FUTUR-IC: Resource-efficient Microchip Manufacturing Alliance
Founded in 2023, FUTUR-IC is a research group that brings together scientists from across MIT, other academic institutions, and industry to understand and meet the efficiency demands of the booming microchip industry. In particular, it seeks to develop materials and component technology for high performance resource-efficient microchip systems, drive best value chain innovation practices for resource-efficient manufacturing leading to business viability, and equip the workforce of the future with state-of-the-art educational content on high performance and resource-efficient technologies.
Learn more about FUTUR-IC’s mission, impacts, and collaborators.
Download the FUTUR-IC Public Executive Summary here.
Technology
Developing materials and component technology for high-performance, resource-efficient microchip systems.
Value Chain Innovation
Driving the best value chain innovation practices for resource-efficient manufacturing leading to business viability.
Workforce
Enhancing recruitment, retention, and training for professionals within the semiconductor industry and beyond.
Resources
GenTronics Phone Supply Chain Game
Advances in waveguide to waveguide couplers for 3D integrated photonic packaging
Graded index couplers for next generation chip-to-chip andfiber-to-chip photonic packaging
High density vertical optical interconnects for passive assembly
Hands-On Photonic Education Kits: empowering the integrated photonics workforce through practical training
