ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,548, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lightmatter Inc. (Boston).

"Chiplet communication using an optical communication substrate" was invented by Clifford Chao (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Darius Bunandar (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are a computing systems comprising a photonic interposer having an optical network comprising a plurality of waveguides and a plurality of controllable optical switches; an electronic die having a surface bonded to the photonic interposer, an inner interface comprising a first plurality of ports electrically coupling the electronic die to the photonic interposer through the surface;...