Gates, as ML stated "it's a Blue Moon event" currently because the Industry is in pickle on getting through the "purple brick wall" forming these next few years, just look at the post I just put up on Intel's latest and greatest, ouch DSP and FEC to the max, can you say "power hungry" and "expensive" way to higher bandwidth?
Why Intel needs LWLG's technology, here is the latest development offering from Intel
Dual-mode transceiver technology for leading-edge interface standards, backplane, and versatile data switching applications:
Up to 58 Gbps PAM4
Up to 30 Gbps NRZ
Technology for mainstream and next-generation protocol and interface standards including: PCI Express* (PCIe*), 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE), 400 Gigabit Ethernet, Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI), Fibre Channel, serial digital interface (SDI), and many more
Low-power transceiver options ideal for power-sensitive applications
Advanced signal conditioning blocks: continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE), decision feedback equalizer (DFE), and variable gain amplifier (VGA) capabilities to support the newest backplane standards
Folks, Intel's latest and greatest product is stuck at 30Gbs NRZ, can you imagine what it would mean to them and the Photonics Industry at large if Intel employed LWLG's Game Changing 100Gbs NRZ OOK Modulators?