SINGAPORE -- The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has announced plans to commercialize key innovations in silicon chips designed to support high speed, high bandwidth optical communications. These chips were developed as part of IME's Silicon Photonics research platform.

Further enhancements to the chips were enabled, through strategic collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Laboratories - one of the world's leading optical communications innovators.

Working with a global semiconductor foundry, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, IME and Alcatel-Lucent plan to bring innovative silicon component designs from research to commercial fabrication readiness within the next few years.

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