Great research means little if nobody in industry sees it.
The Hub connects the two.
Find industry collaborators and sponsors, place students into internships and jobs, and reach the people who put research to work.
Your path through the Hub
Four steps for academia and researchers, from the first links to follow to what is new on the Hub today.
Where to start
- Claim your institution →
Your page is already here.
- Place students →
Internships and first roles.
- Research and datasets →
What industry reads.
- Events →
Find and host academic and industry events.
Training plan. From research result to industry practice: outcomes, modules, exercises and self-checks built on the Hub's lifecycles.
In the Industry Review 2026
- Chapter 3: Process technology and the PDK roadmap
- Chapter 9: Talent and workforce
- Chapter 12: Design and EDA, including AI-assisted design
Other chapters (10)
- Chapter 1: Market and demand by end market
- Chapter 2: Capacity, fabs and siting
- Chapter 4: Advanced packaging and chiplets
- Chapter 5: AI accelerators and compute demand
- Chapter 6: Memory
- Chapter 7: Power and compound semiconductors
- Chapter 8: Supply chain, chokepoints and geopolitics
- Chapter 10: Funding, venture and M&A
- Chapter 11: Sustainability and emissions
- Chapter 13: Outlook and what to watch
The whole review: analysis, cited facts and live Hub data, chapter by chapter.
Lifecycles for you
The chip lifecycles that the training plan for Academia and researchers draws on most. Each one sets out its stages, the gates that check them and the work handed over.
- Process technology (node) lifecycle →A manufacturing process technology, or node, from pathfinding and technology definition through module development, process integration, design kit releases at rising maturity, test chips and yield learning, and process reliability qualification to customer design enablement, risk production, high-volume manufacturing, continuous improvement and the node's end of life. The output is a qualified process and the design kit that customers build their chips on.12 stages, 18 gates
- Process design kit (PDK) development lifecycle →A process design kit, from planning its scope and supported tool flows through device models, design rules, physical verification and extraction decks, technology files, PCells and symbols, standard cell and foundation IP libraries, DFM rules and fill, and kit quality assurance, to alpha, beta, pre-production and production releases of rising maturity, customer support and updates, and the kit's end of life. The output is the kit that every chip on the node is designed and signed off with.13 stages, 16 gates
- Soft IP lifecycle →One reusable block delivered as synthesisable design code (soft IP), made in-house or taken in from a supplier, from its specification through design, verification, implementation views and quality checks to a versioned release for SoC teams.8 stages, 10 gates
- Fabless startup chip lifecycle →A new fabless company's first chip, from the problem and market thesis and the founding team through a proof of concept in simulation and on an FPGA prototype, pre-seed and seed funding, architecture and partner selection, and a test chip on a shuttle, to evaluation with design partners, a Series A and product silicon, qualification and first revenue, and scale-up. Funding gates sit beside the engineering gates.15 stages, 27 gates
- SoC and full-chip lifecycle →The whole chip, from its specification through IP integration, full-chip design and verification, tape-out, bring-up and qualification to production and end of life.15 stages, 22 gates
New to the lifecycle? Start here: the lifecycle in five steps, see the whole lifecycle on one page or look up a term in the glossary.
What the Hub brings
Employers, students and applicants already look you up. This is what you control when you show up here.
An institution page you can claim
Your institution already has a public page. Claim it with evidence, a person reviews the claim, and a Claimed badge tells every visitor that a verified representative stands behind the page.
Found by country, category and level
Students and employers browse institutions by country, state, category and programme level. Regional rankings and semiconductor relevance tiers are shown with their source, so nobody has to guess what a tag means.
Members who link themselves to you
Members who list your institution on their profile appear on your page. Discipline counts show only when three or more people share one, so small groups cannot be singled out.
A safer page for schools
School pages carry no member list and no discipline data at all. A small class named next to a school could point to a child, so the page never shows that detail.
Cohorts for campuses
Campus cohorts are open community groups with their own public wall page. Students find peers at the same stage, and only members who grant data access are listed or counted.
Experience briefs your students can finish
Employers post real micro-projects. Your students complete them, a verified mentor reviews the work, and a certificate with a public check code becomes proof of work they can show a hiring manager.
Teaching material from the real industry
Use the glossary, role pages, skill pages and company directory in class. Each role page lists its responsibilities, skills, tools and the live listings that ask for them.
Industry certifications, with the evidence
A register of industry certifications states, for each one, the evidence that employers or industry bodies recognise it. Students see which credentials count before they spend money on them.
What changes for your institution
Nothing is for sale in ranking
Money never changes how an institution appears. There is no paid placement. This is a founding rule of the Hub.
Young people are protected
School pages show no member list and no discipline data, so a small group can never point to a child.
Claims need proof
You claim a page by showing evidence. A person reviews it before the Claimed badge goes live.
Live on the Hub for academia and researchers
Ordered by what is most useful to you first. Sign in and opt in to personalization and it also reorders around your discipline and activity. Sign in
Research
2Recently published research items with the publisher named, for following the literature and seeing where your own work fits.
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4Academic institutions with a recognised semiconductor focus: where peer programs sit and who else works in your field.
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4Upcoming conferences and workshops where you can present your work and meet people from industry.
See all →News
6Recent coverage of the technology problems companies are working on, and where your research could connect to demand.
See all →Open roles
2Newly posted roles showing where industry hires, useful for pointing your students and postdocs toward real openings.
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Grants & incentives
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Experience briefs
0Short-term, skill-building projects from real teams that give your students practical industry exposure.
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Community
0Recent discussions among practitioners, so you can hear what industry needs from graduates and join the conversation directly.
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Funding & M&A
0Recent rounds and acquisitions that show which research areas attract capital and which companies might back or partner on your work.
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Directory highlights
0Recently updated, verified company profiles. Find industry partners for collaboration, sponsorship and placement of your students.
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Courses
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Target markets
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