Reflections on a decade of radiation-tolerant innovation, and the future we choose to help shape
2025 marks ten years since Magics was founded, and we’re using this moment not just to look back, but to state clearly what we stand for, and why it matters now more than ever.
Over the past decade, we've built electronics that operate in environments most systems can’t survive: high radiation, extreme temperatures, magnetic fields, and the long durations of complex missions. We’ve done it in standard CMOS, with a focus on integration, performance, and real-world resilience.
But the core motivation behind our work isn’t just engineering for its own sake.
We believe that advancing fusion energy, nuclear systems, and space exploration are among the most meaningful technological challenges of our time. They’re not just symbolic frontiers, they’re necessary ones.
Fusion Energy: From Contained Stars to a Sustainable Future
The world needs a new energy model. One that is clean, scalable, and safe. Fusion holds that potential.
As a concept, fusion has been on the horizon for decades. But in recent years, the horizon has started to shift. Europe’s ITER project is well underway, and private initiatives are accelerating development at unprecedented speeds. Still, the technical obstacles remain immense: plasma confinement, tritium breeding, thermal management, and the reliability of every subsystem operating under intense radiation.
Magics is part of that equation. We’re working with major fusion stakeholders (including ITER) to deliver radiation-tolerant ICs that support digitalization, control, sensing, and actuation inside and around fusion systems.
We don’t pretend to solve fusion.
But we’re proud to be one of the players making it workable, one subsystem, one measurement, one verified signal at a time.
Nuclear Energy: Evolving with Precision and Responsibility
Nuclear energy remains one of the most reliable sources of low-carbon power on the planet. But its promise depends on long-term safety, stable operation, and the ability to adapt. That’s where digitalization plays a critical role, making complex systems more observable, more predictable, and easier to maintain.
At Magics, this commitment runs deep. The company was founded near one of Belgium’s major nuclear zones, with a mission rooted in strengthening the resilience of vital infrastructure. Today, that mission continues. We work with nuclear partners to develop electronics that support monitoring, actuation, diagnostics, and control, engineered for longevity, low maintenance, and performance in high-radiation environments.
Advancements made in fusion are now accelerating progress in nuclear. The challenges of radiation, remote maintenance, and system reliability are shared across both domains, and solutions developed for one often translate to the other. By embedding intelligence in hard-to-access systems, we help enable more efficient operations, extended asset lifetimes, and a safer path through the energy transition.
We're not rethinking nuclear. But we are helping to quietly modernize the systems that keep it running, reliably, and for the long haul.
Space Exploration: Expanding Capabilities, Orbit by Orbit
Space is no longer the domain of a few. Constellations are growing. Scientific missions are reaching further. In-orbit autonomy is becoming reality.
Magics supports this expansion with radiation-tolerant electronics designed for timing, synchronization, imaging, and in-orbit operations. Our chips are used in:
- Satellite communication & networking
- Precision timing for navigation, comms & science
- Control systems for robotics and servicing missions
- High-performance computing from LEO to deep space
This isn’t science fiction: it’s a demand for more robust systems that can operate with fewer margins and longer missions. We’re helping spacecraft not just survive, but perform, by making critical functions compact, efficient, and reliable.
What We’ve Learned in 10 Years
If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that mission-critical electronics aren’t just about performance, they’re about trust. Our partners count on us to deliver components that behave as expected in unpredictable environments.
That trust has allowed us to grow from a small R&D team into a semiconductor partner working with leading institutions, labs, and system integrators across Europe and beyond.
We’ve never done this alone.
To our customers, investors, board, and most of all, our team. Thank you for believing in what we’re building. Every milestone we’ve reached is the result of your confidence and your craft.
Looking Forward: A Decade of Systems That Matter
Our focus hasn’t changed, but it’s getting sharper.
We’ll keep building ICs that meet the combined demands of space, nuclear, and fusion. We’ll keep reducing barriers to qualification. We’ll keep investing in CMOS integration, design automation, and long-term reliability. And we’ll continue to act as a technology partner with a clear role: to enable progress where standard electronics simply don’t apply.
Merch with a Mission
To mark the occasion, we created a speculative machine (drawing inspiration from Belgian artist Panamarenko) as a tribute to imagined futures, the beauty of mathematics, and the kind of engineering that brings big ideas within reach.
We designed a T-shirt and our own brewed beer (made in Belgium). You can now purchase our Speculative Machine T-shirt (until 20th December 2025). All proceeds go to support space education and research initiatives that empower the next generation of engineers, physicists, and curious minds.
Here’s to the next ten.
