In addition to our views on the Optica Executive Forum (please see: https://lnkd.in/eDUiz5Kc) as well as on the show floor programs (please see: https://lnkd.in/eUEtSuf9) at OFC 2024, we have also been looking at the Rump Session (https://lnkd.in/eKfHJXVg). The answer to the big question – how much optics does AI need? – is a historically, unmatched, huge amount at the high end (please see: https://lnkd.in/e_bQbnPE). At the same time, the opening query hardly invites the free-for-all debate associated with the event. At its best, the topic should provoke a discussion of people (companies) and money in conflict – and even occasionally, involve a thorough examination of sacred cows in the industry. We believe that the level of intensity generated last year was that it focused solely on various optical materials in competition with one another (please see: https://lnkd.in/eR_Q7s7s). It may have been better in the upcoming event to target from the start, a single subcategory listed, and then incorporate it as part of a provocative introduction to the meeting. For example, let’s have it fully out on what we believe is any wrong-headed move to abandon CMOS, while supposedly shifting to an optical computing model (please see: https://lnkd.in/eFRXuwvE).
