Deep Explorations

This Deep Exploration explores the urgent opportunity in advancing photonic light source technologies for high-speed data communication. As data center and telecom bandwidth demands surge, driven by AI and cloud computing, there is a critical need for high-performance, energy-efficient light sources like lasers and LEDs to support next-generation photonic integrated circuits (PICs). This exploration specifically focuses on the multi-billion dollar market for laser technologies that enable faster, more reliable optical data transmission, and seeks to identify startups innovating in this space to overcome performance, cost, and scalability challenges.

This Deep Exploration explores the transformative potential of next-gen robotics software, particularly Robotic Foundation Models (RFMs). These AI models, like General Purpose Foundation Models for text and images, serve as versatile bases for various robotic applications. The proposal highlights the shift from hardware to software investment in robotics, driven by RFMs’ scalability and accuracy, enabling non-experts to implement solutions. It also covers market potential, challenges, and opportunities in robotics software, emphasizing data, simulation, and open-source approaches, and details TDK’s strategic role in utilizing these advancements to improve manufacturing and products.