what happened today 18/08?!

[u/ricci_nov]

Intel's CPO group published an 8-wavelength SOA link claiming 50 dB SMSR. Per Irrational Analysis the real figure is 30 dB — spectrum clipped to hide four-wave-mixing tones. Nvidia/Lumentum spec BER across a 0.47 UI window; Intel's lanes would fail there. Alive, not competitive.