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  1. MOEA Breaks Ground On Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center: Taiwan's First 12-Inch Pilot Line To Target AI, Silicon Photonics, And Quantum Technology 2/11/2026

    The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced today that the Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center has officially broken ground at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) headquarters campus in Hsinchu.

  2. QuiX Quantum And Artilux Establish Strategic Collaboration To Advance Energy-Efficient Photonic Quantum Computing 2/11/2026

    QuiX Quantum, a leading provider of photonic quantum computing hardware, and Artilux, a developer of advanced semiconductor-based photonic detector technologies, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

  3. APAS Made Debut At Industry Flagship Event Asia Photonics Expo 2026 In Singapore 2/11/2026

    Centre of Advanced Power and Autonomous Systems (APAS), under the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), made its first-ever appearance at the Asia Photonics Expo (APE 2026)—Asia's leading platform for photonics technology innovation—held in Singapore from 4 to 6 February.

  4. Physicists Develop New Protocol For Building Photonic Graph States 2/10/2026

    Physicists have long recognized the value of photonic graph states in quantum information processing. However, the difficulty of making these graph states has left this value largely untapped.

  5. Photons With Record Quality And On Demand 2/10/2026

    Research teams from the Universities of Stuttgart and Würzburg have jointly realised a single photon source that generates photons in the telecommunication C band with unprecedented quality and on demand.

  6. IOWN Global Forum And Open Compute Project Join Forces To Deliver On The Next Wave Of AI 2/10/2026

    The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), the international industry association developing next-generation, photonics-driven networks, and the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP), the global non-profit organization bringing hyperscale innovations to all, today announce a cooperative framework, called the AI Computing Continuum, to deliver a seamless computational infrastructure from centralized to edge deployments.

  7. New Compact Silicon Avalanche Photodiode Series Launched 2/9/2026

    Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the S17268 Series, a new silicon avalanche photodiode series (Si APD) designed for high-precision optical detection in the UV to VIS regions for industrial, research, and environmental applications.

  8. VIGO Photonics At SPIE Photonics West – Technology Potential In Real-World Applications 2/9/2026

    VIGO Photonics once again presented its latest achievements in infrared radiation detection during the SPIE Photonics West 2026 exhibition in San Francisco.

  9. Measuring Time At The Quantum Level 2/9/2026

    “The concept of time has troubled philosophers and physicists for thousands of years, and the advent of quantum mechanics has not simplified the problem,” says Professor Hugo Dil, a physicist at EPFL.

  10. Seeing The Unseen: Scientists Demonstrate Dual-Mode Color Generation From Invisible Light 2/6/2026

    Ultraviolet and near-infrared light are widely used in modern technologies but are invisible to the human eye.