Glad to be quoted by Brian Pereira in CIO on Nvidia’s $5B stake in Intel. This deal marks more than just a financial lifeline — it signals how x86 will continue to shape the future of AI data centers. The ripple effects across Intel, TSMC, AMD, and beyond are only beginning. You can read his
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Quantum Data Centers Await Use Cases and Tech MaturityHere’s a link to Lawrence Gasman’s latest interview with CIO Magazine and a few key takeaways:(1) Quantum computers are, uniquely suited to solving complex problems, but lack compelling use cases to drive widespread adoption(2) Prospects include designing nanocoatings for the automotive & aerospace industries with quantum-enabled factories
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On July 8, 2025, Lawrence Gasman joined an expert panel hosted by LIGHTWAVE for a compelling webinar titled “The Road to 800G / 1.5T in the Data Center.” The session brought together some of the leading voices in data infrastructure and optics to explore the next phase of hyperscale evolution — from 800G to 1.6
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First of again, I want to thank all my friends and colleagues for their good wishes and words on my triple bypass the other week. If it was a shock to them, it was even more of a shock to my poor and wonderful wife, Cynthia, who found me collapsed in our bathroom, pounding the
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Design by CIR “These are slides we used for a presentation we gave recently to a delegation of corporate executives from Japan. The slides cover CIR’s positions on the intersection of AI, quantum and optical networks” Notice: JavaScript is required for this content.
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On February 18, 2025, the President of CIR, Lawrence Gasman, made a presentation at a Webinar on the topic of “Optical Transceivers in the Age of AI: Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities,” organized by Lightwave. His presentation can be found at https://www.lightwaveonline.com/resources/webinar/55260572/optical-transceivers-in-the-age-of-ai-impacts-challenges-and-opportunities Lawrence’s talk covered how the Data Center is changing to cover the rise of
January 14, 2025 Richmond, VA: Industry analyst firm, CIR, has issued a new report covering business opportunities from the new breed of AI data centers over the coming decade. The report, “Networks and Power Requirements for AI Data Centers: A Ten Year Market Forecast and Technology Assessment” says that: By 2030 AI data centers built
Our new report “Networks and Power Requirements for AI Data Centers” provides CIR’s assessment and ten-year forecast of the burgeoning market for networks and related connectivity products for AI data centers. We believe that this report provides the first consistent and comprehensive projections of opportunities in this AI Data Center sector. In our forecasts, we
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It was both great fun and a great honor to see the program unfold that I designed for the two-day IQT “Quantum + AI” (Q + AI) event in New York last month. Was I a modest person, modesty would have prevented me from saying how great the speakers at the conference were. But I’m
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Five Things I Learned at the “Ethernet in the Age of AI” Conference This is first issue of my CIR newsletter “From My Desk” in which I plan to cover new developments in optical networking, AI and quantum technology with an eye to economics and use cases. Last month I attended the “Ethernet in the
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Lawrence Gasman chairing the Executive Roundtable at the Quantum + AI event last month
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What is AI really? Commercial AI technology for the office and industry. Enterprise AI AI and the electric power industry A future history of AI. Sentience? Questions from the audience
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