A Looming Transformation The global photonics market—estimated to reach $376 billion in core component revenues by 2025—is undergoing a profound realignment. Once led by Western and Japanese industry titans, this $2.5 trillion photonics-enabled economy is now being rapidly reoriented around China. Since 2005, China has tripled its global market share, …

Beyond Moore’s Law: The Rise of Spin-Based Electronics For decades, the semiconductor industry has been driven by Moore’s Law—the relentless pursuit of fitting ever more transistors onto ever smaller chips. Yet as silicon-based electronics near their physical limits, fundamental quantum effects begin to disrupt conventional operation, and escalating power dissipation …