Chipsets, integrated circuit modules, and optical data devices for use in sensing and perception technology for vehicle sensing systems, autonomous and assisted driving, aerospace, and consumer sensing applications; Computer hardware in the nature of chipsets and downloadable and recorded software for operating LIDAR apparatus, radar, proximity and camera sensor systems, motor vehicle collision avoidance systems and sensing systems that detect and classify objects on the road, comprised primarily of distance sensors, optical sensors, radar apparatus, distance measuring sensors, warning sensors, and control apparatus, and speed measuring and control apparatus; Silicon photonic drivers, namely, digital circuits; Electronic and optical communications instruments and components, namely, optical transceivers, receivers, and transmitters used in sensing and perception technology for vehicle sensing systems, autonomous and assisted driving, aerospace, and consumer sensing applications; downloadable and recorded computer software for operating silicon photonic optics hardware used in sensing and perception technology for vehicle sensing systems, autonomous and assisted, aerospace, and consumer sensing applications