[Pixeurope-ga] PIXEurope Inputs needed for Chips Act 2

[Georg Pucker]

dear Valerio,

In FBK, the key PIC technologies to be prioritized considering both
interest from industrial and academic partners are described below mapping
to the key-technologies from the chipsact2 slide you delivered. In summary,
there is a lot of interest in expanding to the NIR/VIS region, in photonic
electronic integration and advanced packaging.

Key future application areas include:

New semiconductor technologies

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   3D Heterogenous integration and co-packaged Optics

Heterogeneous integration of EPIC-ASIC chiplets for advanced imaging and
few-photons detection in low energy sensing applications. Heterogeneous
integration of MEMS and photonic technologies for resource and energy
saving point of care diagnosis.

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   Optical and RF-links: FBK will develop PICs and optical components for
   short distance high-speed datalinks to replace more energy hungry
   electronic links.

Circuit and disruptive chip architecture

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   New computing paradigms: FBK plans to develop photonic chips for quantum
   simulator systems working close to room temperature as alternatives to
   cryogenic quantum systems.



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   Dedicated and Versatile Accelerators: Smart photonic electronic chiplets
   based solutions for automotive applications (lidar) and Navigation systems
   (gyro, photonic -mems accelerometers) with increased performances and low
   energy consumption.


Systems Algorithms and EDA TOOLs

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   Sustainable electronics and facility efficiency: Extend FBK technologies
   PDK coverage to be EDA TOOLs ready and allow for efficient photonic design,
   reducing design costs increasing overall yield and therefore saving
   fabrication costs and energy.


These areas represent high‑impact domains where European capabilities can
be significantly strengthened through a dedicated effort on visible‑spectrum
PIC technologies and advanced packaging, ensuring competitiveness,
innovation capacity, and technological sovereignty.

Georg


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Dipl.Ing. Dr. Georg Pucker
Senior Researcher / Head of Research unit
Integrated and Quantum Optics (I&QO)
Center for Sensors and Devices (FBK-SD)
 Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK)
Via Sommarive 18
I-38123 Trento, Italy
e-mail: pucker at fbk.eu
phone:+39 0461 314 429




Il giorno mer 25 feb 2026 alle ore 10:38 Valerio Pruneri via Pixeurope-ga <
pixeurope-ga at lists.icfo.es> ha scritto:

> Dear All
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> *Contribution requested by March 4th, 2026.*
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> Today I am writing to collect inputs for the ChipsAct 2.
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> Here is some context: European Commission is requesting Pilot Lines to
> provide inputs on technologies to prioritize for the future. Those have
> been categorized into areas/topics as in the slide included at the end of
> this email. With all inputs received from each of them, Pilot Lines will
> prepare a single document.
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> In order to prepare PIXEurope’s contribution, we need to collect from each
> of you, who are interested, information on technologies you believe are
> critical and plan or continue to work in your organization, starting from
> 2029.
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> To make things simple, at this stage, I ask you – please - to send me and
> the people in copy, who are our Exploitation and Innovation, and Project
> Managers, a brief description of your activities classifying them in the
> relevant areas below.
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> E.g. ICFO plans to work on “New Computer Algorithms” that leverage
> photonics. More specifically, analog photonic computing combined with
> digital processors and memories to reduce the energy consumption of current
> digital GPUs. In the longer term the technology can also be exploited for
> quantum computation, either using a full photonic schemes or hybrid
> atom-photon architecture. *And so on for each of the different area/topic
> box….*
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> We will then collect your inputs and map them to provide our Pilot Line
> technical contribution to the Commission.
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> If something is not clear, please reach me out, rather than writing
> messages that might create noise.
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> I would need your inputs *by next Wednesday March 4*. *Please not later,
> otherwise I cannot make sure it is included in these first inputs.*
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> Thanks,
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> Valerio
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