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PHIX Photonics Assembly

PHIX turns bare quantum photonic chips into modules that can connect to an experimental or commercial system. Its offering covers prototype packages, scalable manufacturing and contract assembly.

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Netherlands · Research reviewed 11 Sept 2026

Initial record: initial assessment recorded.

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  1. Initial assessment recorded

    Assessment reviewed 11 Sept 2026 · Research reviewed 11 Sept 2026
    Sources in this record (3)
Identity & attribution
Organization record
PHIX Photonics Assembly (organization-phix-photonics-assembly)
Recorded role
Photonic quantum-chip packaging, fibre-array attachment, electrical interconnect assembly and scalable module manufacturing
Recorded aliases
No aliases recorded in this assessment.
Name and period
No dated name or ownership transition is recorded here. An alias is a search aid, not evidence of a legal ownership relationship.
Product scope
Hybrid assembly and packaging around photonic integrated circuits, connecting optical fibres, electronics and thermal management.

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TECHNOLOGY & ACCESS

What it does. Where it fits.

Hybrid assembly and packaging around photonic integrated circuits, connecting optical fibres, electronics and thermal management.

Who should look closer

Photonic quantum companies moving a bare chip into a packaged, connected module.

QubitWire’s editorial assessment of practical fit.

Prototype, volume and contract packaging

Customers can request package engineering, module production or manufacturing capacity through the quantum market page.

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DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE

What the sources establish

The QuiX case describes a working module with fibre and electrical coupling and cooling. Separate projects aim to extend connection density.

What remains unresolved

Historical module examples do not establish current maximum mode counts. Qmode and QuScale targets describe development work, and packaging alone does not prove quantum computational advantage.

The next question to watch

Report repeatable optical coupling loss, thermal stability and assembly yield at higher processor densities.

A research question, not a promised milestone.

QubitWire coverage

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Open research questions

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Open research question

Report repeatable optical coupling loss, thermal stability and assembly yield at higher processor densities.

What evidence would help

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What would resolve it?

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Suggest evidence
Open research question

Which named system or service can I use under the documented access route?

What evidence would help

Check the current terms for prototype, volume and contract packaging. Identify the system version, eligibility, restrictions and whether the result used hardware or simulation.

What would resolve it?

Current primary documentation must identify the offering, eligible user and access conditions. An unspecified company-level access claim is insufficient.

No resolved, partial or disputed outcome is asserted without a reviewed transition and its evidence.

Suggest evidence
Open research question

Are the interfaces compatible with your existing hardware?

What evidence would help

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What would resolve it?

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Suggest evidence

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From claim to assessment

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Source references in method 1.0 · assessment reviewed 11 Sept 2026
Recorded claim & sourceAssessment linkageProvenance & limits
Source 1

PHIX describes packaging a QuiX 12×12-mode processor with two fibre arrays, ribbon-cable wire bonds and a thermoelectric cooler, plus prototype and volume manufacturing services.

PHIX quantum packaging and QuiX case ↗Published Not recorded
Exact source location

No page, figure or section locator is recorded. Open the source and check the claim in its original context.

Capability

The documented customer module combines optical coupling, electrical bonding and cooling in a commercial quantum-photonic processor.

Delivery

Prototype packaging, volume packaging and contract manufacturing have defined access routes.

Use in practice

A named customer’s commercial processor uses PHIX packaging; the account is supplier-written rather than an independent acceptance report.

Integration

The case details working optical, ribbon-cable and thermoelectric interfaces, and QuiX confirms continuing packaging collaboration.

Published rating inputs remain unchanged.
Organization-originated source

Source type: Vendor customer case study. Independent replication, experiment date and source-version fingerprint are not separately recorded.

Product and measurement scope: read the named system and conditions in this claim. No normalized product revision is assigned.

Review recorded 11 Sept 2026. Research brief reviewed 11 Sept 2026. These dates do not establish publication or experiment dates.

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Source 2

Defines development of packaging for 50 input/output modes, over 100 optical connections and up to 5,000 electrical connections; these are project objectives.

PHIX Qmode project ↗Published Not recorded
Exact source location

No page, figure or section locator is recorded. Open the source and check the claim in its original context.

Published rating inputs remain unchanged.Organization-originated source

Source type: Vendor project report. Independent replication, experiment date and source-version fingerprint are not separately recorded.

Product and measurement scope: read the named system and conditions in this claim. No normalized product revision is assigned.

Review recorded 11 Sept 2026. Research brief reviewed 11 Sept 2026. These dates do not establish publication or experiment dates.

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Source 3

The processor company identifies PHIX as a collaborator in scalable electrical interconnection and chip packaging.

QuiX QuScale project ↗Published Not recorded
Exact source location

No page, figure or section locator is recorded. Open the source and check the claim in its original context.

Integration

The case details working optical, ribbon-cable and thermoelectric interfaces, and QuiX confirms continuing packaging collaboration.

Published rating inputs remain unchanged.
Organization-originated source

Source type: Customer project report. Independent replication, experiment date and source-version fingerprint are not separately recorded.

Product and measurement scope: read the named system and conditions in this claim. No normalized product revision is assigned.

Review recorded 11 Sept 2026. Research brief reviewed 11 Sept 2026. These dates do not establish publication or experiment dates.

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Revision and evidence-family boundaries

Record reference: a1287674ed4510023729b9df836e48cbcd44c67e59ca6954fc9c6c037d4877c8. Read prior recorded revisions.

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CHECK THE ORIGINALS

Sources & evidence

  1. PHIX quantum packaging and QuiX case ↗Organization-originated source · Publication date not stated

    PHIX describes packaging a QuiX 12×12-mode processor with two fibre arrays, ribbon-cable wire bonds and a thermoelectric cooler, plus prototype and volume manufacturing services.

  2. PHIX Qmode project ↗Organization-originated source · Publication date not stated

    Defines development of packaging for 50 input/output modes, over 100 optical connections and up to 5,000 electrical connections; these are project objectives.

  3. QuiX QuScale project ↗Organization-originated source · Publication date not stated

    The processor company identifies PHIX as a collaborator in scalable electrical interconnection and chip packaging.

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