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Bruce Sohn reposted thisBruce Sohn reposted this🎧 Tune in as Ryan Parker, Phononic's President & COO, discusses Phononic’s vision for tackling thermal hot spots—wherever they arise across the data center. Phononic’s Thermal Kits (https://hubs.la/Q04f5q3r0) deliver thermoelectric cooling with millisecond action times, providing precision cooling exactly when and where it’s needed. Paired with software connectivity, they enable true data center orchestration and unlock unprecedented ROI. 👉 Listen to Ryan’s conversation with Data Centre Solutions here. https://hubs.la/Q04f7kJ20
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Bruce Sohn reposted thisBruce Sohn reposted thisSilicon set the baseline for how the solar industry thinks about testing. But perovskites are not silicon and applying legacy protocols to new materials isn't sufficient. That’s because perovskite performance is shaped by multiple, interacting stressors including light, heat, UV and bias condition. Testing perovskite in overly simplified conditions can produce results that look promising but don’t translate to real-world conditions. At Cubic we think differently. These proprietary chambers are an investment in product-relevant accelerated stress testing, designed to replicate the conditions modules will actually face in the field. It’s harder work, but it’s led to real breakthroughs that will get us to less than 0.5% per year, necessary to match commercial bankability standards. #solar #tandem #perovskite
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Bruce Sohn posted thisHeat limits the performance of today's datacenters. It's not the GPUs, the HBM, the optics or the controllers. All those devices and the building systems themselves face thermodynamic constraints. Heat slows performance and reduces durability. The performance of any real system is dictated by its constraints. Strengthen the weakest link and the entire chain is stronger. Phononic's Intelligent Thermal Fabric integrates thermoelectrics, hardware design and software solutions to manage heat in real time. It's an impressive solution. https://hubs.la/Q0494dVM0 #thermoelectric #ai #datacenter #thermodynamics #toc #constraint
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Bruce Sohn reposted thisBruce Sohn reposted thisCubicPV is honored to be named again to TIME and Statista’s list of top green tech companies in 2026. Our durability-first approach, world record performance, repeatable manufacturing process, and strong portfolio of Perovskite invention reflect a clear focus: we’re translating breakthrough science into tandem solar products that will last in the field. Extremely proud of the team pushing this forward every day. Congratulations to the full list of innovators making impacts of their own. #perovskite #solar
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Bruce Sohn reposted thisBruce Sohn reposted thisIn today’s AI clusters, the network fabric is just as critical as the GPUs. Without high‑performance networking—1.6T/800G optics and the like, photonic innovation, and sub‑microsecond latency—you risk your GPUs sitting idle. The fastest model isn’t just trained on the fastest chips, it’s trained on the fastest network. Put differently, if your network lags, so too will your performance. Upgrading to low‑power 800G and 1.6T optical transceivers helps reduce overall data center energy consumption, while keeping latency ultra‑low for distributed training. Learn more about how Phononic is leading the market forward in 800G and 1.6T technology. https://hubs.la/Q03_JmQz0
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Bruce Sohn reposted thisBruce Sohn reposted thisAt IAA Mobility today, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann, and Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder joined Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume to celebrate the world’s first live demonstration of QS solid-state batteries powering an EV – a Ducati Motor Holding V21L motorcycle powered by QuantumScape’s QSE-5 battery cells.
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Bruce Sohn shared thisDurable perovskites are coming.Bruce Sohn shared thisHere is where the promise of next generation solar becomes real. Every installation helps to validate performance in the field, and seeing our perovskite/tandem technology deployed with customers demonstrates the momentum behind the innovation. #solar #perovskite #tandem
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Bruce Sohn reposted thisBruce Sohn reposted thisA new solar efficiency record is in the books! A collaborative effort between NREL and CubicPV Inc. has yielded a 24.0% certified efficiency perovskite minimodule, marking the first time a U.S. based effort has set a record in this category. Learn more about this milestone at https://bit.ly/4loB5Uk
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Bruce Sohn shared thisWorld record performance and durability from a perovskite solar module. Great progress.Bruce Sohn shared thisWe're excited to share that a collaboration between National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Cubic has resulted in a certified world record: 24% efficiency for a perovskite mini-module. The data and learnings from this device will accelerate our transition from lab success to scalable, commercially viable products, with durability and yield at the center. With each milestone, the case for tandem solar becomes clearer. Cubic is the first U.S. company to achieve a world record with a certified perovskite serial mini-module—validation of our engineering strength and know-how, and the value of our collaborations. NREL research plays a critical role in supporting U.S. industry. https://lnkd.in/egx3B3Un
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Bruce Sohn liked thisBruce Sohn liked thisPhononic Inc enjoyed hosting the Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta | Consulat général du Canada aux États-Unis à Atlanta this week. We showcased areas of collaboration in #semiconductor #AI and #datacenter...and then discussed the important stuff...like Rush and the Tragically Hip!
