PIXEurope

PIXEurope is a new ambitious Pilot Line initiative that has been launched by the European Commission, through the Chips Joint Undertaking, to accelerate the development of photonic chip technology—an essential component in the future of high-speed computing, communications, and quantum information systems, among others. The pilot line aims to work on the design and establish an optimized prototyping chain (that includes design, fabrication, integration, testing and reliability) in search of demonstrating accelerating product development and scalable manufacturability.

During 10 years and with a budget of ~400M€, 14 partnering entities from 11 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) with have the ultimate goal of creating a unique European PIC ecosystem, with open access services to the user, establishing itself as the first fully integrated PIC pilot line in the world.