Light just became programmable. Lumotive just demonstrated the world’s first programmable 2D photonic beamforming chip. Why it matters: In RF, beamforming reshaped wireless and radar. This is that moment for photonics. What‘s changed:- Software-defined control of light- No moving parts- Real-time beam steering→ Optics becomes programmable infrastructureWhere this hits:• AI data centers• Optical communications• Robotics & sensingBottom line: This isn’t incremental.It’s a step toward turning light into a compute layer.
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