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Bruce Sohn liked thisBruce Sohn liked thisAs our co-founder and CTO Tim Holme notes, after years of overpromised breakthroughs, the battery industry has earned "a healthy dose of skepticism." Scientific American recently looked at where the technology stands today, and at the companies working to move it from the lab into production. The piece covers our ceramic, anode-free approach, including the Eagle Line pilot production line and our Cobra separator process, which cuts ceramic heat-treatment from hours to minutes. That work is why partners like PowerCo and Honda are building with us, and why we see solid state powering EVs, AI data centers, aerospace and defense. Read more from Alex Pasternack. https://lnkd.in/g5xhRdg9Solid-state batteries have been just around the corner for decades. Now they’re finally leaving the labSolid-state batteries have been just around the corner for decades. Now they’re finally leaving the lab
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Bruce Sohn liked thisBruce Sohn liked thisWhat if the biggest bottleneck in AI isn't compute... it's heat? As AI infrastructure scales, data center operators are under pressure to: ➡️ Maximize AI performance ➡️ Minimize energy consumption ➡️ Extend hardware life ➡️ Scale networking bandwidth to support ever-increasing data movement Historically, improving one often translated into compromises in another area. As AI clusters grow, thermal constraints aren't limited to GPUs and HBMs. High-speed networking infrastructure, including optical transceivers, switches, and emerging co-packaged optics (CPO) architectures, is becoming increasingly critical to overall system performance. When temperatures rise, network efficiency, reliability, and throughput can be impacted just as significantly as compute performance. Phononic's Thermal Fabric™ is taking a different approach. By transforming cooling into a dynamic, software-defined optimization layer, Thermal Fabric™ delivers precision cooling exactly where and when it's needed across the AI infrastructure stack. From GPU memory hotspots to high-performance networking components, intelligent thermal management helps maintain performance while reducing power. As AI infrastructure investments accelerate, thermal management is becoming more than a cooling strategy. It's a critical enabler of compute performance, network scalability, energy efficiency, and long-term data center economics. The question for data center architects, hyperscalers, and AI infrastructure leaders is no longer whether thermal management matters. The question is: How much performance, efficiency, and ROI are you leaving on the table without intelligent, real-time thermal control? Learn how Phononic's Thermal Fabric™ is redefining thermal management for the AI era: https://hubs.la/Q04vlnY30 #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #Networking #OpticalNetworking #CPO #NPO #DataCenterCooling #EnergyEfficiency #AI #Innovation #SustainableTechnology #OpticalTransceivers #ThermalManagement
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Bruce Sohn liked thisBruce Sohn liked thisA Landmark Partnership for AI Infrastructure: SB Energy + NVIDIA+ OpenAI+ SoftBank Group Corp.! SB Energy just announced a landmark partnership with NVIDIA and OpenAI on our 10 GW PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Southern Ohio: • OpenAI will be the tenant for the full 10 GW power (8 GW IT) campus • NVIDIA has committed to guarantee the majority of the data center lease, with the option to guarantee the remainder • The campus will exclusively host NVIDIA AI Compute • NVIDIA invests $1.5 billion in SB Energy, joining existing investors SoftBank and OpenAI The PORTS-Pike Technology Campus positions Ohio and Pike County as a global leader in AI Infrastructure. This project will bring tens of thousands of jobs, significant tax revenue, and an $80m community benefits fund for Southern Ohio, all while paying our own way for power to protect ratepayers and using a closed loop water system to protect local resources. SB Energy is proud to partner with Ohio, Pike County, NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank, the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on this foundational project. #AI #infrastructure #SBEnergy #PORTS https://lnkd.in/gVEgycTmNVIDIA Secures AI Compute at PORTS-Pike Technology CampusNVIDIA Secures AI Compute at PORTS-Pike Technology Campus
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Bruce Sohn liked thisBruce Sohn liked thisAs AI pushes data centers toward unprecedented power densities, the future won't belong just to those who generate the most compute, but to those who can manage the heat most efficiently. 🔥➡️❄️ At Phononic, we're building that future. We're proud to be driving innovation across today's optical communications ecosystem with industry-leading Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) solutions that support high-performance transceivers, external laser sources, Near-Packaged Optics (NPO), and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) architectures. From 800G and 1.6T deployments to emerging multi-terabit optical platforms, Phononic helps customers overcome the thermal challenges that accompany increasing bandwidth and compute density. But cooling individual components is only part of the story. As data centers evolve into AI factories, thermal management must become more intelligent, responsive, and dynamic. That's why Phononic's Thermal Fabric™ represents the future of data center cooling. Rather than treating thermal management as a static infrastructure problem, Thermal Fabric enables dynamic thermal control precisely where and when cooling is needed. By combining advanced solid state cooling technologies with innovative thermal architectures, Phononic is helping redefine how the industry thinks about thermal management, moving from facility-level cooling to workload-aware, precision thermal control. Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q04tpznr0 #Phononic #ThermalFabric #TEC #CPO #NPO #AIInfrastructure #DatacenterCooling #ThermalManagement #OpticalCommunications #SiliconPhotonics #AI #Datacenter #Innovation #FutureOfCooling
