What caught your eye? (AI optical interconnects, ASML packaging, ConnectedCosmos)

The Electronics Weekly team share some fingerposts – their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes, or anything else in the wide world of electronics, that caught their eye…

Caroline Hayes, editor
I liked – Nvidia invests $4bn in Lumentum and Coherent for optical interconnect. Interesting to see the level of investment in, and potential scope for,  optical interconnects for the AI infrastructure market.

David Manners, components editor
What caught my eye this week was ASML expanding into packaging as chiplets require advanced litho.

Alun Williams, web editor
What caught my eye was fast moving, Harwell-based Open Cosmos using optical inter-satellite links and its recently acquired Ka-band licence to start its ConnectedCosmos constellation. It enables a combination of narrowband and broadband services…