IQE lowers 2025 forecast, explores potential sale September 11, 2025 Compound semiconductor specialist IQE plc says it expects weaker full-year revenue and has expanded its ongoing strategic review to include the potential sale of the company.
Jenoptik invests in expanded optics manufacturing in Jena September 11, 2025 A high-end manufacturing facility for semiconductor optics will be expanded at Jenoptik’s production campus in Jena. The photonics group will invest a sum in the low double-digit million euro range starting at the end of 2025.
Scintil raises €50 million to scale integrated photonics for AI factories September 10, 2025 The funding enables France’s Scintil Photonics to expand hiring, accelerate production and deepen its international presence as it delivers the industry’s first single-chip DWDM light engine, integrating multi-wavelength lasers with silicon photonics, aligned with next-generation CPO.
izmomicro ‘achieves breakthrough’ in silicon photonics packaging August 25, 2025 The Bengaluru-based company has developed a high-density silicon photonics packaging platform capable of supporting 32-channel fiber input and output with an insertion loss of less than 2 dB.
OKI develops Tiling crystal film bonding technology August 22, 2025 The Tiling crystal film bonding (CFB) tech developed by Japanese firm OKI allows for 52 repeated tiling operations over the entire surface of a 300 mm silicon wafer using a single 2-inch InP wafer, enabling efficient use of InP-based materials.
Indian startup Olee Space secures $3 million in seed funding August 19, 2025 Olee is a photonics and defense tech startup that builds next-generation systems in Free-Space Optical Communication (FSOC), quantum-encrypted networking, and directed energy weapons.
Metro Weather raises $5.7M to advance Doppler LiDAR tech August 19, 2025 The Japan-based startup will use the funds to continue the development of Doppler LiDAR technology to observe wind conditions in real time, and to accelerate commercialization efforts aimed at expanding into defense and civilian sectors.
QCi awarded TFLN photonic chip contract by US’s NIST August 18, 2025 Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) has been awarded a contract by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), part of the US Department of Commerce, for the design and fabrication of thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Exail to supply navigation systems for naval UUVs to US firm August 15, 2025 Offering precise navigation capabilities, the Phins Compact Inertial Navigation System (INS) ensures reliable performance in demanding environments and remains resilient to external signal disruptions.
Coherent sells aerospace & defence unit to Advent for $400M August 14, 2025 Photonics specialist Coherent has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Aerospace and Defence business to Advent, a private equity investor, for USD 400 million.
Coherent opens first datacom R&D centre in Penang August 06, 2025 US-based photonics manufacturer Coherent has opened its first Datacom R&D centre in Malaysia, expanding its global footprint to advance optical transceiver technologies for AI and cloud computing.
Teramount raises $50M to advance optical connectivity solutions for AI July 31, 2025 Israeli company Teramount’s TeraVerse solution is a detachable, serviceable connector that links optical fibers coming from outside the rack to the silicon photonics chips inside Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) systems.
Sivers Semiconductors reports 38% increase in Q2 revenue July 21, 2025 Adjusted EBITDA improved by 32% YoY and 45% YTD while wireless BU revenues grew by 71% YoY, the Swedish company announced.
Cambridge chooses Aixtron tool for next-gen 2D-based photonic devices July 16, 2025 Aixtron’s Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) system is set in a 200mm configuration and is currently being installed at the Cambridge Graphene Centre to be used for the UK’s Layered Materials Research Foundry (LMRF).
iPronics partners with Ansys to bring reliability to AI workloads July 08, 2025 iPronics integrates Ansys solutions across its core development workflow — from optical layout to packaging and thermal simulations — enabling robust, full-stack design and validation of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that perform reliably despite fabrication variability.
OKI establishes R&D center in Berlin to advance photonics technology June 10, 2025 OKI has established the OKI Berlin Lab, a new R&D centre focused on photonics technology, in Berlin, Germany. The centre opened on June 1, 2025, to strengthen core capabilities and promote global deployment through open innovation.
