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Intel scraps $5.4 billion acquisition of Tower Semiconductor after regulators fail to approve deal
PUBLISHED WED, AUG 16 20234:22 AM EDT
KEY POINTS
*Intel on Wednesday terminated its acquisition of Israeli chipmaker Tower Semiconductor, saying it failed to get the required regulatory approval.
*The U.S. chip giant will pay a termination fee of $353 million to Tower.
*Intel announced plans to buy Tower in February 2022 for $5.4 billion. Tower is a contract chipmaker that manufactures semiconductors for other companies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/intel-scraps-5point4-billion-acquisition-of-tower-semiconductor.html
Bump...
Lightwave Logic Begins Commercialization of its Electro-optic Polymer Materials
Lightwave Logic, Inc.
25 May, 2023, 08:31 ET
Company signs its first material supply and license agreement for its Perkinamine® series materials
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightwave-logic-begins-commercialization-of-its-electro-optic-polymer-materials-301834385.html
Agreed, or how about Alphabet's Waymo and GM's Cruise in CA? The rollout is underway...
https://waymo.com
https://getcruise.com
Interesting....
Tesla says it will build new ‘1st of its kind’ data centers
Aug 14 2023 - 4:15 am PT
Tesla says it will build new “1st of its kind” data centers. The automaker is hiring staff for it and snapping up some existing data centers.
The data center business is now massive with a market size of more than $250 billion.
A bit of background on the ECOC award category: Hybrid PIC/Optical Integration Platform
The Integration of Materials in Photonic Chips
By IVAN NIKITSKIY April 2023
From the perspective of conventional semiconductor manufacturers, there are several challenges to the integration of photonic components on a chip. But perhaps the biggest challenge for photonic integrated circuits (photonic chips, or PICs) is that the demand faces an almost exponential growth in several market verticals, such as in fiber optics for data communications and telecommunications.
Hybrid integration takes a different approach. Rather than coupling a silicon or SiN wafer to a laser, this approach combines the whole PIC in a III-V material platform, including a laser, an array of lasers, or an array of lasers with modulators.
Hybrid integration appears to be the approach to which many companies are dedicating resources in the near term. Meanwhile, apart from the three major PIC material platforms of SiPh, SiN, and InP, several novel PIC platforms open even more possibilities for the hybrid integration approach.....
Electro-optic polymers enable 2- to 3× faster optical modulators than conventional material platforms. The polymer is used in liquid form, allowing it to boost the performance of solid-state semiconductors. Because the material is also organic, it can be easily implemented into silicon foundry processes for high-volume manufacturing.
Electro-optic polymers can enable higher-speed optical modulators that operate below one volt of bias to be directly driven by on-chip electronics, avoiding the added expense of external drivers. The use of these materials reduces power consumption by lowering the voltage drive, and it allows electronic digital signal processing chips to be more power-efficient. Lightwave Logic in Englewood, Colo., is developing an electro-optic polymer platform for modulators that have already demonstrated over 100 GHz and 3 dB electrical-optical bandwidths.
Very nice! Thx Lewrock!
ECOC EXHIBITION INDUSTRY AWARDS RETURN FOR 2023!
We are delighted to bring back the Industry Awards for 2023 and nominations are now open. The awards will once again emphasise technology and product commercialisation; they highlight significant achievements in advancing the business of optical communications, transport, networking, fibre-based products, photonic integration circuits and related developments.
The committee will review the progress of advanced technologies from research to commercialisation including volume production as well as new and innovative products.
Nominations for this year are now closed
This year’s awards are now closed to nominations and the committee are reviewing all entries and supporting information. The winners will be announced live at ECOC Exhibition in the Product Focus theatre on Tuesday 3rd October.
INDUSTRY AWARDS 2023 SHORTLIST
We are pleased to announce the shortlist for this year’s Industry Awards, as selected by the Awards Committee after careful consideration.
