Showcasing SAL's quantum expertise at the Quantum Austria Closing Forum! From quantum sensing to ion trap chip fabrication – quantum technologies are an exciting field of research at SAL. At the Quantum Austria Closing Forum, our Applied Quantum Sensing team presented the Giraffe Demonstrator, a quantum gyroscope showcasing our activities in applied quantum sensing. Beyond the demonstrator, the event was also a great opportunity to raise awareness of SAL's broader quantum expertise, including the CHAMP-ION project and our capabilities in the stable fabrication of ion trap chips. Representing SAL at the event were Tilen Knaflič, Matthäus Hirsch , Andreas Poppe , Andreas Tortschanoff and Sarah Hedden . A big thank you to the organizers and everyone who stopped by to learn more about our research! 🔗 Discover more about our quantum technologies: https://lnkd.in/dHNQqsYB FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH | Austrian Science Fund FWF | Bundesministerium für Frauen, Wissenschaft und Forschung | Quantum Science Austria | IQOQI Vienna - Austrian Academy of Sciences | Universität Innsbruck #quantumtechnologies #quantumsensing #quantumaustria #appliedresearch

We are proud to be part of QUASAR (Quantum and Society Alliance for Research), a global initiative bringing together researchers and institutions to explore the societal, ethical and political dimensions of quantum technologies. At SAL, we believe that technological innovation and societal responsibility go hand in hand. 🫱🏼🫲🏻 Looking forward to contributing to this international network and shaping a responsible quantum future together!

How can we make electronic devices and materials more reliable? At this year's European Symposium on Reliability of Electron Devices, Failure Physics and Analysis (ESREF 2026), our colleagues Katrin Unger and Saman Kohneh Poushi contributed to the scientific exchange with research on two important aspects of reliability: 🔹 MEMS Micro Hotplates: Katrin presented her work on buckling-limited reliability in MEMS micro hotplates. 🔹 Electronic Materials: Saman shared research on temperature-dependent moisture sorption in electronic laminates under Highly Accelerated Stress Tests (HAST) combining humidity and climatic stress conditions. Both topics highlight the importance of understanding material behavior and potential failure mechanisms to advance the reliability of electronic technologies. 👏 Great to see SAL contributing its research expertise to the international microelectronics community! #ESREF2026 #microelectronics #reliability #MEMS

🚀 Strengthening our Quantum Expertise: Welcome to SAL, Andreas Poppe ! We are delighted to welcome Andreas Poppe as a new Principal Scientist in our Microsystems Division at SAL in Villach! With more than two decades of experience in quantum optics and quantum cryptography, Andreas brings extensive expertise in quantum technologies and an international network spanning research and industry to SAL. His career includes basic research at the Universität Wien and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology , where he contributed to the major European quantum communication initiative PRISM EuroQCI . Andreas also prepared products for the quantum industry at Huawei in Munich, for IDQuantique Europe in Vienna and Celare Quantum Communications in Copenhagen. His mission? Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world applications, unlocking new opportunities for innovation in quantum technologies. We are excited to have Andreas on board and look forward to advancing quantum technologies together! 👏 Welcome to the team, Andreas! #quantumtechnologies #microsystems #semiconductors #research

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘-𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗰𝗼-𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 How can we make electronics more sustainable, from design to end-of-life? Join our training designed for students, researchers, engineers, and industry professionals interested in driving sustainability and responsible technology development. 📅 Date: 9th December 📍 Venue: Villach, Austria 💻 Format: On-site I In-person 🎓 Cost: FREE Trainer: Sabine Lengger ⏳ 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱: Submit an expression of interest via the interest form by 30th October: https://lnkd.in/d-iMpa8g Participants will gain practical tools and frameworks to: • Support sustainability transitions in electronics • Assess resource efficiency environmental impacts using Life Cycle Assessment • Apply eco-design approaches • Contribute to responsible and future-ready technology development Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and be part of the transition from e-waste to eco-design. Expression of Interest does not constitute confirmation of attendance or guarantee a place on a course. Demand may exceed the number of places available, and while every Expression of Interest will be considered, places will be allocated subject to availability. AT-C³ Austrian Chips Competence Center #EWaste #EcoDesign #SustainableElectronics #GreenTechnology #Sustainability #Training #Electronics #Engineering #Research #ATC3 #SAL