Orange completes successful trial of Fujitsu 1FINITY T900 transponder June 09, 2025 Orange found that power consumption of the 1FINITY T900 transponder remained low and constant across all transmission rates, achieving a transport distance of at least 1600 km at 800Gbps with power consumption below 150 Watts.
Siemens expands OSAT Alliance to boost US chip supply chains June 06, 2025 Mosaic Microsystems will use Siemens‘ EDA technologies to develop ADKs for its thin glass substrate technology, while NHanced Semiconductors will employ Siemens EDA tech to develop ADKs for their silicon interposer-based tech.
GF looks to reshore chipmaking in $16B US investment June 04, 2025 Working with the Trump administration and supported by tech companies seeking to onshore critical supply chain components, GlobalFoundries plans to invest USD 16 billion to expand its manufacturing and advanced packaging capabilities in New York and Vermont.
IIT Kharagpur, A*STAR team up to advance semiconductor innovation June 02, 2025 The MoU opens new avenues for joint research in advanced CMOS and post-CMOS technologies; heterogeneous integration and packaging; AI hardware accelerators; next-generation memory systems; photonics and quantum devices; and chip reliability, thermal management and failure analysis.
ClassOne, IBM Research team up to develop non-NMP solvent processing May 26, 2025 The focus of the joint project will be to develop best known methods (BKMs) for non-NMP solvent processing in manufacturing IBM semiconductor devices.
KLA opens $138M R&D and manufacturing facility in Wales May 26, 2025 KLA Corporation has inaugurated a new USD 138 million R&D and manufacturing facility in Newport, Wales, expanding its footprint in the UK. It will serve as the new home for KLA's SPTS division, which specialises in advanced wafer processing technologies.
Sivers joins DIFI to advance satellite network interoperability May 19, 2025 Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability (DIFI) Consortium is a global collective of industry leaders collaborating to develop and promote open, standards-based interoperability for digital IF/RF systems.
Smart Photonics speed up production set up with Aixtron May 07, 2025 Aixtron supplies the Netherlands-based Indium Phosphide (InP) foundry Smart Photonics with its new G10-AsP system. The MOCVD solution for high-volume production of GaAs/InP materials will enable the foundry to increase its capacity and capabilities.
IIT Madras launches two silicon photonics products May 05, 2025 An R&D centre at IIT Madras has developed a fibre array attachment tool in partnership with izmo Microsystems, which will be integrated with izmo’s packaging facility for photonics chip packaging. The centre also launched a high-speed silicon photonics QRNG.
Lam Research etch system to accelerate nanofabrication R&D at UC Berkeley April 24, 2025 Lam Research has donated its multi-chamber semiconductor etching system to the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to advance R&D for next-generation chip technologies.
Lightmatter’s photonic superchip advances interconnect innovation April 18, 2025 With fully integrated fiber attachment supporting 256 fibers, Passage M1000 delivers an order of magnitude higher bandwidth in a smaller package size compared to existing CPO solutions.
Networking solutions provider Nexthop AI launches with $110M funding April 18, 2025 Nexthop AI specializes in building custom networking solutions for the hyperscalers, which integrate seamlessly into their optimized cloud-stack. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
ST to cut up to 2,800 jobs in major manufacturing overhaul April 10, 2025 Semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics will see up to 2,800 employees leave the company globally over the next three years as part of an overhaul of its manufacturing operations and cost structure.
Sivers teams up with WIN to enhance DFB laser production March 26, 2025 Taiwan’s WIN Semiconductors will serve as an outsourced manufacturing partner for Sivers Semiconductors, enabling the company to scale production and meet the demand for its photonic solutions.
Quantum computing startup PsiQuantum ‘is raising $750M’ March 25, 2025 PsiQuantum uses existing photonics technology at a facility run by GlobalFoundries in New York. In February, PsiQuantum said it had figured out how to manufacture quantum chips in large quantities.
Teradyne to acquire Quantifi Photonics March 12, 2025 Teradyne has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Quantifi Photonics, a privately held company specialising in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) testing. The acquisition is expected to be finalised in the second quarter of 2025.