The 2023 winners will be announced live at the Product Focus theatre live at ECOC Exhibition on Tuesday 3rd October, from 11:40:
Most innovative Product – Hybrid PIC/Optical Integration Platform Award finalists:
Lightwave Logic
Ipronics
Best Fibre/Fiber Component Product Award finalists:
Ram photonics for Medusa
Huawei Technology, Huawei 50G PON Solution
Data Centre Innovation/Best Product Award finalists:
Marvell for Marvell® Nova™ PAM4 electro-optics Digital Signal Processor (DSP) platform
Source Photonics forSource’s family of industry leading 800G linear pluggable optics (LPO) solutions
Most Innovative PON/5G/FTTx Product Award finalists:
Huawei Technologies for Huawei FTTR Solution
Infinera for High-Speed Business Services Over Existing PON Infrastructure
Optical Transport Award finalists:
China Mobile for Single-carrier 138-GBd DP-QPSK 32Tb/s DWDM System Covering 12-THz C+L Band
Lumentum for TrueFlex® 16×26 Contentionless Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS)
Most innovative product Award – Pluggable Transciever/Co-Packaged Module finalists:
Marvellfor the Marvell® COLORZ® II 400ZR module
Ciena for WaveLogic 6
Most innovative Product Award – Innovative Test Equipment finalists:
Yokogawa for Yokogawa AQ6380 Optical Spectrum Analyzer
Keysight for Keysight M8199B Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Keysight for Keysight G800GE-02: 800GE Layer1 BERT, KP4 FEC and Layer 2 Packet Blast multiport test solution
Most innovative Product Award – Innovative Photonics Component finalists:
Coherent for Coherent’s new 200Gbps PAM4 DFB-MZ chip
Source Photonics for Source Photonics’ 200Gb/s PAM4 EML chip for 1.6T
Most innovative Product Award – Chip-Scale Packaging/Optical Sub Assembly finalists:
Infinera for ICTR-64 TROSA
KDPOF for Multi-gigabit- KD7251
https://www.ecocexhibition.com/industry-awards/
If you have an extra 13:56 minutes, listen to this Infineon exec speak to Industry 4.0, you guessed it, Data is front and center along with energy efficiency, reducing cooling requirements within the cabinet, miniaturization, decarbonization....
Industrial automation
Industrial automation is taking our factories to the next level. Semiconductors are the backbone of Industry 4.0 and elevate manufacturing processes to unprecedented levels of efficiency and precision.
Listen to our latest podcast episodes on industrial automation to learn more about how to make systems as simple, efficient, and reliable as possible.
https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/promopages/podcast4engineers/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=202308_glob_en_ipc_ipc.a.ia&utm_content=p3&utm_term=P4E_IA_factories#Industrial-automation
EPIC Photonics
@EPICassoc
New EPIC member Swiss Photonics Integration Center (Swiss PIC) provides precision assembly and packaging solutions for photonics systems.
https://swiss-pic.ch
#photonics #EPICmembers #PIC #quantum
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10:01 AM · Aug 8, 2023
Swiss PIC
Swiss Photonics Integration Center
About Us
Photonic integration is a core technology which enables a wide range of the technological disruptions that are currently transforming our society such as optical communications, sensing, quantum computing, autonomous driving, AI, AR/VR, medical, and many others.
All these technologies rely on photonic integration to miniaturise their components, lower their cost, improve performance, increase data speeds and lower energy consumption.
However, the complexity of photonic packaging is also increasing. Common challenges for Swiss industry, especially start-ups and SMEs include assembly & packaging, testing and qualification and support in these areas is crucial for the industry to live up to its enormous growth potential.
Our founding members
Swiss Photonics
Ligentec
Polariton
OST
PSI
https://swiss-pic.ch
GFS CEO, Thomas Caulfield on CNBC post earnings interview a short while age...
I think that the catalyst for the data center, is AI, and for GF, when we think of AI we see three areas that can drive additional business for us in the future, first is traditional data center power and power management and connectivity are key features DC's need beyond that processing horse power your hear from the hyperscalers their looking to do and we have silicon photonics technology and power management technology that feed well into the DC. But the two other elements that we get to address (me summarizing) intelligence at the edge for all things connected and as AI really starts to take hold, it will drive a whole new refresh cycle, whether it's routers, local hubs, family connectivity, smart mobile devices all new ones that come out with new features that support AI
Who makes photonic integrated circuits?
