Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris on Moving Lasers to 300mm Silicon CMOS Lines
BenBajarin · x · 2026-09-25
Ben Bajarin launches a paid executive interview series with Lightmatter founder/CEO Nick Harris. Key points: copper hits physical limits as link speeds rise and scale-up domains grow, and the hard question is whether the supply chain can turn optical demand into qualified engines at repeatable yield. Harris argues Lightmatter can move most laser manufacturing from small indium phosphide wafers onto 300mm silicon at mature CMOS foundries, opening a new path to laser capacity, and details reliability design for thousands of optical links per package. Full video/audio/transcript behind paywall.
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