An opening accessible photonic integrated circuit (PIC) foundry process targeting quantum system requirements must enable qubits to be implemented across various frequencies, from the UV to the infared. This packaged quantum photonic system features low-loss visible optical and electrical input/output. Photo Credit: AIM Photonics.
Photonics Spectra Magazine
Manufacturing, Photonics
An Openly Accessible Foundry Process Aims to Accelerate Quantum Commercial Realities
The Quantum Flex Platform will become the first accessible 300-mm platform developed for quantum systems.

Considerable advancements during the last decade have begun to reveal the critical role of integrated photonics for the successful construction and scaling of quantum systems. Broadly, these industry- and R&D-led efforts are defining the...

Photo of Professor Gary Fedder of Carnegie Mellon University
Siemens
Automation, Collaboration, Manufacturing, Robotics
Digital Transformation in Advanced Manufacturing
How university-industry-collaboration is driving the digital manufacturing evolution: Insights from Prof. Gary Fedder.

Gary Fedder, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the United States, has been a pivotal figure in advanced manufacturing for over 30 years. As faculty director of the Manufacturing Futures Institute (MFI) at CMU and...

BioProcess International
Biopharmaceutical, Manufacturing
Vision and Challenges for the Future of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals ( NIIMBL ) held its annual National Meeting in June 2024 to explore key issues in the manufacture of novel biotherapeutics and vaccines.

In the development and manufacturing of innovative biotherapeutics and vaccines, many US-based and globally acting companies can look...

Smart Industry
Biomanufacturing, Fabrics, Facilities, Manufacturing, Materials, Photonics, Workforce
How Collaborative Manufacturing Facilities are Impacting Industry’s Future

Manufacturing keeps evolving—and the facilities that house manufacturing in the U.S. are also changing and innovating. Given that 54% of domestic R&D occurred in manufacturing in 2021, according to the National Science Foundation, it makes sense for industrial facilities to be the places that enable experimentation and encourage product development...

Automation World
Innovation, Manufacturing, Robotics
Top Manufacturing Tech Applications in 2025

Let me start by saying I’m not much of a fan of predictions. Especially when it comes to technology. It’s too easy for prognosticators to throw out ideas of what may or may not come to pass only to plead mea culpa when those predictions prove to be wildly off base.

On the other hand, I do appreciate insights from experts working in the field who...