2017 NEWS ARCHIVE
Ten photonics spin-outs selected to take part in AIM Photonics startup accelerator program
Rochester, NY (Nov. 9th, 2017) Optics.org: A cohort of ten photonics startup companies have been selected for the first ‘Luminate NY’ accelerator program, each now guaranteed $100,000 after successfully pitching their ideas to an advisory panel comprised of industry experts in Rochester, New York.
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $7 Million to Support Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives and Job Creation
AMHERST – In celebration of National Manufacturing Day, the Baker-Polito Administration awarded $7 million in funding to support growth in seven innovative advanced manufacturing projects across the Commonwealth through the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2). The funding supports critical research and development infrastructure at advanced manufacturing projects in leading sectors such as advanced functional fabrics, integrated photonics, robotics, & flexible-hybrid electronics.
Construction underway for 'TAP' photonics facility in Rochester
Rochester, NY (Sept. 21st, 2017) By Randy Gorbman: Federal, state and local officials came to Rochester Thursday to tout the progress being made at a photonics facility in the city. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Chamber of Commerce President (and AIM Photonics Leadership Council Chairman ) Bob Duffy, and various state officials put on their hard hats, and toured a couple of floors of a former Kodak building on Lake Avenue which will be the headquarters for what is called a TAP, or Testing, Assembly and Packaging facility.
AIM Photonics Advances on Education Factory
Springfield, MA (Aug. 28th, 2017) - AIM Photonics Academy; MIT and Springfield Technical Community College forge a partnership for teaching integrated photonics at proposed photonics education and practice factory.
AIM Photonics News Release: Moving at the Speed of Light: University of Arizona selected for high-impact, industrial demonstration of new integrated photonic cryogenic datalink for focal plane arrays
TUCSON, AZ, and ALBANY, NY (Aug. 9th, 2017) – The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a public-private partnership advancing the nation’s photonics manufacturing capabilities, today announced the winner of a proposal call for a new Defense Department Government Directed Project for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) data links for cryogenic focal plane arrays (FPAs).
AIM Photonics' Ed White Named Chair of National Photonics Initiative
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Photonics Initiative (NPI), an alliance of top scientific societies uniting industry and academia to raise awareness of photonics, formally announced that Edward ("Ed") White, associate vice president of Test, Assembly and Packaging and corporate outreach for AIM Photonics, will succeed Alan Willner as chair of the NPI Steering Committee. White, who has served on the NPI Steering Committee since December 2015, will assume his new role as chair effective immediately.
Mentor and PhoeniX Software Offer New Integration to Speed Time to Tape-Out for Photonics Circuits
WILSONVILLE, OR (June 15, 2017) - Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced a new integration with PhoeniX Software that reduces tape-out time for integrated photonics designers by enabling faster iterations between final sign-off verification and the design tool. Designers using the new integration will be able to more quickly identify and correct layout issues to ensure their designs comply with manufacturing requirements.
Another Step Forward for AIM Photonics: From Optics & Photonics News -- Ilana Ostrin
ROCHESTER, NY (June 5, 2017) - Concurrent with the late-May funding announcement, AIM Photonics hosted a meeting for potential respondents to the project’s third call for proposals, which began in April and which expires on 19 June. More than 100 AIM Photonics members and partners attended the meeting.
AIM Photonics Catching Its Stride: From SemiWiki — Mitch Heins
ROCHESTER, NY (June 2, 2017) - AIM Photonics held its 2017 Proposers Meetings on May 24th in Rochester, NY. The meetings included a review of AIM’s progress and strategic direction by their TRB (technical review board) and a session targeted at PIC (photonic integrated circuit) design for multi-project wafer (MPW) runs.
ESD Board Approves $81 Million to Support Operation of the Testing, Assembly and Packaging Facility at AIM Photonics
ROCHESTER, NY (May 25, 2017) - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the AIM Photonics project in Rochester is in the final planning stages to begin construction this summer and tool installation this fall at the institute's Testing, Assembly and Packaging facility. In addition, the Empire State Development's Board of Directors approved an $81 million grant to be used to equip and operate the institute's TAP facility by AIM Photonics and its consortium of industry and university partners.
Photonics Power Breakfast Draws 300 Attendees
ROCHESTER, NY (April 07, 2017) – Roughly 300 people attended the event entitled “Rochester’s Photonics Future” Friday morning. Attendees learned about Rochester’s role in the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics, a $600 million manufacturing consortium that will focus on the design, manufacture, testing, assembly and packaging of integrated photonics.
AIM Photonics Workshop Ponders 2025 Strategies
CAMBRIDGE, MA (April 04, 2017) - The AIM Photonics Academy opened a workshop on strategies for 2025 at the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last week (March 25 to 27) with a call for manufacturers to work more closely, to build new tools and a unified platform for producing photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Governor Cuomo Announces Precision Optical Transceivers will Expand Operations into Eastman Business Park
ROCHESTER, NY (March 30, 2017) — Move Helps Company Take Advantage of AIM Photonics Location at ON Semiconductor's Eastman Business Park Campus
Company Plans to more than Double Its Workforce
Investment Complements "Finger Lakes Forward" - Region's Successful Upstate Revitalization Initiative Blueprint to Grow the Economy and Create New Opportunities
AIM Photonics Welcomes Coventor as Newest Member
ROCHESTER, NY and CARY, NC (March 16, 2017) — The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a public-private partnership advancing the nation’s photonics manufacturing capabilities, and Coventor®, Inc., a semiconductor process modeling software company, today announced Coventor as the newest member of AIM Photonics. Coventor will provide access to its unique, physics-driven 3D modeling technology to improve the performance and manufacturability of complex, integrated photonic designs.
AIM Photonics Releases 2016 Integrated Photonics System Roadmap (IPSR)
Rochester, NY (March 22, 2017) — The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) announces that the 2016 Integrated Photonic Systems Roadmap (IPSR) is now available for download. Also available is a shorter IPSR Executive Summary as well as Chapter Highlights.
New York State Photonics Board Recommend Second Round of State Funding for AIM Photonics in Rochester
Rochester, NY (March 3, 2017) —The New York State Photonics Board of Officers met today and approved the state’s $81 million expense budget for American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics). The board met at AIM Photonics’ newly selected Testing, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) facility. First announced by Vice President Joe Biden and Governor Cuomo in July 2015, AIM will help secure the nation and region’s leadership in emerging technology research, development, and manufacturing.