The semiconductor industry is in a mature manufacturing phase, exploring the application limits of microelectronics and innovative new designs for the microchip. To move a $350 billion semiconductor industry established for microelectronics towards disruptive new photonics applications requires careful coordination among hundreds of companies and the re-envisioning of a novel supply chain to link them. The roadmap provides the definitive path for establishing manufacturing standards and a worldwide consensus on best practices for industry to adopt.

 

Close to 1,000 people have participated in the creation of the Roadmap, from 300+ organizations in 17 countries.

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IKIM is expanding the work it did in integrated photonics to other areas, creating roadmaps for the photonics technician workforce, as well as the workforces in other manufacturing sectors.