Research Organization to Build New Factory for Light-Powered Chips in Eindhoven

Research organization to build new factory for light-powered chips in Eindhoven

The research organization TNO has decided to build a factory for the production of photonics chips. These chips send data using light instead of electricity and are considered a very promising piece of technology. The Eindhoven location will be a testing factory, which is meant to show how photonic chips can be produced on an industrial scale.

Construction pilot plant for light chips starts this year at HTC

Construction of a pilot plant for photonic chips will begin late this year. The plant is largely funded by the Netherlands and Europe. The investment amounts to €153,000,000. With the innovative and energy-efficient chips, data can be sent much faster in the near future. The factory to rise on High Tech Campus (HTC) will be about 10,000 square metres and will have a 1,200-square-metres clean room. The location, HTC, is no big surprise. Earlier, …

Manufacturing line for photonic chips at High Tech Campus, Eindhoven

This new factory will enable the industrial-scale production of Indium Phosphide (InP) based photonic chips The construction by TNO will start end this year and is a collaborating with the Photonic Integration Technology Centre (PITC), Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Twente. ‘This 6 pilot’ line is a game-changer for Dutch companies and […] The post Manufacturing line for photonic chips at High Tech Campus, Eindhoven app…