Compound Semiconductor Centre

Home of 21st Century Technologies

The Compound Semiconductor Centre (CSC) is Europe's new home for product, services and skills development in compound semiconductor technologies. Providing cutting-edge facilities that help researchers and industry work together CSC, based in Wales, will position Cardiff as the UK and European leader in compound semiconductors. CSC is a joint venture between compound semiconductor specialists IQE and Cardiff University.

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Compound Semiconductors are a Key Enabling Technology (“KET”) for the economic growth drivers identified in the European Commission’s “Horizon 2020” economic growth strategy, aimed at the re industrialisation of the EU. The Compound Semiconductor Center will place Wales in centre-stage in Europe for the next semiconductor revolution.

15 October 2020: SMART Cymru supports Compound Semiconductor Centre Ltd to develop a process to manufacture a low cost, high specification microchip laser

02 October 2020: Welsh Semiconductor Cluster and Henry Royce Institute call for a UK initiative to address the Net-Zero future of electronic systems

04 September 2020: CSC announces two new projects funded by Innovate UK under the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme