StarIC Featured in TechSoda: 'Canadian Startup Makes Strides in Automotive, IoT and Photonics'

StarIC was featured in an article written by Judy Lin which discussed StarIC's growing presence in the automotive, IoT, and silicon photonics spaces.

In a recent interview with TechSoda at Semicon Taiwan 2025, StarIC Co-Founder and Director Younis Allasasmeh detailed a year of significant progress, marked by new product developments, a growing team, and a strategic expansion into Europe.

The company's latest achievement is the tape-out of a high-speed SerDes to address a critical need in real-time networks. StarIC has also developed specialized ultra-low-power mixed-signal blocks for IoT applications and delivered mixed-signal designs to multiple customers for high-speed optical-based connectivity solutions.

Perhaps the most ambitious project on StarIC's roadmap is its work in silicon photonics — developing a new chip that integrates both electronic (CMOS) and photonic components into a single die. This monolithic approach eliminates the need for separate interconnects between electronics and photonics, minimizing parasitics and boosting data transfer rates.

'The advantage of this process is that, in addition to standard CMOS components on the chip, it can also integrate photonic devices. This tight integration eliminates the need for separate interconnects between electronics and photonics, thereby minimizing parasitics. The result is higher bandwidth and improved data rates.' — Younis Allasasmeh, Co-Founder and Director, StarIC