Hundreds of Advanced Optical Functions in a Tiny Package
Infinera pioneered photonic integration with the industry's first large-scale PIC in 2005 and continues to lead the industry with its sixth-generation PIC in ICE6. Leveraging high-performance indium phosphide (InP), Infinera's PICs integrate a wide range of optical functions on a single chip. This reduces cost, footprint, and power consumption while improving performance and reliability. In addition, Infinera has invested heavily to build its own state-of-the-art indium phosphide PIC fab and is the only equipment manufacturer to have done so. In addition to the obvious cost advantages of this vertical integration, it enables fast redesigns for optimized performance, tight quality control, and a faster ramp to volume for new technologies and products such as our sixth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE6).
https://www.infinera.com
Worldwide Headquarters
Infinera Corporation
6373 San Ignacio Avenue
San Jose, CA 95119
Main Phone: +1 (408) 572-5200
2023 Q2 FORM 10-Q is imminent (Tues/Wed?)
2022 Q2 FORM 10-Q
Aug. 9, 2022
Business Strategy
Our business strategy anticipates that our revenue stream will be derived from one or some combination of the following: (i) technology licensing for specific product application; (ii) joint venture relationships with significant industry leaders; and (iii) the production and direct sale of our own electro-optic device components. Our objective is to be a leading provider of proprietary technology and know-how in the electro-optic device market.
In order to meet this objective, we intend to:
· Further the development of proprietary organic electro-optic polymer material systems
· Develop photonic devices based on our P2ICTM technology
· Continue to develop proprietary intellectual property
· Grow our commercial device development capabilities
· Partner with silicon-based foundries who can scale volume quickly
· Grow our product reliability and quality assurance capabilities
· Grow our optoelectronic packaging and testing capabilities
· Grow our commercial material manufacturing capabilities
· Maintain/develop strategic relationships with major telecommunications and data communications companies to further the awareness and commercialization of our technology platform
· Continue to add high-level personnel with industrial and manufacturing experience in key areas of our materials
and device development programs.
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Our Long-Term Device Development Goal - Multichannel Polymer Photonic Integrated Circuit (P2ICTM)
Our P2ICTM platform is positioned to address markets with aggregated data rates of 100 Gbaud, 400 Gbaud, 800 Gbaud and beyond. Our P2ICTM platform will contain a number of photonic devices that may include, over and above polymer-based modulators, photonic devices such as lasers, multiplexers, demultiplexers, detectors, fiber couplers.
While our polymer-based ridge waveguide and slot modulators are currently under development to be commercially viable products, our long-term device development goal is to produce a platform for the 400 Gbps, 800 Gbps, and beyond fiber optic transceiver market. This has been stated in our photonics product roadmap that is publicly available on our website. The roadmap shows a progression in speed from 50 Gbaud based ridge waveguide modulators to 100 Gbaud based ridge waveguide modulators.
The roadmap shows a progression in integration in which the modulators are arrayed to create a flexible, multichannel P2ICTM platform that spans 100 Gbps, 400 Gbps, 800 Gbps, and a scaling philosophy that will grow to 1.6 Tbps aggregated data-rate markets.
Good to see the AMZN train back on the rails,12% yoy AWS growth, record layoffs to adjust from post Covid demand surge, advertising rev's up nicely. I suspect the AI phenomenon will help to support AWS growth for years to come. I believe it was the MSFT CEO that said "AI will be bigger than the advent of electricity and the Internet itself". An unstoppable data tsunami heading straight for us, stand still and you may drown or jump in the life boat named "Lightwave Logic"...;)
Wow, this jumped out at me...nice find spartex!
As a result, the average power draw of a full stack of servers in an AI data center can reach 50 kilowatts or more per rack, compared with roughly 7 kilowatts per rack in a conventional data center, analysts say.
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Existing data centers already running on near-peak loads will struggle to cope when businesses shift from testing AI apps to full-blown deployments, said Naveen Chhabra, principal analyst at IT research firm Forrester Research.
Silicon Photonics Will Shine in the Age of AI ....that's music to my ears...;)
Silicon photonics has become one of the key building blocks in the data center in recent years. It uses the power of photons to connect switches, servers, and other gear fast and efficiently over long distances.
