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Equation 8 · Part 1 · An Optical Fabric Turns Off-Package Memory Into an Extension of the Die

Symbol P_opt

PoptP_{\text{opt}}
PoptP_{\text{opt}}

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…sources, the photonic-PIC yield loss, the switch die itself — divided across a single module looks catastrophic; divided across sixteen thousand modules in a hyperscale fleet looks close to free. That is precisely why PoptP_{\text{opt}} belongs in the model as a scale-dependent term rather than a single constant: the same fabric can fail the copper baseline at pilot volumes and clear it easily at fleet volumes, and a headline efficiency number has every incentive to quote whichever scale flatters it without ever…

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