🎤 From Falling Walls to Technology Talks Austria 2026! Our colleague Emily Bezerra Alexandre recently took the stage at the Technology Talks Austria 2026 by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna, where she was invited to present her winning Falling Walls pitch “Breaking the Wall of End-of-Life Electronics.” The invitation came from build! Gründungszentrum Kärnten , organizer of Falling Walls Lab South West Austria, together with Falling Walls Lab Vienna – offering a great opportunity to bring SAL’s research to a broad audience of key stakeholders from industry, research and public institutions. As the winner of Falling Walls Lab South West Austria 2026, Emily presented her research within the EECONE Project , focusing on recyclable electronic materials and new approaches to recovering and reusing valuable materials and components instead of discarding them. ♻️ Part of the work presented has also just been published in Nature Communications Sustainability: https://lnkd.in/d52N2Q_y And the journey continues: In November, Emily will head to Berlin for the Falling Walls Lab Finale, together with the Falling Walls Lab Vienna winner, representing Austria on the international stage. 🚀 We wish her all the best for Berlin! #fallingwalls #technologytalks #EECONE #circularelectronics #research #innovation

„Start-ups cannot build a clean room. They can use ours." At EBSCON 2026 in Graz, Christina Hirschl joined the panel on Europe's semiconductor future. Decide. Disrupt. Deliver. Her point: Europe is strong in research. The physics works. The real challenge is making the same chip again and again, in a stable industrial process. That is what CHAMP-ION does: 21 partners, 6 countries, 50 million euros, coordinated from Villach. Our clean room in Villach, the largest research clean room in Austria, is open to start-ups and industry partners. Thank you to AT-C³ Austrian Chips Competence Center and the Silicon Alps Cluster for bringing industry, research, and policy to one stage. #EBSCON2026 #ChipsAct #Semiconductors #CHAMPION #SiliconAustriaLabs #ResearchToIndustry Foto: © Peter Drechsler

From research to real-world impact! 🚀 Great to see Arash Sahbafard and RANovate , a spin-off of SAL, joining hubraum ’s 2026 Tangible Tomorrow cohort. 👏🏼

What a day in Villach. Today, the SAL CPO Alliance Summit 2026 brought together participants from industry and research to discuss one question: what does it take to bring co-packaged optics to industrial scale? The answer was clear across all talks and discussions: no single company can do it alone. CPO needs an ecosystem that connects photonics, electronics, packaging, assembly and manufacturing. A special thanks to our speakers, who showed what this looks like from their part of the value chain: Martin Wittmann , ams OSRAM Wilfried Noell , Focuslight Technologies Samuel Sonderegger , Attolight Stefano Oggioni , AT&S Debbie Claire Sanchez , Besi Netherlands B.V. And this is where the next step begins: with the Summit, we officially launched the new SAL CPO Program. It brings together our capabilities in photonics, packaging, integration and manufacturing and opens them up for joint projects with industry. The program starts now, and we invite companies along the CPO value chain to get involved, contribute their ideas and shape it with us. Interested? Get in touch with Lisa Kainz Thank you to everyone who joined us in Villach today and to our team for making this day possible. Image credit: Silicon Austria Labs / Peter Drechsler

Fresh ideas. New perspectives. Future innovators. 💡 Our CEO Christina Hirschl recently joined the jury at the Entrepreneurship Week at HAK Althofen , evaluating students’ projects and providing constructive feedback to help them develop their ideas further. Turning an idea into a project takes creativity, initiative and the courage to try something new. Encouraging these skills in young people helps lay the foundation for tomorrow’s innovations. Thank you to the organizing team for the invitation and to all participating students for sharing their ideas. Congratulations to the winners! 👏 #entrepreneurship #innovation #youngtalents