But silicon photonics is bound to become more important as the demand for bandwidth continues to rise. Or that’s what the experts at imec, one of the world’s leading semiconductor research labs, will tell you.
For imec, it’s only a matter of time before silicon photonics starts taking responsibility for chip-to-chip connectivity between CPUs, GPUs, and other XPUs—where the “X” stands for any computer architecture that best suits the needs of a specific workload—at the heart of data centers and AI supercomputers.
Great link proto...
No technology platform can do it all in integrated photonics. In this article, we take a closer look at a base material that stands out for its seamless integration with existing CMOS infrastructure: silicon.
Capable of propagating high data rates at relatively low power dissipation, light is a fantastic carrier of information. Silicon has been the cornerstone of semiconductor technology for decades. It was only a matter of time before two and two were put together: a technology that harnesses the power of light using the very same platform that propelled microelectronics to great heights. After all, why reinvent the wheel when billions and billions of dollars had already been sunk into perfecting the materials and processes used to manufacture microelectronics?
And so silicon photonics was born. First explored in the 1980s and starting to gain steam around the turn of the century onward, by now the technology has been commercialized in volume. It’s proving increasingly popular in data centers, in which silicon photonics-based transceivers enable optical connections between servers.
As the world’s hunger for data grows, as well as its desire to reduce energy consumption, the technology is expected to balloon in the next decade. Yole Group, a market researcher, projects a blistering compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36 percent for the silicon photonics market over 2021-2027, reaching almost 1 billion dollars by the end of that period.
Industry leaders have put decarbonization, Net Zero carbon emissions, sustainability and efficiency front and center as we race toward the future of connectivity, IoT, AI...
By Chris Librie
Jul 18, 2023
SEMICON West 2023 is now in the rear-view mirror, yet its impact will be felt for many years to come. For the first time in my experience as a sustainability professional, I witnessed industry leaders coming to grips with an inherent contradiction: the promise of semiconductors marching toward becoming a $1 trillion market, while simultaneously creating a path to Net Zero carbon emissions. The industry’s growth and carbon footprint are invariably linked, presenting an enormous challenge that we must meet as an industry.
Applied Materials President and CEO Gary Dickerson presented a keynote titled, “A Collaborative Pathway to Net Zero,” where he delivered a call to action for the entire semiconductor industry to get serious about collaborating to execute real, achievable plans to reach Net Zero in carbon emissions.
This is cool, Intel powered electric, autonomous shuttles being rolled out in Orlando, FL. The world is going to start to move really fast, driven by AI and those who have the know how to leverage the power of data.
"what we do here at Lightwave Logic is to help move data and information across the internet really, really fast using our electro optic polymer"
M. Lebby
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/wonderful/beep-self-driving-shuttles.html?wapkw=beep+autonomous&cid=iosm&source=twitter&campid=hq_ao_2h-2023&content=100004373912327&icid=always-on&twclid=279h8h5gngtpvym97rgjp8qhty
From last May, first I've seen it, continually impressed with the reach of GFS...
Siemens collaborates with GlobalFoundries to provide trusted silicon photonics verification
May 17, 2022
Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that its Calibre® nmPlatform now enables designers to leverage the newest GlobalFoundries (GF) silicon photonics platform. GF’s next generation, monolithic platform, GF Fotonix™ is the first in the industry to combine its differentiated 300mm photonics and RF-CMOS features on a silicon wafer, delivering best-in-class performance at scale.
How AI is advancing data centre capabilities
July 31, 2023
These GPU-powered systems require as much data as possible to prove effective, requiring a system that has the potential to continually and indefinitely scale.
It's difficult to process the impact that Generative AI will have on the world going forward, it's only just getting started and it's all about one thing, data!
No Turning Back: AI Everywhere Causes a Seminal Shift in the Tech Market
JUNE 28, 2023
Generative AI triggers the dawn of this new era because it will drastically reduce the time and costs associated with developing solutions for a wide range of use cases associated with automation and intelligence. The rapid adoption of Generative AI moves AI from an emerging software segment in the stack to a lynch-pin technology at the center of a platform transition. The market generally assumes that this type of platform transition requires a shift in hardware, similar to the move to client-server from mainframes, or to the cloud from client-server. However, IDC believes that this time it will be different. This platform transition will focus more on data. This time it will be about how we use data as an input (to train, fine tune and infer foundational models) and as a business outcome (as part of the development of new use cases).
