Data that travels at crazy speeds, 1000 Gigabit / s, conveyed by lasers.
This is not science fiction but the proposition of Scintil Photonics.
The CEA-Leti pure product start-up from Grenoble targets very specific markets.
These solutions are primarily intended for data storage centers, high performance computing and 5G.
"
We are targeting applications that stir a lot of data
", soberly sums up Sylvie Menezo, founder and CEO of Scintil Photonics.
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The start-up is at the heart of Deep Tech, these breakthrough innovations, requiring years of development, but likely to disrupt their market. Created in 2018, Scintil Photonics should "
market its first products in 2023 or 2024
", specifies Sylvie Menezo. The first developments for industrial applications are being deployed.
One of the peculiarities of Scintil is to integrate laser technology on Silicon. "
We are now able to produce it in a commercial foundry,
" adds Sylvie Menezo. A real technological feat. “
Scintil Photonics is uniquely the kind of business that an ecosystem like ours needs. It is a fabless, a company without a factory, therefore an order giver for our founders (semiconductor manufacturers, Editor's note
) ", explains Stéphane Siebert, director of technological research at CEA, who recalls that"
the main customers of the Taiwanese TSMC are American
".
However, to strengthen the French players in the sector, starting with Soitec and the Franco-Italian STMicroelectronics, having prime contractors is essential.
It is also a way of continuing to advance research, while having companies capable of applying the discoveries.
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