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$22.5 million Early Career Industry Fellowships round supports research into atomic clocks, new batteries, soft electronics and more

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter May 6, 2024

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced $22.5 million in funding for 50 fellowships under the Industry Fellowships Program. Projects cover salary contributions for up to three years and project costs up to $150,000 under the program, which operates across industry, community organisation, not-for-profit, and other sectors and seeks “to facilitate the adoption, translation and…

Ex-Arm chief announced as new Silicon Quantum Computing Chair

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter February 12, 2024

Sydney quantum computing hardware manufacturer Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) has announced the former CEO of Arm Holdings, Simon Segars, as the company’s new Chair, effective January 28. Segars was employee number 16 in 1991 when he joined Arm, a British-headquartered software and semiconductor design company which was founded the year before and which is now…

Silex, Silicon Quantum Computing expand offtake agreement by $1.35 million

Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter January 23, 2024

Silex Systems has announced an amendment to its 2019 offtake agreement with quantum technology business Silicon Quantum Computing, increasing SQC’s commitment for silicon products made from high-purity zero-spin silicon (ZS-Si) using Silex’s proprietary laser enrichment technology. According to a statement from Silex on Tuesday morning, the total value of the commitment has increased by $1.35…

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Manufacturing NewsBy Staff Reporter September 11, 2023

BluGlass appoints new full-time CFO ASX-listed semiconductor company BluGlass has announced the appointment of Samuel Samhan (pictured) as Chief Financial Officer on a full-time basis, effective immediately. BluGlass said in a statement on Monday that Samhan is a highly credentialled senior executive with over 20 years of financial leadership and commercial operations experience, including as…

Silex Systems awarded defence support for quantum silicon production

Defence, Manufacturing News, TechnologyBy Peter Roberts August 18, 2023

Industrial technology company Silex Systems has been awarded defence funding support for its development of technology to produce zero spin silicon (ZS-Si) needed to manufacture quantum computing chips. The company has been awarded $5.1 million funding from the Defence Trailblazer for the Concept to Sovereign Capability Program. The Trailblazer is a partnership between the University…

SQC raises another $50 million for quantum development

Manufacturing News, TechnologyBy Staff Reporter July 25, 2023

Sydney quantum computing hardware manufacturer Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) has closed a scaled back $50.4 million Series A capital raising to fund the manufacture of the world’s first scalable, error corrected quantum computer. The investors in the latest round are the Commonwealth Government and institutions including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Telstra and the…

AUKUS technology sharing comes a step closer

Defence, Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts July 17, 2023

Australian access to foreign technologies on a range of cutting edge industrial technologies is a step closer following progress in the US Senate to the provision of exemptions from export controls. Under the AUKUS agreement between Australia, the US and the UK, information exchange is to be speeded up on not just nuclear powered submarines…

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