An interesting article by The Daily Mail, posted to the Nextgen-Nano site...
Dr. Franky So, CTO Nextgen-Nano
– world-renowned nanoscientist and chief inventor of over 190 patents worldwide –
https://nextgen-nano.co.uk/its-about-to-get-wheel-weird-this-is-how-cars-could-look-by-2050-according-to-experts-and-imagined-by-ai/
I think it's a safe bet that these cars of the future will be using a whole lotta "organic and hybrid light emitting materials and devices"...;)
Dr. Franky So, Advisory Board Member LWLG
" He is also Editor-in-Chief of Materials Science and Engineering Reports and Associate Editor of four other research journals and chairs the OLED Symposium of the SPIE Optics and Photonics conference."
https://www.lightwavelogic.com/about-us/leadership/
REIT Sector Performance YTD Returns (as of 6/30/23)
Data Centers +19.5%
Timber +11.2%
Self Storage +8.4%
Residential +6.1%
Industrial +6.1%
Retail -1.4%
Industrial /Office. Mixed -3.3%
Diversified -5.3%
Infrastructure -10.7%
Office -12%
Source: CNBC TV
Looks like that site's filter propagates as many as 14 ETF's holding LWLG...
ETF Weight Investment focus Holdings TER Fund size (in m EUR) Return 1Y
L&G Optical Technology & Photonics ESG Exclusions UCITS ETF USD Accumulating 3.11%
Equity
World
Social/Environmental
Photonics
36 0.49% 3 -
Xtrackers Russell 2000 UCITS ETF 1C 0.04%
Equity
United States
Small Cap
1,477 0.30% 955 1.68%
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap UCITS ETF 0.04%
Equity
United States
Small Cap
1,783 0.30% 1,763 1.64%
JPMorgan BetaBuilders US Small Cap Equity UCITS ETF USD (acc) 0.02%
Equity
United States
Small Cap
1,544 0.14% 6 -
JPMorgan BetaBuilders US Small Cap Equity UCITS ETF USD (dist) 0.02%
Equity
United States
Small Cap
1,544 0.14% 16 -
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF (hedged to EUR) A-acc 0.01%
Equity
United States
Multi-Factor Strategy
2,097 0.30% 8 8.86%
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF (USD) A-acc 0.01%
Equity
United States
Multi-Factor Strategy
2,097 0.25% 105 4.37%
SPDR MSCI World Small Cap UCITS ETF 0.01%
Equity
World
Small Cap
3,442 0.45% 742 3.22%
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF (USD) A-dis 0.01%
Equity
United States
Multi-Factor Strategy
2,097 0.25% 28 3.93%
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI USA Select Factor Mix UCITS ETF (hedged to CHF) A-acc 0.01%
Equity
United States
Multi-Factor Strategy
2,097 0.30% 24 10.11%
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced UCITS ETF (Acc) 0.01%
Equity
United States
Small Cap
1,663 0.43% 1,557 3.68%
iShares MSCI World Small Cap UCITS ETF 0.01%
Equity
World
Small Cap
3,431 0.35% 2,887 3.38%
Xtrackers Portfolio UCITS ETF 1C 0.00%
Equity
World
Multi-Asset Strategy
12,465 0.70% 520 1.45%
SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted UCITS ETF 0.00%
Equity
United States
Small Cap
1,848 0.30% 347 5.34%
https://www.justetf.com/en/stock-profiles/US5322751042
Nice find Mdk1, Thx It's notable that LWLG carries the same weighting as ASML, both 3.11%
A simple search question: What are the top photonics companies?
#2 on list: Smart Photonics.....a bit surprised to see (GSK) GlaxoSmithKline on list?
https://www.ventureradar.com/keyword/Photonics
3 min. mark...;) https://smartphotonics.nl
Smart Photonics is a leading foundry in the manufacturing of Photonic Integrated Chips
Closing comment by Smart Photonics CEO...