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Bruce Sohn liked thisPhononic Inc delighted to welcome Jason Schouw as our #CRO. Excited to see Jason drive our #solidstate #thermalfabric dynamic #AI cooling solutions unleashing #optics #CPO and #GPU #HBM performance unlock! #ridethelightningBruce Sohn liked thisPhononic is pleased to welcome Jason Schouw as Chief Revenue Officer. Jason brings more than 35 years of global executive leadership experience spanning semiconductor solutions, systems, and software. Throughout his career, Jason has built high-performing commercial organizations, developed strategic customer partnerships, and driven profitable revenue growth across some of the industry’s most dynamic technology markets. He has held executive leadership positions at GlobalFoundries, Samsung Foundry, and Broadcom, where he led large-scale commercial organizations supporting AI Infrastructure, Silicon Photonics, optical communications, power management, networking, and advanced semiconductor solutions, making him an ideal addition to Phononic’s executive leadership team. The creation of the Chief Revenue Officer role reflects an important milestone in Phononic's evolution and underscores the company's commitment to accelerating its profitable growth trajectory. As CRO, Jason will lead the alignment of sales, business development, and strategic partnerships to expand market opportunities, deepen customer engagement, and drive sustainable revenue growth. “We’re excited to welcome Jason to Phononic where he’ll be working closely with our global commercial and engineering teams, said Tony Atti, Phononic CEO. He’ll be driving our mission-critical strategic partnerships, advancing the company’s market leadership, and positioning the organization for long-term success as demand for innovative cooling and thermal management solutions continues to drive AI/datacenter infrastructure . "I'm thrilled and honored to join Phononic at such an important time in the company's journey," said Schouw. “Phononic’s dynamic cooling approach is redefining how we address the Data Center’s toughest thermal challenges, driving performance, energy efficiency and ROI. I look forward to working with Phononic’s talented team and valued partners to build on their momentum and drive the next phase of growth." Please join us in welcoming Jason to the Phononic team. https://hubs.la/Q04sWr180
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Bruce Sohn liked thisBruce Sohn liked thisAs AI and cloud workloads are continuing to push the limits of data center performance, copackaged optics (CPO) and near-package optics (NPO) are emerging as critical architectures for delivering higher bandwidth and improved energy efficiency. But with increasingly close proximities, thermal management becomes one of the biggest challenges to overcome. Read the latest from Phononic's own Brooks Henderson in his recently released blog: (https://hubs.la/Q04sMW7Z0) Brooks explains why precision cooling is essential for high-performance CPO environments, and how leveraging thermoelectric cooling technology empowers operators to achieve highly localized temperature control, stabilize laser performance, minimize thermal drift, and maintain optical signal integrity, even under dynamic AI workloads. #HighPerformanceComputing #Datacentercooling #phononic #ThermalManagement #AI #DataCenterEfficiency
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Bruce Sohn liked thisBruce Sohn liked thisYesterday, Intel completed our planned capital raise of $23B with Green shoe exercised in one of the largest follow-on equity offerings on record. With strong support from targeted long-term sovereign funds, fundamental growth and institutional investors, specialty hedge funds and retail investors, the round was oversubscribed >5X our initial goal. Many thanks to our underwriters JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup for their excellent support! With this additional capital, Intel is now well positioned to meet the tremendous growth opportunity ahead of us in advanced node wafer manufacturing, advanced packaging and the massive CPU demand. We remain laser focused on execution across all our businesses. Along with the full support of our Board, my leadership team and I are fully committed to delivering strong returns to our shareholders in the coming years and to building a new and vibrant Intel!
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Bruce Sohn liked thisPhil and I had a fun conversation, check it out!Bruce Sohn liked this🚀 AI Performance Isn’t Just a Compute Challenge. It’s a Thermal Management Challenge. Thanks @PowerElectronicsMagazine for highlighting how Phononic is fundamentally rethinking AI data center cooling. Volume: 2026 ~ Issue: 5 - Page 46 ~ Power Electronics Magazine (https://hubs.ly/Q04s7y-j0) As AI data centers scale, thermal management is becoming a strategic differentiator rather than simply an operational necessity. Solutions that combine intelligent controls, predictive analytics, and precision cooling play a critical role in maximizing performance, energy efficiency, and infrastructure longevity. Brooks Henderson sat down with the team to discuss Phononic's approach in more detail, an approach delivering up to 0.15 PUE savings, 5X device longevity and 3X ROI ... and growing. Read the full piece in Power Electronics to learn how Phononic is cooling hotspots across the data center, cooling critical AI infrastructure on the march to megawatt racks. #Datacentercooling #HighPerformanceComputing #AI #ThermalManagement #DataCenterEfficiency
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