Electronics Weekly
“The design centre, which has received £2.5m in Welsh Government investment, funding from Cadence, and support from CSA Catapult, will create over 100 jobs for graduate students in the next five years,” according to the catapult. It “will provide training and a career path for graduates, apprentices and career changers to enter the semiconductor industry. There will be opportunities for graduates in electronic and electrical engineering, computer science and physics, helping to bridge the gap between university education and real-world job opportunities”.
Based at Centre 7 in Cardiff Gate, it will be a Cadence Design Centre operated by CSA Catapult, said the Catapult, and will also work with universities, start-ups and small businesses on projects, as well as helping UK semiconductor companies collaborate with European and US chip initiatives.
“Cadence is committed to promoting economic development in Wales,” Cadence v-p Rebecca Dobson. “We’re investing to support the high-tech industry in Wales.”
But are there 100 semiconductor quality graduates wanting to work in Wales in the next five years ?
I suppose Cardiff isn’t as far west as Swansea which used to have one or two back in the day 30 years ago.
I can only think of Siliconix over there, which was doing transistors for UK military. Hardly world leading stuff.
No top semi guy is going to want to live in Cardiff – this should be in somewhere sensible like Cambridge, Edinburgh or Southampton.
Yup. It was a hi rel assembly plant producing stuff that is now pure unobtainium.
There was a design group too but all the processing took place in Santa Clara.