Photonic chips will be driving all kinds of innovation, all kinds of applications that you can't even think of today, and we, Smart Photonics have the ambition to be the globally leading foundry in this photonics industry
We all know that Ai will be (is) one leg of the stool that will drive the exponential demand for data analysis that will be utilized by ALL companies to maximize results, yields, intelligence gathering, corp. profits etc. One example that stands out to my thinking is the healthcare industry. No secret as to the amount of power and influence BP holds on the world. I believe they will be at the forefront of what will drive DC expansion, upgrades to levels that will be difficult to imagine. Imagine being able to advance life saving (blockbuster) drug programs to market in half the time it historically has taken. BP, biotechs, life science companies will take advantage of the ensuing Ai revolution to the fullest extent possible. Good or bad, BP will become even bigger and more dominant than they already are. A relatively young company (just under 5 yrs) out of Germany, private I believe, really got me thinking about the impact this will have on the DC industry. Came to my attention through another holding of mine in the life sciences field. Could we see massive DC complexes built for the sole purpose of advancing drug discovery and scientific breakthroughs via the insatiable demand for data crunching that is inevitably careening towards us, funded by you guessed it, BP? I believe so.
2 PFLOPS Computing Power...Partex and their subsidiary Innoplexus (founded by the current CEO of Partex)
https://www.partex.io
https://www.innoplexus.com
Going forward after today's, monthly Opex dates for the remainder of the 2023:
Aug.18
Sept. 15
Oct. 20
Nov. 17
Dec. 15
https://cdn.cboe.com/resources/options/Cboe2023OPTIONSCalendar.pdf
Scroll down to the "Electrification" header and you can view Ms. Partridge host a webinar on the topic. I can see a LWLG related video coming down the pike soon...;)
https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/stanley
Laila Partridge
Ms. Partridge is an entrepreneur and technology executive with expertise in identifying disruptive technologies and turning them to competitive advantage. She was a manager and investor at Intel Capital, during the early days of that organization’s formation and has led several technology companies as Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Partridge currently serves as Managing Director of the STANLEY + Techstars Accelerator, directing a global effort on behalf of Stanley Black & Decker to invest in early stage technology companies and grow innovative new technology solutions.
Laila Partridge Brings 30+ Years Track Record of Executing Transactions in the Technology Space
Laila Partridge Brings 30+ Years Track Record of Executing Transactions in the Technology Space
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a small form factor, today announced the appointment of respected industry executive Laila Partridge to Lightwave Logic's Board of Directors effective August 1, 2023.
Ms. Partridge brings over 30 years of executive experience in technology, corporate innovation and finance to the Board of Directors - having worked with a wide range of technologies, including telecommunications, internet infrastructure, AI, internet of things and more. She was named by Boston Business Journal as one of the ten "2017 Women to Watch in Science and Technology".
She currently serves as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The HardTech Project, a new venture with a novel approach to early-stage hardware investing. Previously, she was Managing Director of the STANLEY + Techstars Accelerator where she directed a global effort for Stanley Black & Decker's Chief Technology Officer to identify and invest in innovative technologies for industrial applications with an emphasis on electrification, sustainability and advanced manufacturing. Prior to that, she began her technology career at Intel Capital, serving as a Director of Strategic Investments. Ms. Partridge began her career at Wells Fargo, where ultimately achieved the role of VP of Corporate Banking, having led complex corporate finance transactions for the Company's senior secured debt agencies in the Midwest.
Ms. Partridge brings significant board experience to the Board of Directors, including at Intel Capital serving privately-held technology companies, and in her current role as an independent Director at Cambridge Trust (NASDAQ: CATC). She holds a Bachelor's degree with Honors from Wellesley College.
Ms. Partridge stated: "I am excited by the opportunity to join the Board of Lightwave Logic. Their breakthrough technology is a critical infrastructure ingredient for the next generation of computing. Tools like ChatGPT and Bard are putting unprecedented capabilities into the hands of the average consumer and as individuals begin exploring those capabilities, the underlying datacenter infrastructure needs to innovate to support that demand. I look forward to working closely with the Board to offer my decades of experience in helping traditional industries incorporate disruptive new technologies - including IP licensing and technology transfer business models."
