ePIXfab aims at reducing the large barriers for access to and market take-up of silicon photonics technology by focusing on reduced cost, risk and design effort, education, and roadmapping. With their joint initiative ePIXfab, IMEC and CEA-LETI continue to offer a cost-effective way for researchers and SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) to prototype photonic integrated circuits in silicon. ePIXfab organizes shuttle (also called multi project wafer) fabrication runs with IMEC and LETI wafer-scale technologies, including 193nm deep-UV lithography-based processes…

IMEC and CEA-LETI gear up cost-effective

IMEC and CEA-LETI launch ePIXfab, the continuation of their successful multi-project wafer silicon photonics prototyping service started in 2006. Co-funded by the European Union through the Seventh Framework Program and coordinated by IMEC, ePIXfab aims at reducing the large barriers for access to and market take-up of silicon photonics technology by focusing on reduced cost, risk and design effort, education, and roadmapping.

Add on Modules could save valuable time for the OEM, who otherwise would be spending considerable time in developing and testing the design and also validating the software. The modules have been chosen carefully so that they help the customer achieve a very competitive bill of material at the same time faster time-to-market. With Add on Modules, the company targets customers who would make mobile point of sale terminals, handheld terminals, industrial data loggers, Microfinance terminals, cash registers and vehicle tracking systems. Such customers can approach e-con for a custom design or can choose to buy the Sirius board and the modules…

The first MPEG video ICs were designed for tethered devices that were powered via a wall outlet. Today mobile market MPEG video ICs for battery-powered devices, more than the market for MPEG video ICs for tethered devices. The main reason for these changes is to use MPEG video IC’s for mobile phones. Worldwide MPEG video IC market place for the worldwide market for MPEG video chips. It opens unit sales and profit forecasts for the global MPEG ICs by type through 2012. In addition, analysis of MPEG-IC product markets and market share producer for 11 markets…