Gelsinger’s New Battlefield

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A year after leaving Intel, Pat Gelsinger is deep in the semiconductor race again — this time as a VC at Playground Global. His standout bet: xLight, a startup building massive free-electron lasers that could redefine chip lithography. With a $150M preliminary deal from the U.S. government, xLight aims to revive innovation beyond today’s EUV limits — a path Gelsinger says could “wake up Moore’s Law.”

[Nahid Hossen]

Gelsinger stepping into a new competitive arena—interesting times ahead.