UC SANTA BARBARA: UNDER THIS NEW ENLITENED AWARD, SANTA BARBARA WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM INTEGRATING EFFICIENT PHOTONIC INTERFACES DIRECTLY INTO CHIP PACKAGES TO BREAK THROUGH THE LOOMING COMMUNICATION BOTTLENECK THAT THREATENS TO LIMIT THE PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF NEXT-GENERATION DATACENTERS AND THE GROWTH OF THIS KEY INDUSTRY IN THE U.S. THE CO-DESIGN AND PACKAGING OF PHOTONICS WITH ELECTRONICS WILL ENABLE HIGHER-BANDWIDTH NETWORK SWITCHES THAT ARE MUCH MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT. CONTROL NUMBER: 1566-1519 TITLE: ''INTELLIGENT REDUCTION OF ENERGY THROUGH PHOTONIC INTEGRATION FOR DATACENTERS (INTREPID)''