Credo and 3M Enter Into Patent License Agreement

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Active electrical cable technology uses power cables that have built-in electronic components—sensors, control chips and sometimes converters—so the cable can monitor, regulate and protect the electricity flowing through it. Like a smart pipe that senses flow and adjusts valves, these cables reduce losses, prevent faults, enable faster diagnostics and support advanced functions (such as power conditioning or data transmission), which can lower operating costs and create new service or product revenue streams for investors.

01/22/2026 - 09:00 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (Credo) (NASDAQ: CRDO), an innovator in providing secure, high-speed connectivity solutions that deliver improved reliability and energy efficiency, has entered into a patent license and mutual covenant agreement with 3M Company related to Credo’s patents covering active electrical cable technology. Based on this agreement, Credo will license certain of its patents to 3M Company. In a statement, Don Barnetson, Senior Vice President of Product at Credo announced, “I am pleased to have reached an amicable agreement with 3M Company.” The terms of the agreement remain confidential.

About Credo

Credo’s mission is to redefine high-speed connectivity by delivering breakthrough solutions that enable the next generation of AI-driven applications. We are committed to enabling faster, more reliable, more energy-efficient, and scalable solutions that support the ever-expanding demands of AI, cloud computing, and hyperscale networks. Our innovations ease system bandwidth bottlenecks while simultaneously improving on power, security, and reliability. Our connectivity solutions are optimized for optical and electrical Ethernet applications, including the 100G (or Gigabits per second), 200G, 400G, 800G and the emerging 1.6T (or Terabits per second) port markets. Credo products are based on our proprietary Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) and Digital Signal Processor (DSP) technologies. Our product families include Integrated Circuits (ICs) for the optical and line card markets, Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and SerDes Chiplets. Our intellectual property (IP) solutions consist primarily of SerDes IP licensing.

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