Startups Neurophos and Lumotive are leveraging optical metamaterials, initially explored for "invisibility cloaks," to enhance AI data center infrastructure. Lumotive has developed a new microchip using programmable liquid crystal elements and copper structures that can precisely steer light, aiming to improve the reliability and bandwidth of optical switches. Neurophos is creating significantly smaller optical modulators using metamaterials, which could enable more power-efficient optical computing for AI tasks. AI
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RANK_REASON This cluster details advancements in AI data center infrastructure using novel materials and technologies, representing a significant industry development.
