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Microphotonics Center

The Inaugural Newsletter

1st Quarterly Issue | 2026

Inside this Issue:

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    IPSR-I Roadmap Updates: Latest breakthroughs in E-P integration.
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    Upcoming Spring Meeting: May 13-14 registration details.
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    Member Spotlight: High-volume manufacturing compatibility and CPO.

FUTUR-IC Research Highlighted in Optica Special Feature, “AI Factories: Photonics at Scale”

“The explosive growth of AI is driving a shift from copper to optics in data centers—and transforming photonic integrated circuit production.”

“The importance of co-packaged optics today is almost like way back when the transistor was invented at Bell Labs—everything changed in the field of electronics.” – Dr. Anuradha Agarwal and others provide insights on the massive AI-driven growth from copper to optics in data centers in a recent feature by Optica, “AI Factories: Photonics at Scale.”

Read more about the paradigm shift from traditional microelectronics to resource-efficient solutions for co-packaged optics driven by FUTUR-IC published here:

AI Factories: Photonics at Scale: The explosive growth of AI is driving a shift from copper to optics in data centers—and transforming photonic integrated circuit production.