IIT Madras companions with SilTerra Malaysia for silicon photonic processor chips

The Silicon Photonics Centre of Excellence – Centre for Programmable Photonic Built-in Circuits and Techniques (Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS) at Indian Institute of Expertise Madras (IIT Madras) is partnering with SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. for joint growth of programmable silicon photonic processor chips. That is particularly for quantum computing and communication system degree purposes.

The partnership can be joint R&D on novel silicon photonic gadgets and circuits for power environment friendly high-speed interconnect options for information centres, high-performance computing, and for AI/ML purposes.

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SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a world semiconductor foundry has been innovating to convey semiconductor options. Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS group is dedicated with its assets to complement Silicon Photonics PDK libraries for SilTerra Silicon Photonics Foundry for mutual advantages, stated a launch.

V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, within the launch stated partnership marks a major milestone and opens up avenues for innovation in high-performance silicon photonics expertise options. With Bharat shifting in direction of establishing industrial semiconductor fabrication services, there may be an imminent want to reinforce the identical with analysis and human capability growth efforts. This engagement is predicted to assist obtain that goal on up to date applied sciences, he stated.

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Highlighting the outcomes envisaged from this collaboration, the Chief Investigator of CoE-CPPICS, Bijoy Krishna Das, who can be a school member within the Division of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, stated, the matured silicon photonics course of expertise of SilTerra’s 200 mm foundry can be accessed by the group CoE-CPPICS for its R&D packages whereas sharing its silicon photonics wafer-scale check services, machine design, compact modelling and circuit simulation experience in direction of enriching silicon photonics PDK library for the fabrication of sturdy and superior programmable photonic processor chips.

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This collaboration goes to contribute considerably to India’s dream drive on Nationwide Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and Nationwide Quantum Mission (NQM), he stated.

Albert Pang, CEO of SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., stated SilTerra has been working with its companions within the fields of microelectronics and digital applied sciences. “For a while, we’ve got been fabricating silicon photonics chips, and now, by shifting ahead with this strategic collaboration with IIT Madras, we’re enriching our Silicon Photonic course of and design kits. I imagine quantum computing and techniques will set off a brand new period of purposes and our collaborative efforts with CoE-CCPICS at IIT Madras will assist speed up the expansion on this thrilling discipline,” Pang stated.