Date/time
13/04/2016
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue
The OpTIC Centre, St Asaph Business Park
Denbighshire, LL17 0JD, Wales.
Event organiser
Welsh Optics Forum
Contact details
susan.sheridan@wof.org.uk
Catapult in Compound Semiconductor Applications
Wednesday 13 April 2016, OpTIC Centre, St Asaph
Andy Sellars, Lead Technologist, High Value Manufacturing will be giving a talk to Welsh Optic Forum members and colleagues on Wednesday 13th April on the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult to be located in Wales.
Wyn Meredith, IQE is also joining the day to provide an update about the IQE/Cardiff University Centre for Semiconductors.
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced that the new Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult will be based in Wales and receive £10 million a year of government support up to 2020-21.
The Catapults are a network of world-leading centres designed to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in specific areas and drive economic growth. They provide businesses with access to critical assets, research and expertise. Compound Semiconductors is an area of UK strength and this new Catapult will reinforce our strong position in this important and growing technology. They are overseen by Innovate UK and join entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists with state-of-the-art facilities that allow them to create new products and services.
Compound semiconductors are at the heart of many devices we use today, from smart phones to tablets and satellite communication systems. They are are central to development of the 5G network, new high-efficiency lighting, power electronics for the next generation of electric vehicles and new imaging techniques for a variety of uses from security to health diagnostics. The global market for compound semiconductors is expected to be £125 billion by 2020. The Catapult for Semiconductors will be the 11th Catapult Centre.
