The US government did not call it a “silicon photonics contest.” Perhaps the federal funding for this new Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IMI) would permit Intel…
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OpSIS’ Demise: Politically Incorrect Si Photonic Wafers
This past July, OpSIS announced that the program funding its core operations for silicon photonic Multi-Project Wafers (MPWs) had ended and that it would cease…
AIM Photonics Will Miss Target (Part I)
At “The Workshop on Integrated Photonics High Volume Packaging” that took place in Anaheim the week of OFC 2016, Thomas L. Koch, the Dean at…
AIM Photonics Will Miss Target (Part II) — Limited Job Creation
As we continue our critical look on the prospects of AIM Photonics, we will maintain our focus on the hurdles faced by this new organization.…
Infinera’s Biggest Concern is Ciena
A commonly heard phrase over the years has been that nobody gets fired for buying from Cisco Systems. When it comes to optical networking products,…
Singapore: GlobalFoundries/Coherent/Poet
As a delegate to the EPIC mission to Singapore, this writer was impressed by the entrepreneurial enthusiasm, work ethic, and exceptional hospitality of the people…
USC Chair Claims It Takes a Village
Reporting from the OASIS6 Conference and Exhibition on Optics and Electro Optics in Tel Aviv, as part of the EPIC delegation to Israel, well-known professor,…
3D-Sensing: Broadcom & Philips Sleepers?
The quietest potential vendors of VCSEL dies for next-generation smartphones and other consumer-related solutions, Broadcom and Philips Photonics, should not only be ruled out, but…
Additional Upshots at Dublin Optics Show
As a complementary piece to our last article, “Throwing Down the Gauntlet at ECOC 2019,” we provide some other final thoughts on the conference, including…
