Swansea University, Wales, announces that a new state-of-the-art facility that will bring together groundbreaking research with technology development in the field of semiconductor science and engineering is to be built at Swansea University. The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) will invest $37 million in the facility, which will be called the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM).
UKRPIF requires double-match funding from non-public sources – business, charities or philanthropic sources, and so CISM will also receive support worth nearly $74 million from major South Wales-based semiconductor companies in the CS Connected Cluster alongside nineother industry partners, which will ensure the center’s sustainability in the long-term.
The CISM building, which is expected to be completed in the first half of 2021, will be a hub where manufacturing meets research and development. The center will pioneer new technologies and products and will grow and nurture the skills and talent to keep the UK semiconductor industry at the leading edge.
Swansea University academics will be working with partners at Cardiff and other UK universities to support the growth of the semiconductor industry by addressing their needs, not only in the short and medium term, but charting the long-term future with innovative, application-driven research and development. It will also provide a range of services such as prototyping and process development, specialist analytical services, incubation, engagement, training and access to the UK and EU innovation grants portfolio.
