Not necessarily. Bonding III/V materials onto Silicon is a thing[0]. Not to say it would be easy, but it should be doable. [0]https://optoelectronics.ece.ucs

Not necessarily. Bonding III/V materials onto Silicon is a thing[0]. Not to say it would be easy, but it should be doable. [0]https://optoelectronics.ece.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/2017-02/Davenport%20Heterogeneous%20Silicon%20III–V%20Semiconductor%20Optical%20Amplifiers_0.pdf https://optoelectronics.ece.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/201...