CSconnected Future Focus Podcast
About CSconnected
CSconnected is the world’s first compound semiconductor cluster and the collective brand for a growing number of advanced semiconductor related activities in Wales. Home to a unique community of academic institutions, prototyping facilities and global, high-volume manufacturing capabilities that collaborate across a range of research and innovation programs.
CSconnected is uniquely positioned to develop a global advantage in a sovereign, key enabling technology which will allow Wales and the UK to increase trade globally in critical sectors such as 5G communications, autonomous and electric vehicles, advanced medical devices, and consumer electronics of the future.
Next Generation Technologies
CSconnected is at the heart of a wide range of markets powering megatrends of the future – 5G communications, autonomous and electric vehicles, advanced medical devices, and consumer electronics of the future.
Collaboration
Collaboration sits at the heart of CSconnected and has enabled unparalleled progress and commercial partnerships.
A Growing Community
The CSconnected community currently provide over 1600 high skilled, high-value jobs with that number set to double over the coming years.
Made in Wales South
Wales has a strong industrial base of semiconductor businesses supported by world class academic expertise.
In 2020, CSconnected received government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation’s flagship Strength in Places Fund (SIPF). The 55-month CSconnected SIPF project has a total value of £43million, supported by £25million of UKRI funds. It builds on Wales’s regional strengths and integrates research excellence with a unique regional supply chain in compound semiconductor manufacturing.
“Everything you use day‑to‑day relies on compound semiconductors now — and as the world advances, so will we.
You don’t have to know exactly what you want to do — we’re here to help you explore. Stay curious, try things out, and don’t lock yourself into one idea too early.”
Brandon
Skills Manager, CS connect
Career Opprtunities
The South Wales compound semiconductor cluster brings together global companies, innovative SMEs and research organisations working at the forefront of advanced electronics. The sector underpins technologies such as electric vehicles, renewable energy, telecommunications, defence and space, offering long-term, high-value careers across a wide range of roles. Career opportunities exist across the full semiconductor value chain, from materials and device design through to manufacturing, testing and systems integration. Employers within the cluster offer roles for technicians, engineers, graduates and experienced professionals, with pathways supported by regional colleges, universities and industry-led training programmes.
