ASML, NXP and VDL join €100M funding round of Smart Photonics
Smart Photonics has secured 100 million euros in additional funding.
Bedrijf: Smart Photonics
Turbocharging communication and sensor technology with indium phosphide integrated photonics
No technology platform can do it all in integrated photonics. In part II of a four-part series, we take a closer look at a base material that stands out for its ability to produce light, thus allowing for the fabrication of active components: indium phosphide.
€230M IPCEI support for Dutch chip industry
The Dutch government has set aside 230 million euros in support of the local semiconductor industry.
Five Dutch companies rank among top 50 European deep-tech scale-ups
Five Dutch deep-tech companies have been included in the EIC Scalingup Top 50: Effect Photonics (tunable optical transceivers), Lightyear (solar car), Photanol (bacteria-driven chemical synthesis), Physee (power-generating windows, link in Dutch) and Smart Photonics (integrated photonics contract manufacturing).
Smart Photonics secures €13M million loan for scale-up
Rabobank has granted a 13-million-euro loan to Smart Photonics, the Eindhoven-based foundry for indium phosphide photonics components.
Former ASML executive Frits van Hout to support Smart Photonics
Smart Photonics has announced Frits van Hout will be the latest member of its supervisory board.
Government steps in to keep Smart Photonics Dutch
In a rare move, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) is investing 20 million euros to prevent integrated-photonics foundry Smart Photonics from falling into foreign hands.
Photondelta project takes PICs in space
Collaborating within the Photondelta Flagship project, the better part of the Dutch integrated photonics industry has started working with TNO’s Space and Semiconductor departments to qualify photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for space applications.
Photonics, a specialty of the Dutch Noord-Brabant area
The Dutch province of Noord-Brabant houses leading global players in photonics: Smart Photonics and Morphotonics.
Dutch hardware to give ESA’s Lisa new vision
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) space observatory for gravitational waves is about to get a substantial sight upgrade thanks to Dutch innovators.
