At number five, we have:

CIR’s Lawrence Gasman sizes up CPO and quantum computing's potential
The Broadband Pulse sat down with Lawrence Gasman, president of CIR, who has forecast enterprise computing, telecommunications, and optical components since the late 1970s, when he founded the firm. We talked about his view of the OFC trade show, co-packaged optics, quantum computing, data center power issues, optical M&A, and, of course, AI.

Coming in at number four is:  

Ethernet Alliance on reaching common ground as AI reshapes Ethernet
We recently caught up with key experts in Ethernet--John D’Ambrosia, Chair Emeritus of the Ethernet Alliance, and David Rodgers, President & Events & Conferences Committee Chair for the Ethernet Alliance—who talked about the recent Ethernet Alliance TEF Forum as well as industry trends shaping the future of the nearly 55-year-old technology.

In the third position is: 

Broadcom’s Szymanski on creating a quality 50G, FWA broadband experience

Broadcom is addressing the emergence of 50G PON and fixed wireless access (FWA) with a series of new products and partnerships aimed at helping service providers ensure users experience sound quality of service (quality of service) on their broadband and wireless connections.

We talked with Chris Szymanski, director of product marketing for Wireless Broadband Communications at Broadcom, about its latest 50G and FWA developments.

At number two we have: 

Astound’s Brandt plots an enhanced customer experience growth path
Astound named telecom veteran Ettienne Brandt as CEO in March. He will focus on expanding Astound's fiber footprint, integrating GFiber assets, and developing converged wireline and wireless services to stay competitive. In this podcast, we spoke with Brandt about his plans to implement new company-wide best practices to improve customer experience while maintaining its local feel.

Finally, at number one is: 

Lightmatter’s Harris on overcoming electrical bottlenecks for scaling AI with optics

Lightmatter, an emerging photonics provider, is centering its efforts on building a photonic infrastructure for AI at scale—interconnects, lasers, and eventually compute itself. Its interconnect product line—Passage — overcomes the limitations of traditional electrical, where bandwidth is constrained by the shoreline—the physical perimeter of the chip.

In this Broadband Pulse podcast, we caught up with Nick Harris, founder and CEO of Lightmatter, about how it is helping the AI hyperscaler community find new ways to scale.