According to finance.technews.tw, Guangyan Technology (光焱科技) stated on July 30, 2026 that its silicon photonics defect detection tool Night Jar-H, developed for mass-production needs, "has completed development" and has "finished PoT (proof-of-technology) validation with an international first-tier client." The same statement was reported by money.udn.com, which cited the company saying full equipment validation is "expected to be completed by the end of this year" (2026).
Company spokesperson Liao Ching-lin (廖清霖) said, per finance.technews.tw, that "validation continues to advance, and partners are simultaneously planning follow-up HVM (high-volume manufacturing) validation work," adding that validation content has progressively expanded "from equipment function verification to the evaluation of mass-production introduction and manufacturing-process integration," and that the company "remains optimistic about future development."
Both finance.technews.tw and money.udn.com reported that Night Jar-H "can screen out high-risk die (Risky Die) during the mass-production process," which the company said helps shorten overall measurement time and "has the potential to help address one of the key issues in current CPO (co-packaged optics) mass production — SiN (silicon nitride) yield."
According to finance.technews.tw, the company's Night Jar and Night Jar-H mass-production models "can, in terms of architecture, support both CPO (co-packaged optics) and NPO (near-packaged optics)" — the latter described as a packaging path whose "market attention has recently risen quickly."
Per finance.technews.tw and money.udn.com, based on Guangyan's disclosed monthly revenue figures, cumulative revenue for the first half of 2026 reached NT$208 million (2.08億元), up 27.01% from NT$164 million (1.64億元) in the same period of 2025. Within that total, June single-month revenue hit NT$53.6 million (5,360萬元), up 114.18% year-on-year — described by both outlets as the highest single-month figure in the past 12 months.
For the first quarter, finance.technews.tw reported operating profit of NT$22.247 million (2,224.7萬元), more than double the NT$10.894 million (1,089.4萬元) recorded in the same period of 2025. Pre-tax profit for the first quarter was NT$26.454 million (2,645.4萬元), up from NT$17 million (1,700萬元) a year earlier, while EPS rose to NT$1.53 from NT$1.06 in the first quarter of 2025, according to both finance.technews.tw and money.udn.com. Money.udn.com additionally noted the company said it "remains optimistic about the outlook for this quarter."
| Metric | 2026 | Same period 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 cumulative revenue | NT$208 million | NT$164 million | +27.01% YoY |
| June single-month revenue | NT$53.6 million | — | +114.18% YoY; 12-month high |
| Q1 operating profit | NT$22.247 million | NT$10.894 million | more than doubled |
| Q1 pre-tax profit | NT$26.454 million | NT$17 million | increased |
| Q1 EPS | NT$1.53 | NT$1.06 | increased |
According to finance.technews.tw, Guangyan said it is "actively preparing related production capacity" and "will break ground on a new plant by the end of the year to meet future demand." The company described its own positioning as follows: "Guangyan is not an IC design company, nor is it a wafer foundry, but is positioned as an AI-driven Optical Manufacturing Intelligence Platform."
Both finance.technews.tw and money.udn.com reported that Guangyan "will exhibit information on its PIC (photonic integrated circuit) mass-production tool at SEMICON Taiwan in September, and will hold a technical seminar" to further explain progress on silicon photonics detection technology and mass-production adoption.
The timing laid out across the cited sources forms a single track: Night Jar-H's PoT validation with an international first-tier client is underway now, full equipment validation is targeted for the end of 2026, and the follow-up HVM validation the spokesperson described is being planned in parallel — all while the company is breaking ground on new capacity by year-end and plans to detail its PIC mass-production tool at SEMICON Taiwan in September. Financially, the acceleration is visible within the same reporting window: the 27.01% year-on-year rise in first-half revenue was itself lifted by a June figure that grew 114.18% year-on-year to a 12-month high, while first-quarter operating profit more than doubled and EPS rose from NT$1.06 to NT$1.53 versus a year earlier — figures that, per money.udn.com, the company paired with an optimistic statement on the current quarter's outlook.
According to finance.technews.tw and money.udn.com, Guangyan Technology said equipment validation is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
Per finance.technews.tw and money.udn.com, first-half 2026 cumulative revenue reached NT$208 million, up 27.01% from NT$164 million in the same period of 2025.
Both sources report that Night Jar-H can screen out high-risk die during mass production and may help address the SiN (silicon nitride) yield issue in CPO mass production.
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