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Erik Chen

Artilux

Where does the energy actually go when running large language models?

Erik Chen

Artilux

Why is the 'wide and slow' optical interconnect approach gaining traction over 'narrow and fast' for AI?

Lucas Klamer

AddOptics

How do traditional lens manufacturing, injection molding, UV curing, and direct finish lens casting compare for smart AR glasses?

Lucas Klamer

AddOptics

How does AddOptics handle waveguide air gaps and what are the optical trade-offs of using higher refractive index materials?

Kedar Sathaye

Konica Minolta

Which optical losses must be mapped backwards from the eye, not just corrected on the panel?

Vahram Voskerchyan

University of Vigo, QOPHI Lab

Why did generating white light in free space fail to qualify as a workable AR/VR display pixel?

Paulo Lima

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology

Why do AR waveguides need blazed gratings, and what makes scaling them across a 200 mm wafer so difficult?

Paulo Lima

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology

Why do coupon-based etch tests mislead when scaling to full wafers, and how can you avoid the surprise?

Solomon Chi

Tera Electronics Corp.

Can you build a 12-inch optical I/O without mass transfer or through-hole vias?

Kai Hohmann

Aumovio

Can micro-CMOS drivers on passive substrates compete with LTPS TFT backplanes for mid-sized automotive displays?

Paolo Costa

Microsoft

Why does each step up in data-center interconnect reach cost a 10x penalty in bandwidth density per picojoule?

Paolo Costa

Microsoft

Why does a faster MicroLED lose to dispersion and fiber loss over 10-meter links?

Erik Chen

Artilux

Why is LLM prefill compute bound while decode is communication bound?

Erik Chen

Artilux

Why did heavily funded photonic computing startups fail to deliver and pivot back to interconnects?

Lucas Klamer

AddOptics

How does AddOptics manufacture personalized smart lenses without grinding or polishing, and which materials do they use?

Kedar Sathaye

Konica Minolta

If microLED pixels range from 2 to 10 million candelas per m², what does that do to the final image?

Kedar Sathaye

Konica Minolta

Can demura of a million-pixel microdisplay run fast enough for a production line?

Vahram Voskerchyan

University of Vigo, QOPHI Lab

Can metasurface miniaturisation and foundry PDKs scale a lab laser pixel to a 256-pixel on-chip display?

Paulo Lima

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology

How does a dual-source ion beam chamber control etch depth, profile geometry, and center-to-edge uniformity?

Solomon Chi

Tera Electronics Corp.

Why does a wide-and-slow MicroLED array with blue emitters and silicon photodiodes make sense for 3.2 Tbps links?

Solomon Chi

Tera Electronics Corp.

How does shrinking MicroLED pitch to 25 microns yield 12.8 terabit per second in one millimeter?

Kai Hohmann

Aumovio

What real-world trade-offs emerge at 7,000 cd/m² with 70% transparent MicroLED automotive display?

Paolo Costa

Microsoft

Why can't HBM keep stacking forever, and what limits capacity beyond TSV bandwidth?

Paolo Costa

Microsoft

Can spontaneous-emission microLEDs beat DFB lasers on picojoules per bit despite lower modulation speed?

Erik Chen

Artilux

Why is electrical copper interconnect failing at high data rates, and how does optics solve it?

Erik Chen

Artilux

How does a wafer-integrated ASIC and modulated photo detector sandwich eliminate optical fibers in matrix multiplication?

Lucas Klamer

AddOptics

Why is a monolithic cast lens superior to a traditional multi-layer laminated stack for smart AR glasses?

Kedar Sathaye

Konica Minolta

Why does demura need a feedback loop of sequential dot-matrix patterns instead of one camera measurement?

Vahram Voskerchyan

University of Vigo, QOPHI Lab

Can sputtered waveguides at 2.5 dB/cm and gratings radiating 80% blue light enable an on-chip pixel?

Vahram Voskerchyan

University of Vigo, QOPHI Lab

Why is integrated photonics the right light engine for holography, autostereoscopic displays and gigahertz beam steering?

Paulo Lima

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology

What blaze angle and etch depth uniformity can ion beam etching achieve across a wafer?

Solomon Chi

Tera Electronics Corp.

Can a MicroLED reach 2 GHz to beat the 200–700 MHz ceiling of display-grade devices?

Kai Hohmann

Aumovio

Why are MicroLEDs on silicon backplanes ill-suited for automotive head-up displays despite their high resolution?

Kai Hohmann

Aumovio

Why does correcting the white point of an automotive MicroLED display cause a massive 2.5x penalty in brightness?

Paolo Costa

Microsoft

Could going wide and slow remove serial conversion while simplifying 200-gigabit drivers down to 2-gigabit electronics?

Cyril Vančura, Steven Konsek, Alexander Mityashin, Marco Cravetto, Flo Pattiwael

Imec.xpand, Applied Ventures, Labbet Advice, LIFTT S.p.A., Photonventures

What would it take to make VCs rate AR investment a 10 out of 10?

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