Canadian Research Institutes possess world-class fabrication capabilities in key foundational semiconductor areas such as MEMS, compound semiconductors, quantum, and photonics. These capabilities include advanced process technologies using materials such as GaN, InP, and SiN, as well as laser based and other emerging device platforms. FABrIC seeks to create, improve, and enhance SME access to these processes—empowering companies to build made-in-Canada products using made-in-Canada semiconductors. This will increase the security of Canada’s supply chain, expand the national commercial footprint, and elevate Canada’s influence in global technology markets.

Canada’s rich legacy in telecommunications has created world-leading capability in silicon photonics. This heritage, together with the advanced semiconductor processing capabilities of our Research Institutes, will position Canada as leader in the rapidly growing silicon photonics sector as it increasingly forms the  backbone of the internet and AI datacenter ecosystem, as well as many emerging aerospace, consumer and defence applications.