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blue and red laser

£1m laser tech win for Cardiff venture

16 December 2016

Compound Semiconductor Centre wins funding

Institute offering ‘Rising Star’ fellowships

15 December 2016

We are offering prestigious five-year fellowships in Compound Semiconductor Technology.

ICS researchers awarded Sêr Cymru funding

14 December 2016

Welsh Government funding will enable the development of state-of-the-art systems.

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£10m award creates Compound Semiconductor hub

5 December 2016

Cardiff University to lead EPSRC Manufacturing Hub

Computer electronic circuit board

Cardiff-IQE venture wins £1m Award

28 November 2016

Innovate UK backs new diode laser project

Go ahead for new fabrication facility

22 November 2016

Latest phase of Cardiff University's Innovation Campus, which will house the Institute’s new fabrication facility, is approved.

New postgraduates begin research at Institute

15 November 2016

Two PhD students join the Institute to begin research in semiconductor photodetectors and photonic integrated circuits.

Institute welcomes new academics

26 October 2016

The recruitment of three new academics marks the beginning of a large recruitment drive at the Institute.

George Osbourne looking through a microscope

£50m for Cardiff Compound Semiconductor Catapult

8 January 2016

A new £50m UK national Catapult to develop and build next generation Compound Semiconductor (CS) technologies will be spearheaded by Cardiff University and Cardiff-based CS specialists IQE.

IQE plc Headquarters Building exterior Cardiff, UK

World’s first Compound Semiconductor cluster launches in Westminster

18 November 2015

Partnership between industry and academia formally launched