom's optical amplification technology, it is developing the miniaturization and power consumption minimization of LiDAR lasers. It is expected to be applicable not only to automobiles but also to facility condition monitoring such as wind turbines, bridges, and railroads.
The ultra-compact pulsed fiber laser is a strategic new product developed by Lycom after a total of 10 years of research and development, including five years of basic research. It is the world's smallest optical fiber laser product for LiDAR and uses a wavelength harmless to the human eye, possessing optimal product specifications as a core component of autonomous driving.
Earlier this year, Lycom participated in the overseas exhibition 'Photonics West' and unveiled the ultra-compact pulsed fiber laser product to the overseas market for the first time. Photonics West is the world's largest exhibition in the industrial laser field, held annually in the United States.
Company L, which received the initial test quantities from Lycom, is a global top-level LiDAR and application software company established in 2012. It succeeded in commercializing LiDAR using the world's first 1550-nanometer eye-safe wavelength light. It has partnerships with automotive companies such as Tesla, Volvo, and Toyota, advancing vehicle autonomous driving technology.
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