China Starts Mass Production of 6-inch Photonic Chips: Key Technology Breakthrough

Overseas media: Chinese institutions launch production of photonic chips

The Photonic Chip Exploration Center (CHIPX), an affiliate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University located in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, has begun production of 6-inch thin-film lithium niobate photonic chip wafers, marking a milestone for China's semiconductor industry.

This development demonstrates China's ambition to mass-produce photonic chips using its own technology and facilities. Photonic chips are key components for quantum computing and high-speed optical communication.

Photonic chips process and transmit information using light particles rather than electrons, with applications spanning data communication, agriculture, autonomous driving, biomedicine, defense, and aerospace.

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