What is OpSIS?
OpSIS is an exciting new foundry service for silicon photonics in which the community shares the cost of fabricating complex chip-scale systems across many projects.
Silicon Photonics – Promise & Challenge
Silicon photonics allows us, for the first time, to build computer chips that move information with light as well as electricity. OpSIS aims to provide affordable and reliable access to silicon photonic technology. LEARN MORE »
OpSIS Membership
Corporate and educational organizations can support the OpSIS program through two levels of membership with benefits that include assistance with design-flow development and device design, priority access to the foundry service, and participation in OpSIS meetings and committees. LEARN MORE »
News »
Luxtera Foundry Opens Luxtera has teamed up with OpSIS, opening Luxtera's Silicon CMOS Photonics device library and process to the OpSIS community. Read more »
“OpSIS East” OpSIS is teaming up with BAE Systems to open their CMOS fabrication facility in Manassas, Virginia to the wider community. Read about the project and opening celebration »
Kickoff Speeches Now Viewable Online:
Matt O'Donnell: Introduction and Welcome
Justin Rattner: Future of Silicon Photonics
Michael Hochberg: OpSIS Introduction |
Slides part 1, part 2
Carver Mead: Parallels to MOSIS
Mario Paniccia: Research at Intel | Slideshow
Events »
OpSIS-IME1 - Shuttle run with IME foundry
Sign-In Deadline: Nov 15, 2011
Tapeout Date: Jan 16, 2012
Silicon returned: May 30, 2012