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Qualcomm said the deal would give it assets for its move into data centres, driven by AI inference and custom CPUs. The scheme became effective on 18 December 2025 and Qualcomm announced completion the same day. Alphawave's co-founder and chief executive Tony Pialis now leads Qualcomm's data-centre business. Alphawave's UK sites and UK headcount were not stated on the pages opened. 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Companies House shows APPLE (UK) LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "The UK arm of the US consumer-electronics company, whose engineering teams in London and Cambridge work on Apple Intelligence and the Siri assistant.", "description": "On 11 December 2024 Apple said its investment in the UK had grown to more than £18bn over the previous five years, across all activities, and that its UK engineering teams had doubled in that time. The teams, in London, Cambridge and elsewhere, support technologies in Apple Intelligence such as Siri's integration into Apple products. Apple has an office at Battersea, London, and says it supports 550,000 UK jobs through direct employment, its supply chain and the iOS app economy. No UK AI headcount was given. [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: GPU, neural engine, and mixed-signal PMIC design hubs spun out of historic Imagination and Dialog engineering teams. 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Companies House records the name change of Sondrel Limited on 28 April 2025.", "one_line": "Designs large custom chips for other companies, from specification to production, including chips for AI workloads.", "description": "Sondrel, a Reading chip-design house founded as Sondrel Limited in 2002, left AIM in 2024 and became private. Oliver Jones became chief executive on 1 November 2024. In April 2025 it rebranded as Aion Silicon, joining Intel Foundry's Accelerator Design Services Alliance as part of a push into the US. Its chief executive said \"The AI revolution is driving unprecedented demand for specialized, high-performance chips.\" Sondrel's web pages now redirect to aionsilicon.com. The operating and holding companies were renamed Aion Silicon Limited and Aion Silicon Holdings Limited and are registered at 33 Great Portland Street, London. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] contract / chief executive: $12m design win for a RISC-V HPC and AI accelerator (28 May 2025); Oliver Jones, CEO [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: Complex ultra-large ASIC design and turnkey silicon provider for AI accelerators, automotive ADAS, and video processing. 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Its main market is voice and audio. In October 2025 it described \"XCORE GenSoC\" chips, which let developers use generative-AI coding tools to define their own system-on-chip. Its newsroom lists the launch of the VocalFusion XVF3620 AI voice processor and an XCORE-VISION crowdfunding campaign. Backers named by UKTN include Amadeus Capital, Bosch and Huawei. [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] people: Mark Lippett, CEO (2020); Aneet Chopra, EVP Marketing and Product Management (2023) [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: Fabless voice, audio, and edge AI multicore microcontroller (xcore.ai) semiconductor company ($113M+ raised; chaired by ex-Arm leaders). 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[Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] partnership: With Quintessent (California) on quantum-dot wafer supply for AI optical interconnects; initial $0.5m purchase order (24 Jan 2025) [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: Global leader in compound semiconductor epitaxy wafers (GaAs, InP, GaN) powering VCSELs for 3D sensing and high-speed optical AI interconnects.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "03745726", "registered_office": "Pascal Close, St Mellons, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF3 0LW", "incorporated": "1999-04-01", "legal_form": "plc", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "03745726", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03745726", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Pascal Close, St Mellons, Cardiff (CF3 0LW)", "postcode": "CF3 0LW", "lat": 51.530931, "lng": -3.087987, "region": "Wales", "admin_district": "Cardiff", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Jutta Meier", "role": "CEO", 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first UK office in Bristol, at the Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre (QTIC), announced 6 July 2023; it still lists R&D offices in the UK with placements in Bristol.", "one_line": "The Bristol research office of a Dutch company that makes AI inference chips and boards for devices at the edge.", "description": "Axelera AI is based at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and makes the Metis AI platform, hardware and software for AI inference at the edge. On 6 July 2023 it announced its first UK office, in Bristol, joining the University of Bristol's Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre; Jon Ferguson, vice-president of silicon engineering, was quoted. Its recruitment profile lists R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and the UK, with work in its Bristol office. 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Companies House shows INTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Develops a new type of memory chip made from silicon oxide that can be built in ordinary chip factories, aimed at edge devices and AI.", "description": "Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies is a University College London spin-out, incorporated in December 2017, that makes resistive memory (RRAM) from silicon oxide, which it says gives faster reads and writes than existing memory. In March 2023 it raised £7m in a round led by Octopus Ventures with IP Group and UCL's Technology Fund, alongside £1m of Innovate UK grants. Mark Dickinson was chief executive at that time. No later news was opened in this session. 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Companies House shows OPTALYSYS LTD as Active (checked 31 Oct 2026).", "one_line": "Builds photonic computing chips that combine light and electronics, used for encrypted data processing and heavy computing such as generative AI.", "description": "Optalysys is a Leeds company working on photonic computing, combining silicon photonics with digital technology so that data movement and processing happen on one chip. Its main application is fully homomorphic encryption, which lets data be processed while still encrypted; UKTN says its programmable layer targets compute-heavy workloads such as generative AI. It raised £21m in a Series A in July 2023 and a £23m Series A extension in January 2026, led by Northern Gritstone with imec.xpand, Lingotto Horizon and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund. Dr Nick New is co-founder and chief executive. AI is one target workload, not its stated core business. 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It doubles AIRR compute for firms backed by the Sovereign AI fund and restates £750m for the Edinburgh Next National Supercomputing Service. It names Oriole Networks, working with AMD through the Scaling Inference Lab, and cites Fractile and Olix (Chips page). [Round 4, 30 Oct 2026] CHIPS & HARDWARE: DSIT plan of over £1.1bn in public and private money to back UK firms building AI chips and computing hardware. 