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Great to see Cohort #1 #ChipStartUK alum going primetime at Cambridge Wireless's #CWTEC last week.

👏 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the ChipStart UK Cohort #4 IP Strategy Workshop and Investor Networking Evening. 🏢 A special thank you to HLK for hosting us and sharing their expertise on IP strategy—an essential foundation for every hard-tech startup. 🚀 It's inspiring to see the innovation and ambition within ChipStart UK Cohort #4. Through Silicon Catalyst.UK, these pioneering startups are gaining access to the mentorship, connections, and expertise needed to accelerate their growth. 🤝 The networking evening was a fantastic opportunity to bring together founders, investors, industry leaders, mentors, and alumni from previous ChipStart UK cohorts. It was great to see so many meaningful conversations, new connections, and potential collaborations taking shape. We're excited to see what this talented cohort achieves over the coming monthss.

ChipStart UK is proud to be the Official Startup Partner for the TechWorks Semiconductor to Systems Summit 2026 (S2S26)! Join 600+ industry leaders from 300+ organisations at TechWorks' Semiconductor to Systems Summit 2026, delivered in partnership with the UK Semiconductor Centre. As TechWorks celebrates its 30th anniversary, S2S26 will bring together the entire UK semiconductor ecosystem, from materials and chip design to manufacturing, electronic systems, cyber security, AI and investment. 📅 26 August 2026 📍 Novotel London West   👋 Come and meet the team Whether you're an early-stage startup, an investor, an industry partner or simply curious about how ChipStart UK supports semiconductor innovation, we'd like to meet you. Visit our stand to: ✅ Learn how ChipStart UK is helping early-stage semiconductor startups accelerate from innovation to commercial success. ✅ Meet some of the exciting companies from our cohorts and hear about the cutting-edge technologies they're developing. ✅ Discover how Silicon Catalyst UK's global network of mentors, partners, investors and industry experts helps founders build and scale world-class semiconductor businesses. ✅ Find out whether ChipStart UK could be the right programme for your startup. ✅ Discuss being a mentor or advisor. If you're attending S2S26, come and say hello. We'd love to hear about what you're working on and chat about how ChipStart UK could potentially support you. 🎟️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/ex4Qyg_H

I had a great audience for my Reusable and Secure IP for FPGA talk at Verification Futures in Reading. It was an excellent track to be part of alongside Yassine Eben Aimine, Gavin Lofts, and rojalin mishra. In the session, I explored key aspects of building secure, reusable FPGA IP, including: • Secure‑by‑design hardware for latency‑critical FPGA systems • IP‑XACT (IEEE 1685) for portable, auditable IP integration at scale • RTL encryption (IEEE 1735 v2) to protect proprietary IP across multi‑vendor flows • Post‑quantum cryptography and its architectural/performance trade‑offs for FPGAs • Hardware roots of trust and hardware‑based authentication/authorization I also shared insights from real-world case studies: – AlphaData & NASA‑JPL AVIRIS‑3 – STFC scientific data acquisition system 👉 Are you facing challenges when designing or distributing FPGA IP? Think Secure-by-Design from the outset, learn more about how we address these challenges with ChevinID : https://lnkd.in/eM3EuVXB Great discussions and thoughtful questions throughout — thanks to everyone who joined!

CWTEC 2026 is evolving beyond a conference, it’s becoming a platform for the full semiconductor ecosystem. This year, we’re introducing: 🔷 Complimentary places for early-career talent 🔷 A dedicated Start-up Zone showcasing emerging innovation The aim is to bring established industry leaders, startups and future talent into the same conversations creating a more connected and forward-looking ecosystem. If you’re working with early-career engineers or building a startup in this space, find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eC3XJ9mX #CWTEC2026 #EarlyCareers #StartUp #CambridgeWireless

Xen Quantum are out of stealth mode at last. Take a look at what they're doing, and why the industry is so excited about what they're delivering for digital infrastructure security.

Following welcomes from Glenn Charter and Sean Redmond and a keynote from Arm’s Andrew Howard on the importance of ecosystem and innovation, Andy McLean introduced the UK Semiconductor Centre today at "ChipStart UK: Semiconductor startups @ Cambridge – Investing in the Future", hosted at Arm in Cambridge. Russell Haggar of Silicon Catalyst.UK then introduced ChipStart UK and the latest cohort companies: ABACQuS, Altro Photonics, Analogue Opto, Atlas Processing, Nibras Communications, Qascade, RobQuant, Skoosh and TrackStar. What stands out is not just the range of innovation across the companies, but the shape of the ecosystem around them: established technology companies, startups, investors, experienced founders, accelerators and sector bodies, all in the same room. The UK does not lack semiconductor ideas. The harder task is helping more of them become investable, scalable companies with access to the right customers, infrastructure, talent and international partners. That is why events like this matter. They are not just showcases. They are part of the connective tissue the sector needs. Looking forward to the founder journey session with Giorgia Longobardi of Cambridge GaN Devices Ltd and the semiconductor investor panel chaired by Martin O'Sullivan. #Semiconductors #Startups #Investment #Cambridge #UKSemiconductors

🚀We're excited to welcome Silicon Catalyst.UK as a media partner for Hardware Pioneers Max 2026. As the UK arm of Silicon Catalyst and the organisation delivering the UK Government’s ChipStart UK incubation programme, Silicon Catalyst UK nurtures early-stage semiconductor startups across the UK. We have shortlisted 8 incredible ChipStart startups joining us this year: 🔹MintNeuro 🔹weeteq 🔹Chevin Technology 🔹Chipletti 🔹Heronic Technologies 🔹PhovIR Technologies 🔹Apitronix Semiconductor 🔹Literal Labs 📍Meet them in the Startup Zone. 🕤 Hear their dedicated pitch session on 11th June at 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM in Conference Theatre 3. #HardwarePioneers #SiliconCatalystUK #ChipStartUK #Startup #Semiconductors #DeepTech #StartupPitch