Cardiff University has entered into a joint venture with IQE plc – a global supplier of semiconductor wafers – to create the world’s first compound semiconductor technology cluster. The Compound Semiconductor Centre is being launched next month and hopes to combine industry and academia to create a UK-based cluster which has the potential to create 5,000 jobs.
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