HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, Taiwan, April 30, 2024 — Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSMC) has detailed three partnerships — one each with Ansys, Synopsys, and Cadence — to further develop its silicon photonics integration system capabilities. The collaborations serve to integrate various software platforms and capabilities into TSMC's platform.

BREUKELEN, Netherlands, April 16, 2024 — Deep tech venture capital firm PhotonVentures has raised more than €15 million ($15.9 million) in a funding round, bringing the fund’s total to its target of €75 million ($79 million). PhotonVentures, the investment arm of...

Apr 2, 2024 — On February 1, the biggest North American photonics convention concluded. It was busier than ever, at over 24,000 registered attendees. Guests once again enjoyed a great reunion for the photonics family, and, beyond a meet and greet for the...

Apr 2, 2024 — At a system architecture level, software-defined networking (SDN) has transformed data center management in the last decade, decoupling the control plane element from the data plane element. The flexibility in this design innovation enables dynamic...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 29, 2024 — Empire State Development has named the ten companies selected to participate in roun seven of the Luminate NY accelerator program, investment fund, and competition. Each finalist will receive an initial investment of $100,000 and will have the...

SAN DIEGO, March 27, 2024 — Coherent has established capability for 6-inch indium phosphide (InP) wafer fabrication in the company’s Sherman, Texas, and Järfälla, Sweden, wafer fabs. Coherent is in the process of qualifying several existing products on its...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, March 26, 2024 — An updated roadmap developed by PhotonDelta and MIT’s Microphotonics Center envelopes insights from more than 400 organizations to provide a clear path forward for the global integrated photonics industry. The roadmap was launched today during the...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 26, 2024 — Devices that capture light from quantum dots, like chip-scale lasers and optical amplifiers, have made their way from the lab to the commercial market. The transition for newer quantum dot-based devices has been slower due to the extreme level of...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 22, 2024 — OpenLight, a developer and manufacturer of silicon photonic technology, has entered into a strategic partnership with Jabil to expedite manufacturing. The partnership is expected to allow OpenLight customers to fast-track the manufacturing and...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, March 20, 2024 — EFFECT Photonics, a developer of integrated optical technologies, has secured $38 million in series D funding. The funding will be used to further accelerate the development and commercialization of EFFECT Photonics solutions and support ramping...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 15, 2024 — Many technologies — from communications, to radar and sensing, to positioning and navigation — rely on low-noise microwave signals for precise timing and synchronization. Advances in these technologies intensify the demand for stable,...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March. 18, 2024 — Quintessent, a heterogeneous silicon photonics and quantum dot laser technology company, has closed on just over $11.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Osage University Partners along with M Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Foothill...

STANFORD, Calif., March 13, 2024 — A microcomb developed by researchers at Stanford University could provide the basis for wide-spread adoption in everyday electronics. The frequency comb device is small, energy-efficient, and highly accurate. With further development, the team...

Mar 5, 2024 — Microelectronics and sensors, particularly lidar sensors, play a pivotal role in the realm of autonomous driving and self-driving cars. The markets for these technologies exhibit substantial potential, prompting predictions that the automotive lidar...

Mar 5, 2024 — During the last decade, the exponential growth of data center traffic has been largely fueled by general-purpose cloud- and internet-based applications, such as video streaming, social networks, internet search engines, and e-commerce platforms....

Mar 5, 2024 — Recent advancements in silicon photonics are upending the optical market in the data center, with significant ramifications for how future AI, cloud, and high-performance computing systems will be designed, architected, and deployed. The core...

Feb 29, 2024 — The global photonics community’s signature showcase in San Francisco was bigger than ever in 2024. Contributing editor Andreas Thoss examines some trends — and an expedition — from his itinerary.

GRENOBLE, France, Feb. 29, 2024 — Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) supplier Scintil Photonics has integrated III-V distributed feedback (DFB) lasers and amplifiers with standard silicon photonics technology in production at Tower Semiconductor. The integration technology grants...

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19, 2024 — The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has awarded $20 million to develop a portable OCT system that could offer advanced eye screenings to many more patients at lower costs. The technology could also be used in other...

SEATTLE, Feb. 12, 2024 — The development of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) is an expensive and time-consuming process. Nanofabrication facilities cost millions of dollars to construct and are well beyond the reach of many colleges, universities, and research labs. For...

Feb 1, 2024 — Moore’s law has been challenged many times during the past sixty years, but semiconductor engineers always found new tricks to continue doubling the density of transistors on a chip. In the meantime, the cost to do so has skyrocketed. Today,...

LONDON, Jan. 31, 2024 — Quantum computing technology developer ORCA Computing has acquired the integrated photonics division of GXC, a provider of private cellular network solutions. The division has provided advanced photonics solutions to top U.S. commercial and...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Jan. 31, 2024 — SMART Photonics, a foundry for photonic integrated circuits, has scaled up its production of photonic chips by transferring its entire production capability from 3-inch 4-inch wafer substrates. According to the company, SMART Photonics is among the...

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29, 2023 — Quantum information company Infleqtion has acquired two integrated silicon photonics companies: SiNoptiq Inc. and Morton Photonics Inc. The acquisitions serve to expedite Infleqtion’s plans for chip-scale integration of lasers and atomic...

RENENS, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2024 — Laser technology startup Enlightra has collaborated with DESY Hamburg to develop comb lasers that are more stable and efficient by design. The work demonstrated microresonators with programmable synthetic reflection providing tailored injection...