Integrated Photonics Systems Roadmap International (IPSR-I)
The Integrated Photonic Systems Roadmap – International has been the primary initiative of the Microphotonics Center Industry Consortium whereby key academic and industry specialists forecast the projected future of photonic hardware in data communications in the 21st century. Results are achieved by examining, anticipating, prioritizing, and measuring potential market demands, gaps, technological barriers, and assigning timeframes to key engineering milestones.
INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SYSTEMS ROADMAP -INTERNATIONAL
The IPSR-I provides a forum for Consortium Member companies to engage in the assessment of the barriers and solutions for new technology development and deployment. The IPSR-I enterprise now includes all Board commissioned studies and special topic consortia under an umbrella that expands the application space for electronic-photonic integration to include communication, computing, and sensing. Consortium members represent major nodes in the respective technology supply chains, ranging from materials to components to systems integrators to end users. Eight technical working groups meet during teleconferences featuring Technology Briefs and analyses by members and MIT faculty. Each TWG work product release consists of i) a press release of high-level content, ii) a Tech Brief document, iii) a Tech Brief slide set, and iv) briefings at key conferences and member companies.
A technology roadmap is most effective when it aligns the elements of an industry supply chain to enhance value to its customers. The IPSR-International identifies the emergence of standard platforms for integrated photonics component integration. The IPSR-International, with partners in the US, Europe and Asia, has made very significant contributions to the health of the field, and it continues to be the premier forum for precompetitive industry analyses.
IPSR-I 2025 Spring Meeting
The Integrated Photonic System Roadmap (IPSR-International) promotes synchronous, self-consistent solutions for the electronic-photonic manufacturing value chain. The semiconductor industry has been on a path of exponential growth for the past 40 years that has been the foundation for Economic Prosperity. However, the path of growth continually confronts boundaries of cost, materials availability and effluent in the production and operation stages. A Roadmap for solutions to these boundaries provides early warnings for coordinated research and development of solutions across the manufacturing value chain from critical materials to wafers to communications, compute, and learning systems. The urgency to align microchip system performance scaling with a commercially viable manufacturing value chain dominates business and technology decisions today.
Click below to access the 2025 Spring Program:
IPSR-I, Microphotonics Center, Roadmap, 2017 Roadmap, IKIM, Spring Meeting, MIT
This meeting hosted by the MIT Microphotonics Center and PhotonDelta.
Speakers, Students and Members of the Microphotonics Center may request a promo code for discounted pricing. (Please email crawfjen@mit.edu for details.)
IPSR-International (March, 2024) release: IPSR-I provides timely analyses of technology needs, barriers and emerging solutions. The 2020 release, published in partnership with Photon Delta (Netherlands) and U Tokyo (Japan), defines a vector for alignment of the materials, tools, components, and systems suppliers with service providers and end users. Close to 1,000 people from 300+ organizations in 17 countries participated in the 3-year creation of the 2023 release.
The next IPSR-I will take place in June 2026.
The Microphotonics Center Industry Consortium consists of companies along the full industry supply chain, and vital links exist to the 7 Roadmap organizations, as well as university affiliates.
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