Is Photonics the Bottleneck or Is Packaging the Bottleneck?

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Nvidia’s investments in photonics highlight a growing shift within AI infrastructure. The question is no longer simply how to build faster processors, but how to connect, package and integrate increasingly complex systems. The next bottleneck may emerge not inside the chip, but in everything surrounding it.

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Nvidia’s Optical Moat

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Nvidia is pouring billions into photonics as the future of artificial intelligence shifts beyond the GPU. Yet a growing debate suggests the next bottleneck may not lie in silicon photonics itself, but in the packaging, assembly and integration systems needed to connect AI infrastructure at unprecedented scale.

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