Canada to spin-off compound semi fab
The Canadian government has decided to spin-off the only end-to-end pure play compound semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility in Canada, with the aim of creating a commercial entity with Canadian foundations and Canadian industrial development at its core.
Located at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) is a 40,000 square foot facility including 11,000 square feet of class 100/1000 clean room space.
It works with clients from start to finish on design refinement, fabrication and testing of compound semiconductor wafers using materials such as InP, GaAs and GaN for photonics applications in networks, defence and aerospace, medical imaging, data centres and advanced AI computational infrastructure.
Since 2021, Canada has invested over $115 million to expand and modernise the CPFC. In 2023, construction started on a new 8,000 square-foot building with state-of-the-art facilities, set to enhance competitiveness and support AI infrastructure, tele/data communications and defence supply chains.
