izmo Microsystems and IIT Madras Advance ₹99.94 Crore Silicon Photonics Program

Insider Brief

• izmo Microsystems and IIT Madras have entered Phase II of the Centre for Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits and Systems (CPPICS), a five-year silicon photonics program with a total outlay of ₹99.94 crore.
• The SPECTRA program will target silicon photonics applications in data-center transceivers, microwave photonics, quantum technologies and photonic computing for AI.
• izmo Microsystems will contribute packaging, testing and integration expertise, including work on co-packaged optics and a 1.6 Tbps silicon photonics transceiver engine.

PRESS RELEASE — izmo Limited (NSE: IZMO) (BSE: 532341) today announced that its semiconductor subsidiary, izmo Microsystems Pvt. Ltd., has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) for Phase II of the Centre for Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuits and Systems (CPPICS).

The Phase II program, titled Silicon Photonics Enabled Cutting-edge Technology Research and Applications (SPECTRA), has been sanctioned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, with a total project outlay of ₹99.94 crore. The five-year program includes a MeitY contribution of ₹97.54 crore and a ₹2.40 crore cash and in-kind commitment from izmo Microsystems.