The Moscow Center for Photonics (Zelenograd) has launched test production of photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The complex's capacity is up to 500 thousand photonic chips of various topologies. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.
The head of the department, Anton Alikhanov, said that the creation of PIC production will help replace the import of foreign components. These microchips are used in the field of high-speed data transmission and processing, for the formation of advanced computing infrastructure, he added.
In fact, we are talking about the development of a new industrial niche, which is considered as one of the pillars of the future digital economy.
According to the minister, the Moscow Center for Photonics will be able to cover about 10% of the Russian market's needs for PICs. The products manufactured here will increase data transfer rates by up to 100 times. It can be used in the creation of 5G networks.