> Tech companies don't know what to do with all their money (although Intel perhaps a bit less so). Lidar has high computational needs, which directly influenc

> Tech companies don't know what to do with all their money (although Intel perhaps a bit less so). Lidar has high computational needs, which directly influences accuracy, and both spacial and time resolution. Post-processing steps also have high computational needs, such as infering structure, do coregistration, handle point density, etc. Also, practical applications often demand and depend on meeting constraints such as low power requirements and size. If a company such as Intel managed to leverage their know-how to provide Lidar hardware that was competitive in both performance and price then they could as well develop a machine that prints money.