TOPTICA Photonics Makes Formal Name Change: Week in Brief: 7/25/2025
CHICAGO, July 25, 2025 — Quantum information technology company Infleqtion announced plans to build the first utility-scale, neutral atom quantum computer in Illinois. In collaboration with the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park and the National Quantum Algorithms Center, the initiative represents an expected $50 million public-private partnership over the next four years. Featuring the next-generation of Infleqtion’s Sqale quantum computer, the system will target 100 logical qubits and leverage thousands of neutral atom qubits designed to unlock the era of utility-scale quantum computing. The installed "Sqale" quantum computer will enable AI applications through a contextual machine learning algorithm.
STUTTGART, Germany — Q.ANT installed its native processing server at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, marking what the collaborators said is the world’s first deployment of an analog photonic co-processor in an operational high-performance computing environment. The photonic system features lower energy consumption and greater data center capacity for AI and simulation workloads without the need for conventional cooling. Supported by German federal and Bavarian funding, the project aims to evaluate hybrid digital-analog architectures and sets the stage for the adoption of photonic computing in high-performance computing and scientific research. Q.ANT announced $72 million in funding last week.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Pennsylvania State University a $99 million contract for its Navy Manufacturing Technology Electro Optics Center of Excellence. The center will develop naval equipment for use in defense and industry. The funding period spans July 2025 to July 2035.
Members of the TOPTICA Photonics SE executive board, from left: Mathias Schindler, Thomas Renner, Wilhelm Kaenders, Fabian Uhl. Courtesy of TOPTICA.
GRAEFELFING, Germany — TOPTICA Photonics SE, formerly TOPTICA Photonics AG, became a European company, effective July 18, upon its entry into the commercial register of the Munich Local Court under HRB 304048. TOPTICA Photonics SE remains legally and economically identical to TOPTICA Photonics AG. The conversion has no effect on the ongoing business activities or existing contractual relationships of TOPTICA Photonics AG. This change reflects the international structure of the TOPTICA Group, both corporately and in terms of its employees, according to the company.
Prototype panel demonstration of Q-pixel’s proprietary micro-LED transfer process using 10-μm tunable polychromatic LED pixels, yielding >500 pixels per inch displays with zero missing pixels. Courtesy of Q-pixel.
LOS ANGELES — Micro-LED display startup Q-Pixel Inc. released Q-Transfer, a technology that addresses the pixel transfer challenge faced by the micro-LED display industry. The low yield of conventional mass transfer processes leads to high repair and manufacturing costs and remains a major barrier for scaling micro-LED displays towards mass production. Q-Transfer aims to improve micro-LED transfer yield while maintaining high resolution and alignment accuracy, enabling the production of large-area high-quality micro-LED displays, such as those used for wearables, mobile devices, and transparent displays, at affordable prices. Q-Pixel’s color display prototypes use Q-Pixel's tunable polychromatic micro-LEDs. These displays consist of 10-μm pixels at >500 pixels per inch densities, and zero missing pixels in the transfer process for >99.9995% transfer yield.
ABINGDON, England — Metrology company, Infinitesima, announced a three-year development project with ASML and imec. The Metron3D 300-mm in-line wafer metrology system will be used to explore metrology solutions for hybrid bonding, high-numerical aperture extreme-ultraviolet (high-NA EUV) lithography, and 3D logic device structures such as complementary field-effect transistors. As part of this project, Infinitesima will be establishing its system at imec. The system will be used to advance device development by partners, including ASML, to continue with the characterization and development of high-NA EUV resist imaging. This joint effort aims to deliver true 3D process control, which is critical for enabling the production of semiconductor devices.
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Kopin Corporation partnered with wearable display company HMDmd to manufacture a CR3 wearable surgical monitor for the company Carl Zeiss Meditec, a global medical technology company. The monitor is a head-mounted display system that delivers 3D imagery in full HD resolution and offers benefits for surgeons performing microsurgery, minimally invasive surgery, digital and robotic surgery, and interventional medicine.
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