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Brussels – The European Commission<\/strong> approved a 211 million euro state aid package provided by Italy<\/strong> for the development of photonic optical transceivers based on graphene by CamGraPhIC, an Italian SME. The aid, in the form of direct grants, relates to a project to be carried out in Pisa, Tuscany, and Bergamo, Lombardy, and involves collaboration with universities and research and technology organizations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Optical transceivers <\/strong>are devices used to send and receive data through light instead of electrons in chips. These chips can be used in different sectors, including automotive, telecommunication, aerospace, and defense. <\/strong>Replacement of the traditionally used silicon with graphene is expected to significantly improve the devices’ performance and efficiency<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The European Commission considers the measure “necessary and appropriate” to support the development of graphene-based photonic technology, thereby contributing to EU strategic objectives for research and development in the semiconductor sector<\/a>.<\/span><\/span> Furthermore, the Commission concluded that the aid would have an \u201cincentive effect\u201d as the beneficiary would not make the investment in the absence of public support.<\/span><\/span> Finally, the measure is considered “proportionate” and therefore has no adverse effects on competition.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brussels approves 211 million euro in funding for the production of next-generation devices in Tuscany and Lombardy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25774,25710],"tags":[26180,26698,26370,26529,33394],"class_list":["post-449863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefs","category-net-tech-en","tag-innovation-en","tag-state-aid-en","tag-technology-en","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449864,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449863\/revisions\/449864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}