EP67 - Silicon Photonics: Putting Speed-of-Light Motors on a Chip

The most advanced AI in the world is not limited by how fast its chips think, but by how slowly they can move data between them over copper wires that waste energy as heat. The answer is to carve the chip from a substance that is crystal-clear to invisible light, and put lasers, lenses, and light-movers right onto the silicon itself. We crack open the waveguide to see how moving data with photons instead of electrons unlocks the future of computing.