Hyderabad: The one of a kind Photonics valley will be coming up in Telangana State shortly. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been ...
Hyderabad: The one of a kind Photonics valley will be coming up in Telangana State shortly. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Information Technology Secretary Haripreet Singh and US-based Photon IC Corporation CEO Dr Birendra Raj Dutt. - Govt inks MoU with US-based Photon IC Corpn
- It signals paradigm shift from present day chip technology
The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and IT Minister K T Rama Rao at Chief Minister’s Camp Office on Saturday morning. The Photon IC is a company having its registered office in Los Angeles. The Photon IC International Private Limited, Singapore, is a Technology Company and Sister Company of Photon IC Corporation that has evolved an expertise in photonics. The company is executing various projects for United States military, including Defense Advanced Research Projects and Naval Air Systems Command.
The company has evolved state of the art technology which encompasses development and operation of design, modeling and testing capabilities in support of standard and novel processing technology for commercial prototyping of photonic integrated circuits and related devices.
According to Chief Minister’s office Telangana State government is committed to develop the State by harnessing the benefits of technology. The industrial policy envisages transforming the State as a destination for global technological discourses. As part of this the government is facilitating a world class ecosystem to promote the paradigm shift of Photonics, an alternative computing system capable of transforming present day chip technology.
Both, the government of Telangana and Photon IC agreed to collaborate in setting up an ecosystem to facilitate the institutionalisation of all processes and concepts related to photonics. They have also agreed to evolve, test and produce the next generation chips and products by using the technology of Silicon Photonics and compound semi-conductor photonics. Both of them also agreed to work in tandem in evolving a strategy to promote photonics in Hyderabad.
The MOU will be followed by a more detailed agreement specifying the roles and responsibilities for both within 90 days of completion of feasibility report to be prepared by PhotonIC Corporation. Chief Secretary Dr Rajeev Sharma and Principal Secretary to CM S. Narasing Rao were also present when the MOU was signed.