Chip2Sys comes to a close. What it leaves behind is just getting started. Today we celebrated the end of Chip2Sys at SAL Villach. Over the past years, the program has brought companies and researchers together to solve concrete technology challenges along the entire value chain. From chip to system. Around 20 collaborative projects came out of it, covering magnetic sensing, advanced thin film processes and photonics. Two examples: With EV Group, SURFBOND developed advanced surface preparation for fusion and hybrid bonding. With Evatec and RF360, we explored PEALD technology for next generation RF front end components. In each case, industry brought the challenge and SAL brought the research expertise and infrastructure to tackle it. Chip2Sys ends here. The partnerships, the know-how and the ideas do not. In a few days we will introduce the SAL Industrial Affiliation Programme (SIAP), starting with one of the key challenges for photonics and semiconductor integration: co-packaged optics. Follow us to be among the first to see what it is about. Thank you to all partners and colleagues who made Chip2Sys what it was, and to everyone who joined us today. Evatec AG | AT&S | Infineon Technologies | Qualcomm | #Chip2Sys #SIAP #CoPackagedOptics #Semiconductors #SiliconAustriaLabs

𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 | 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗽𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗯: 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 Ever wanted to simulate magnetic fields with just a few lines of code? 🧲✨ We’re thrilled to share that we’re currently preparing a brand-new online training course on Magnetic Simulation in Python as part of the AT-C³ Austrian Chips Competence Center project! In this course, you will get an introduction to Magpylib, a free and open-source Python library for magnetic field simulation. You will learn how to create magnetic systems, calculate their fields, and visualize the results. No advanced programming or simulation experience is required – just bring your curiosity about magnetism and a basic understanding of Python or a similar programming language! The course will be delivered by Florian Slanovc I Scientist at Silicon Austria Labs 📅 Coming soon: The training course is currently in preparation and will be available from November, 2026 Want to know more and interested in taking part? Take a first look at the course short description here: Magpylib: https://lnkd.in/dhQ72zBK You can already preregister here and be among the first to know when the course is available. Stay tuned for the launch! Funded by the European Union under the Chips Joint Undertaking . This project is co-financed by the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH . #Training #OnlineLearning #OnlineTraining #ProfessionalDevelopment #Learning #ATC3 #iMooX

✨ Day 1 at the Power Electronics for Energy Transition Symposium in Vienna! ⚡️ We are excited to kick off two inspiring days of discussions, insights and exchange – together with our partners at Silicon Austria Labs (SAL). Following the opening session with Friederich Kupzog, Alfred Binder, and Johannes Stöckl, we started the programme with two inspiring keynotes: 🔹 loic leclere on Medium-Voltage Power Electronics 🔹 George Weiss on Grid-Forming Systems for AC and DC Grids Moderated by AIT expert Barbara Herndler, the symposium brings together leading experts from research and industry to explore the technologies, challenges, and solutions shaping the future of power electronics and the energy transition. Over the next two days, the programme features: 🔹 4 international keynote presentations 🔹 20+ technical presentations 🔹 20+ poster presentations Key topics include medium-voltage power electronics, grid-forming systems for AC and DC grids, e-mobility – from automotive to aerospace – and the electrification of industrial processes. A big thank you to all our speakers, exhibitors, and participants for contributing their expertise and making this symposium a great platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration. 🙌 And a special thank you to our partner Silicon Austria Labs for the excellent collaboration! A great team behind the event: Peter Rechberger, Johannes Stöckl, Alfred Binder, Friederich Kupzog, Alexandra Ortner, Margit Özelt, Elisabeth Mrakotsky, Peter Drechsler Barbara Herndler. Let’s continue the dialogue and shape the future of power electronics and a sustainable energy system together. 🌍🔌 📸 Dénes Erdős #PowerElectronics #EnergyTransition #Sustainability #Innovation #SAL #Symposium

