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AI chip material shortage looms as demand outstrips supply

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Lumentum's CEO, Michael Hurlston, has warned of a significant upcoming shortage of indium phosphide, a crucial material for lasers used in AI data centers. The demand from AI companies like Nvidia is vastly outstripping current production capacity, with Lumentum already unable to meet 30% of customer needs. This shortage is expected to be more severe than previous memory chip supply crunches, prompting Nvidia to invest heavily in both Lumentum and its competitor, Coherent, to secure future supply. AI

IMPACT The projected shortage of indium phosphide could severely limit the scaling of AI data centers and high-performance computing, potentially slowing down AI development and deployment.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a critical supply chain bottleneck for a key material essential for AI infrastructure, with significant investment and demand implications.

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AI chip material shortage looms as demand outstrips supply

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    Lumentum CEO warns of impending bottleneck on critical material used for silicon photonics — fab and material shortfall already lags 30% below customer needs as co-packaged optics demand skyrockets

    Lumentum CEO Michael Hurlston told an audience at the RAISE Summit that indium phosphide is heading into a squeeze worse than the one in memory.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Lumentum CEO warns of impending bottleneck on critical material used for silicon photonics — fab and material shortfall already lags 30% below customer needs as

    Lumentum CEO warns of impending bottleneck on critical material used for silicon photonics — fab and material shortfall already lags 30% below customer needs as co-packaged optics d… Lumentum CEO Michael Hurlston told an audience at the RAISE Summit that indium phosphide is headi…

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