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Semiconductors, Photonics & Advanced Connectivity
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Semiconductors campus
Campus activity
Hold and extend the parts of the semiconductor and photonics value chain where Britain is genuinely competitive.
Places
Where this capability is concentrated across Britain, with the evidence behind each place.
Organisations
Companies, universities, research institutes and public bodies recorded against this campus.
Facilities
Laboratories, test beds and specialist equipment you can access, wherever they are located.
Current jobs and funding
Nothing is open for this campus right now.
Upcoming events
Tech and Innovation Summit 2026
Open · techUK · Publication date not recorded · Deadline 3 Nov 2026
Useful activity
What does Britain have for Etch & process equipment and how can a company access it?
Open · UKIZ Semiconductors Photonics Campus · Published 23 Aug 2026
What does Britain have for Volume fabrication and how can a company access it?
Open · UKIZ Semiconductors Photonics Campus · Published 23 Aug 2026
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The answer
Hold and extend the parts of the semiconductor and photonics value chain where Britain is genuinely competitive.
- Semiconductors and photonics underpin defence, energy, mobility, telecoms and AI hardware.
- Compound semiconductors are a rare area of genuine British industrial advantage.
- Access to fabrication determines whether design capability becomes manufactured value.
Why BritainThe world's first compound semiconductor cluster in South Wales.Chip design and photonics research of international standing.Existing fabrication and packaging capability at specialist scale.
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Illustrative UKIZ campus. Not a proposed site.What Britain already has
Research base
- Cardiff University
- University of Southampton
- University of Glasgow
- University of Bristol
Infrastructure recorded
- Fabrication and cleanrooms
- Packaging and test capability
- Metrology
- Reliable high-capacity power
What Britain is genuinely good at
- CSconnected in South Wales
- Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult
- Southampton and Glasgow photonics research
- Cambridge and Bristol design capability
What we’re less certain about
- Capital equipment cost
- Power availability and cost
- Specialist process engineering talent
These are open questions UKIZ holds against this campus, not weaknesses we have proven.
Where the capability is
What UKIZ holds for this campus
My UKIZ
Mission record set
What UKIZ holds on UK semiconductors, photonics and advanced connectivity
The digital campus
Semiconductors, Photonics & Advanced Connectivity in Britain, as it stands today.
Britain will not compete on leading-edge logic volume. It can lead in compound semiconductors, photonics, design and specialist connectivity, if fabrication and packaging capacity exists here.
Every line below is a record with a date. Where UKIZ holds nothing, it says so rather than filling the space.
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Records come from published sources: filings, university and Catapult pages, government announcements and organisation-supplied information, each marked as such. Inferred facts are labelled inferred.