Recapping the Photonic Breakthroughs at CES 2026

CES 2026 hosted countless breakthroughs fueled by photonics. In this edition of PSN, we'll take a look at an AI-based full image single processor from ‪@ChipsnMedia‬ and ‪@visionary.ai.vision‬, navigations systems from ‪@anellophotonics‬, LIDAR advancements from ‪@AevaInc‬ and ‪@NVIDIA‬, new AR tech from ‪@innoviztechnologies3315‬ and ‪@lumusltd.4946‬ and we'll see what devices became award winners this week.

President Trump is also making industry headlines, after he moved to block a big chips deal between Hiefo Corp and Emcore, citing concerns over national security. Meanwhile, Europe's semiconductor industry could get a boost from a new partnership between ‪@globalfoundries‬ and Cloudberry.

‪@MarvellTechnology‬ is investing big in AI infrastructure with its $540m purchase of XConn Technologies. Monarch Quantum officially launches with hopes to address quantum bottlenecks. And ‪@SPIETV‬ names 40 fellows in its class of 2026.

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