kona,intel has been working on fiberoptic connectors, which had problem with dust and signals. it's solution was to mini the photon and enlarge? on the receiver side. years back, when cruz ip was a v topic. the intel spun them off to their own r and d for photonics and those connectors, but i always wondered if they were doing secret work with the cruz patent application for doe.
all the hardware and 'joins' would need the ip to connect to such a fibre network?
gemini ai says,
"is intel working on such fibre optic connector ip?
Yes, Intel is heavily involved in developing intellectual property (IP) related to fiber optic connections, although perhaps not always in the form of traditional physical connectors like SC or LC types. Their focus is often on integrating optical connections closer to the silicon chip itself.
Here's how Intel is working on IP in this area:
Silicon Photonics: This is Intel's core strength in optics. They develop and patent technologies to integrate optical components (lasers, modulators, detectors, waveguides) directly onto silicon chips. A crucial part of this is the IP around efficiently coupling light between these on-chip components and external optical fibers. This interface acts as a connector.
Co-Packaged Optics (CPO): Intel is a major proponent of CPO, where optical I/O modules are placed on the same package as processors or network switches. This requires highly dense, low-profile, and efficient chip-to-fiber interfaces or coupling methods, which are areas rich with Intel IP. They aim to replace electrical connections over copper with optical ones for higher bandwidth and lower power right at the chip package edge.
Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI): Intel is developing OCI chiplets using glass waveguides and integrated photonics. This technology relies on novel ways to connect optical signals between chiplets and potentially off-package via fiber, representing another area of significant IP development.
Connectors for Integrated Photonics: While they might not be making standard network connectors, they are developing and patenting the specialized interfaces, sockets, and alignment mechanisms needed to reliably connect fiber arrays to their photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and co-packaged assemblies.
In summary, while you might not find many Intel patents for the exact same type of connectors used in traditional telecom networks, they hold substantial IP related to the crucial interface points between silicon chips/packages and optical fibers, driven by their advancements in silicon photonics and co-packaged optics."
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