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ESMC is preparing its Dresden factory for machine installation in 2027. Can the planned investment of more than €10 billion deliver reliable chips at a competitive cost—and give smaller European customers access to production?
CEA-Leti and ISRL have launched SubFAB Labs to study what chip manufacturing releases into exhaust gases and wastewater. The Grenoble pilot line will help suppliers test sensors and treatment systems under conditions that resemble industrial production.
Early pilots with Mistral helped ASML identify certain machine faults more than 70% faster while matching engineers’ accuracy. The next test for Europe’s industrial AI is commercial: can another manufacturer use the same approach on different equipment without paying for a bespoke engineering project?
Infineon’s €5 billion Dresden factory expands Europe’s capacity to make chips that control electricity in AI data centres, electric vehicles and energy systems. Can equipment makers turn better power conversion into products customers buy in volume?
Artificial intelligence relies on mathematics, but the same calculations can be performed through different physical processes. What changes when light, rather than electronic circuits, helps process information? ‘The Age of Light’ explores how mathematics and physics together could open new possibilities for computing.
A photonic chip can pass its first test and still fail as a finished module. Drawing on PIC Summit Europe and the PHIX–SENKO collaboration, Altair Media Europe examines how fibre alignment, packaging and testing determine whether manufacturers can deliver reliable modules at scale.
Airbus, Thales Alenia Space and their partners have studied how Europe could build data centres in orbit. Turning that architecture into a commercial service requires committed customers, credible financing and an operator willing to carry the risk. Who will build the business?
Switzerland’s proposed 2038 Winter Olympics raise questions far beyond sport. Through four reflections on governance, sovereignty, communication and institutional legacy, Altair Media explores why the ability to coordinate existing capabilities may become one of the defining strengths of modern democracies.
Work, care and constant availability compete for the same limited time. As mental-health-related incapacity grows, six questions examine how Europe distributes pressure, protects recovery and allocates the costs when people can no longer cope.
A working chip still needs a financeable manufacturing business. Using XIVER’s expansion as a case, this Altair Signal examines who carries the costs and risks between pilot production and reliable commercial delivery — and why equipment finance alone may leave the cash gap unresolved.
