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Executive Brief: Why Co-Packaged Optics Uses External Lasers Instead of Integrated Sources

Video essay, bullet point summary, and Google Doc for your LLM use.

Why Co-Packaged Optics Uses External Lasers Instead of Integrated Sources

On-chip lasers for CPO are the holy grail, but a near-term pragmatic approach is to keep lasers external for thermals and reliability. A look at the physics, implementation, and solutions.

Executive Brief: An In-Depth Look at the Viability of X-rays as an Alternative to EUV Lithography (Discussion on the startup Substrate)

Video essay, bullet point summary, and Google Doc for your LLM use.

An In-Depth Look at the Viability of X-rays as an Alternative to EUV Lithography

Substrate - a California startup wants to take down both TSMC and ASML using X-rays to pattern leading edge nodes below 2nm. But how viable is their technology?

QCOM AI Accelerators, NVIDIA in 6G, X-Ray Litho as EUV Killer?, Skyworks-Qorvo Merger

The past month has been action filled, and here are the biggest stories.