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Chennai (The Hawk): The Silicon Photonics Centre of Excellence - Centre for Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits and Systems (Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS) at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is partnering with SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. for Joint development of programmable silicon photonic processor chips, especially for quantum computing and communication system level applications. The other key aspects of the partnership will be joint R&D on novel silicon photonic devices and circuits for energy efficient high-speed interconnect solutions for data centres, high-performance computing, and for AI/ML applications. SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., a global semiconductor foundry has been continuously innovating to bring leading-edge semiconductor solutions to transform the world through its disruptive silicon photonics process technologies. The Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS team at IIT Madras, India, is committed with its resources to enrich Silicon Photonics PDK libraries for SilTerra Silicon Photonics Foundry for mutual benefits. An MoU towards this collaboration has been signed recently by Prof. Manu Santhanam, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras and Dr. Albert Pang Shu Koon, CEO at SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Other signatories include Prof. Bijoy Krishna Das, Chief Investigator of Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS and Mr. Thung Beng Joo, Vice President of Emerging Technologies Department, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Speaking about this collaboration, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, added, “This MoU signed between SilTerra and the Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS IIT Madras marks a significant milestone and opens up avenues for innovation in high-performance silicon photonics technology ...