Long before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered research labs around the world, University of Notre Dame’s Matthew Morrison was thinking about a different kind of threat: the looming limits of Moore’s Law, which pose critical problems for the development of more powerful, ever-smarter computer hardware.
Pandemic sparks game-changing approach to hardware training Read More »
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Innovation Network
Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, CMC Microsystems
Dr. Byron Gates and Dr. Michael Paul (pictured here) found a way to bring us closer to more efficient and affordable hydrogen fuel cell technology.
A platinum-powered boost for fuel cells Read More »
July 27, 2020: The global pandemic has stranded many students in their home countries, unable to return to their studies and cut off from the tools and expert assistance they need to design and test components in advanced technologies.
A global response for stranded researchers in Micro and Nano technologies Read More »
July 21, 2020: CMC Microsystems, a leading technology research support organization in Canada, has received funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and its Major Science Initiatives (MSI) fund.
CFI funding fuels new services for researchers from CMC and CNDN Read More »
A decade after creating the world’s first graduate-level course for designing and making nanophotonic integrated circuits, UBC Professor Lukas Chrostowski enjoys seeing his students continue to push the limits of innovation in this expanding technology.
How student training drove Canada’s success in silicon photonics Read More »
June 4, 2020: CMC is proud to become a member of the IBM Quantum Network at the Institut quantique of Université de Sherbrooke (IQ). This initiative is a major step for quantum computing in Canada.
CMC Becomes Member of IBM Quantum Network at Université de Sherbrooke Read More »
Dr. Yiheng Qin’s development of a novel inkjet printing process offers industry a low-cost method for manufacturing highly accurate electrochemical sensors for water monitoring.
Low-cost sensors yield high-impact technology Read More »
March 4, 2020: International agreement provides Australian and Canadian researchers with a broader network of fabrication expertise, more opportunities for collaboration, and access to advanced design capabilities.
International network of nanotech created by ANFF and CMC Read More »
February 20, 2020: CMC Microsystems, Canada’s leading facilitator of microsystems research and development, has announced the opening of a new Kanata ON facility to support CMC’s CAD software and fabrication services for microelectronics, silicon photonics, and mechanical sensors (MEMS).
CMC Microsystems Opens Kanata Facility To Support R&D Read More »
An all-silicon modulator developed by Université Laval professors Leslie Rusch (left) and Wei Shi achieved the fastest-ever transmission on silicon photonics. Their low-cost, low-energy component, produced through standard foundry processes, solves a significant challenge in next-generation semiconductor design.
Photo credit: Reinier deSmit
Commonplace material, extraordinary performance Read More »
January 21, 2020: CMC Microsystems has signed an agreement with GlobalFoundries® (GF®), the world’s leading specialty foundry, that will provide access to GF’s advanced and specialized FinFET, RF SOI, FDX, SiGe, and Silicon Photonics platforms for CMC researchers at more than 60 Canadian universities and colleges, in addition to academic and commercial users globally.
CMC Offers Researchers Access to GlobalFoundries® Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Read More »
December 5, 2019: CMC Microsystems, a Canadian technology organization that helps to enable researchers and industry innovate in microsystems and nanotechnologies announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors.
CMC Microsystems Appoints New Slate of Directors to Oversee its Evolution Read More »
Dr. Pierre Sullivan, left, with Dr. Amirreza Amighi (centre) and Dr. Nasser Ashgriz combined imaging, machine-learning, and statistical analytics to bring quality control to the tiny particles emitted by spray nozzles in a wide variety of industrial applications.
Photo credit: Reinier deSmit
Sizing up an industrial solution Read More »
November 4, 2019: A sustainable solution to a global problem has earned Dr. Yiheng Qin this year’s Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence.
Ultra-sensitive detectors for capturing light signals developed by Université de Sherbrooke’s Jean-François Pratte and his team, including Frédéric Vachon, foreground, are advancing the power and sophistication of a broad range of imaging technologies, from PET scanners to big-science endeavours such as neutrino detection.
Adding a new dimension to light detection Read More »
October 18, 2019: Innovative wireless communications technologies developed by University of Waterloo graduate students took top honours at CMC Microsystems’ 2019 TEXPO Graduate Student Competition and Exposition.
Novel wireless communications solutions take top prizes at TEXPO 2019 Read More »
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute
Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory
University of British Columbia
October 1, 2019: CMC Microsystems today announced that the organization will facilitate silicon photonics wafer runs through Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) of Singapore with local European support from Circuits Multi-Projets (CMP) of France. CMP will be promoting AMF manufacturing services to its European client base in universities, research laboratories, and industrial companies.
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August 28, 2019: CMC Microsystems is pleased to welcome Nipissing University to its national network of micro-nano innovator institutions, increasing CMC’s member network to 60 universities and colleges across Canada.
A state-of-the-art wireless communication solution developed for the Canadian military by Sofiane
Bounaffaa and his graduate supervisor Francois Gagnon (École de technologie supérieure) formed the
basis of a startup company that is helping companies and institutions improve the performance of their own
communications systems.
From the battlefield to the boardroom, new solutions for wireless communications Read More »
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