From near- to mid-infrared: integrated photonics for next-generation sensing 🔬 We are excited to announce that our colleagues Borislav Hinkov and Saeed Nazemosadat Arsanjani will give a joint keynote at the upcoming EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Integrated Photonics for Sensing on 19 October 2026. In their talk, they will explore how advances in photonic and electronic integration across different material platforms and wavelength ranges are paving the way for compact, robust and highly functional sensing technologies. 🔹 In the near-infrared, they will present a single-chip optical phased array operating at 1550 nm, co-integrating electro-optic elements with their control electronics for fast and power-efficient beam steering – with potential for next-generation LiDAR and imaging systems. 🔹 Moving into the mid-infrared, they will highlight recent progress in III-V-based photonic integrated circuits, opening new opportunities for highly selective chemical and biological sensing. 📅 19 October 2026 🕒 15:00–17:00 CEST 💻 Online 👉 Interested in the future of integrated photonics for sensing? Register for the online meeting and join the discussion: https://lnkd.in/d837PTYy EPIC - EUROPEAN PHOTONICS INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM #photonics #integratedphotonics #sensing #LiDAR #PICs #innovation #research

Coming home after a conference: good. Finding colleagues at baggage claim, all back from somewhere else: priceless. #SiliconAustriaLabs

Big news❗️ Marco Deluca, Head of our Research Unit Thin Film Technologies, is nominated for Austrian of the Year 2026 in the Research category, by Die Presse Congratulations, Marco. Well deserved! Voting is open, and the full portrait is one click away. https://lnkd.in/d8YBr4vA #SiliconAustriaLabs #Research #Microelectronics

An exciting second day at our 6th SAL Doctoral College (SAL-DC) Summit!    We started the day with four Silicon Austria Labs PhD research talks given by Amit Chatterjee, Sandra Fischer, Kaveh Moeinimaleki and Ashwin Sathish Kumar. Next, Sonja Stiller and Daniel Sommer elaborated on Research Security and its implications on today’s researchers.  In the afternoon, Sabine Lengger held a workshop on Integrating AI Tools in the Research Workflow. The day concluded with a panel on the summit topic “What is our right to Copy? Data Privacy, AND Big Tech, AND AI, AND Open Science, AND I am Confused”. Thanks a lot to the panelists Ngoc-Diep Lai, Radu Prodan, Daniel Sommer, Sonja Stiller, and Alois Zoitl on their insights. Johannes Kepler Universität Linz  Technische Universität Graz  Universität Klagenfurt  UAR - Upper Austrian Research GmbH  Bundesministerium für Innovation, Mobilität und Infrastruktur  KWF Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds  Fachverband der Elektro- & Elektronikindustrie  Steirische Wirtschaftsförderung SFG

A great start to the 6th SAL-DC Summit in Bad Gastein! Wishing our PhD researchers and guests two more inspiring days of exchange, new ideas and connections! 👏🏼

𝟱𝗚-𝗮𝗡𝗧𝗲𝗡𝗻𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝟭 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗸𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮! 🛰️ The 5G-aNTeNna project consortium recently visited A1 Telekom Austria AG at their impressive satellite ground station in Aflenz. 📡 The tour provided fascinating insights into the facility, which features more than 50 satellite dishes, some reaching up to 32 meters in diameter. For our team, the visit was a great opportunity to look beyond laboratory research and gain valuable first-hand insights from a major telecommunications operator with extensive expertise in satellite communications. Beyond the technical exchange, our colleagues also learned more about the demands of the future Satcom market. In this rapidly evolving landscape, a 5G-NTN user terminal that is compact, cost-efficient, and scalable for mass production will be crucial. Let’s shape the future of European satellite broadband communication together! The 5G-aNTeNna Consortium: Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) | TechniSat Digital GmbH | EnSilica | Terma Group | FRITZ! | CISC Semiconductor #IRIS2 #6G #5G #NTN #Sovereignty #EuropeanInnovation #GroundSegment