Twan Korthorst
CEO
New Origin
Twan Korthorst is active in the field of chip design and fabrication for non-traditional semiconductor micro and nano technologies (MEMS, microfluidics, integrated photonics) for almost 30 years. After roles in product engineering and fabrication, he joined PhoeniX Software in 2007, as the CEO. Twan developed the company into a leading supplier of design solutions for photonic ICs. In 2018, Synopsys acquired PhoeniX Software, where he was responsible for the photonic IC strategy across the company and developing industry’s first unified electronic and photonic design solution: OptoCompiler. Today, Twan is CEO for New Origin, chiptech foundry for silicon nitride based integrated photonics.
Presentations
What about the PIC Manufacturing sweet spot?”
This presentation will sketch the PIC manufacturing landscape, discussing the importance of pre-competitive research, low volume experimenting and innovating new materials, and scalability to volume manufacturing for a broad product mix.