Michael Lebby, Chairman and CEO of Lightwave Logic, added: "I am truly excited to have Laila join the Lightwave Logic Board of Directors. I worked directly with Laila at Intel Capital during the technology boom - where I saw her expedite and navigate technology investments and business deals in the telecommunications, datacom, and internet markets. Over the past two decades, Laila has deepened her acumen as a world respected industry executive for innovative technology opportunities utilizing licensing and technology transfer approaches to monetization. Laila's experience aligns perfectly with our drive to make electro-optic polymers ubiquitous through our 3-prong business model of 1) technology transfer and partnering with foundries, transceiver companies etc., 2) selling product with polymer based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and 3) commercial licensing of our chromophore materials."
"At Intel, Laila gained incredible operational experience from sitting on the Itanium™ Executive Launch Team, a 10-member cross-divisional management team, coordinating and directing all elements of Intel's 15-year Itanium™ chip family launch. Her appointment to this team was a result of creating the $253 Million Intel 64 Fund™, an ecosystem development effort that generated Harvard Business School Case Study N9-800-351.
"Laila's knowledge of both the fiber optic communications markets as well as non-communications markets (such as artificial intelligence, consumer, display, sensing, medical, biotech, etc.), will help Lightwave Logic hone business strategies for growing our electro-optic polymer business," concluded Lebby.
Lightwave Logic Appoints Respected Industry Executive Laila Partridge to Board of Directors
July 19, 2023
https://www.lightwavelogic.com/investors/
10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT
June 13, 2023
Green computing
Every day we hear new stories about huge new data centers filled with massive computers that are powering the cloud and unlocking the power of incredibly complicated algorithms and artificial intelligence applications. After the feeling of awe dissipates, two types of people cringe: the CFOs who must pay the electricity bill, and green advocates who worry about what this is doing to the environment. Both groups have one goal in common: reducing the amount of electricity used to create the magic.
It turns out that many algorithms have room for improvement and this is driving the push for green computing. Does that machine learning algorithm really need to study one terabyte of historical data or could it get the same results with several hundred gigabytes. Or maybe just ten or five or one? The new goal for algorithm designers is to generate the same awe with much less electricity, thus saving money and maybe even the planet.
Why it is time all businesses became data-driven
As the now old adage goes – data is the new oil. With its value likely to continually increase, those organisations that do not recognise its value will undoubtedly be left behind, allowing competitors to overtake them. With no sign of market conditions easing, now is the time to evolve. Not doing so could be devastating.
What’s next in Networking: Innovation, Transparency, and Connectivity
Extended Reach (ZR) optical networks: Making connections faster than ever
The next big innovation in networking will be the development of Extended Reach (ZR) optical networks that can transmit data at speeds up to 400 GBs. This is a significant advancement over the current Data Centre Interconnect (DCI) infrastructure, which could go up to 200 GBs. With ZR technology, businesses can expect faster speeds at much lower cost and complexity, with less equipment needed to manage network performance.
Wow, I totally forgot about that proto...thanks for refreshing my memory. LWLG's tentacles are extending on a daily basis...;). 3 min. mark....
Lightwave Logic Inc. Faster by Design
Great news for the industry! ASML!!
“We are very pleased to be supported by this new group of lenders and are grateful for the continued support of our existing investors,” comments Johan Feenstra, Chief Executive Officer of SMART Photonics. “With this round of funding, we receive strong support from the Dutch ecosystem including strategic lenders and financial institutions in our ambition to become the globally leading foundry for Photonic Integrated Chips (PICs).”
A new platform from my other favorite company...;)
A Deeper Look into the New Vistara™ Platform
July 11, 2023
Today marks a major milestone in Applied Materials history. At SEMICON West 2023, we introduced Vistara™, a wafer manufacturing platform designed to provide chipmakers with the flexibility, intelligence and sustainability needed to tackle growing chipmaking challenges.
Infineon is a global behemoth...154 locations worldwide including 42 sites in the Americas...
https://www.infineon.com/cms/en/about-infineon/company/find-a-location/