The Photonic Dilemma

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

As artificial intelligence systems scale to unprecedented levels, the real bottleneck is no longer computing power but data movement. Silicon photonics promises faster, cooler communication between chips—yet the industry still faces a critical challenge: manufacturing optical hardware reliably at massive scale.

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