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No AI-specific product was found.", "description": "Agile Analog was founded in 2017 by Mike Hulse and sells analogue intellectual property: circuit designs that customers can \"customise the chip for their specific needs\" across manufacturing processes. UKTN reported on 17 May 2021 that it closed US$19m (nearly £13.5m) led by OMERS Ventures, with Delin Ventures, firstminute capital and MMC Ventures; Pete Hutton was executive chairman. Its company was first named Affinity Analog Limited. No AI link was found on pages opened; Alex to decide whether it belongs on the chips page. [Round 7, 30 Oct 2026] Chips and hardware: Configurable, process-agnostic analog IP generator company (PMU, data converters, PVT sensors for advanced-node AI SoCs; raised $19M+).", "uk_status": "uk", "company": { "ch_number": "10892818", "registered_office": "Serendipity Labs, 1 Cambridge Square, Cambridge, England, CB4 0AE", "incorporated": "2017-08-01", "legal_form": "ltd", "owner_or_acquirer": null, "headcount": null, "ch_number_clean": "10892818", "companies_house_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10892818", "ch_note": null }, "place": { "text": "Cambridge (CB4 0AE)", "postcode": "CB4 0AE", "lat": 52.22486, "lng": 0.157178, "region": "England: East of England", "admin_district": "South Cambridgeshire", "geocoded": "postcodes.io" }, "people": [ { "name": "Mike Hulse", "role": "Founder", "from": "2017", "source": "https://www.uktech.news/news/cambridge-deep-tech-agile-analog-funding-20210517" }, { "name": "Pete Hutton", "role": "Executive chairman (as at May 2021)", "from": null, "source": null } ], "money": [ { "kind": "funding_round", "amount": 19000000, "currency": "USD", "date": "2021-05-17", "detail": "led by OMERS Ventures", "raw": "funding_round: 19000000 USD 2021-05-17 — led by OMERS Ventures", "amount_gbp": 13457997, "fx_rate": 1.4118, "fx_source": "Bank of England daily spot rate (series XUDLUSS, XUDLERS), US$1.4118 per £ on 2021-05-17", "fx_date": "2021-05-17", "fx_note": "", "txt": "US$19m", "gbp_txt": "£13.5m" } ], "site": null, "product": { "maker": "Agile Analog", "launched": null, "what_it_does": "configurable analogue circuit designs licensed to chip makers" }, "dsit_domains": [ "AI infrastructure" ], "sectors": [ "semiconductor IP", "analogue design" ], "confidence": "verified", "checked": "2026-10-29", "as_of": "2026-10-29", "applied": null, "held": [], "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "semiconductor IP", "function": "Designs analogue circuit blocks that chip makers can adapt and add to their own chips. 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It grows a low-temperature diamond coating directly onto gallium nitride chips to stop AI data-centre power hardware overheating, turning captured CO2 into the diamond film. It works with University of Bristol researchers on a microwave plasma method. UKTN reported a round of more than £600,000 on 21 August 2026, led by Carbon13 with the Net Zero Technology Centre and Vento, to test the coating on commercial chips and start pilot trials. 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From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 86); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "foreign_with_uk_base", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Redhill / Bristol / Warwick", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: South East" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Global chipmakers' UK design centres" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "function": "Power semiconductors and PSoC Edge AI microcontrollers.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "div": "global-chipmakers-uk-design-centres" } ], "div_label": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "location": "Redhill / Bristol / Warwick", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7017", "name": "NXP Semiconductors UK", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Automotive radar, NPU-equipped i.MX processors, and secure edge silicon design.", "description": "Automotive radar, NPU-equipped i.MX processors, and secure edge silicon design. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 87); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "foreign_with_uk_base", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Glasgow / East Kilbride / Southampton", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "Scotland" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Global chipmakers' UK design centres" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "function": "Automotive radar, NPU-equipped i.MX processors, and secure edge silicon design.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "div": "global-chipmakers-uk-design-centres" } ], "div_label": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "location": "Glasgow / East Kilbride / Southampton", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7018", "name": "Microchip Technology UK", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "PolarFire FPGA edge-AI design and advanced semiconductor packaging in Caldicot.", "description": "PolarFire FPGA edge-AI design and advanced semiconductor packaging in Caldicot. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 88); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "foreign_with_uk_base", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Caldicot, South Wales / Wokingham", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "Wales" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Global chipmakers' UK design centres" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "function": "PolarFire FPGA edge-AI design and advanced semiconductor packaging in Caldicot.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "div": "global-chipmakers-uk-design-centres" } ], "div_label": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "location": "Caldicot, South Wales / Wokingham", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7019", "name": "Teledyne e2v", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "High-reliability space-grade processors, RF power, and advanced CMOS image sensors for machine vision.", "description": "High-reliability space-grade processors, RF power, and advanced CMOS image sensors for machine vision. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 89); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "foreign_with_uk_base", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Chelmsford, Essex", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: East of England" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Global chipmakers' UK design centres" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "function": "High-reliability space-grade processors, RF power, and advanced CMOS image sensors for machine vision.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "div": "global-chipmakers-uk-design-centres" } ], "div_label": "Global chipmakers' UK design centres", "location": "Chelmsford, Essex", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7020", "name": "Element Six", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "De Beers subsidiary producing synthetic single-crystal and CVD diamond substrates for extreme thermal management of high-TDP AI chips and quantum sensors.", "description": "De Beers subsidiary producing synthetic single-crystal and CVD diamond substrates for extreme thermal management of high-TDP AI chips and quantum sensors. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 90); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Didcot / Ascot", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: South East" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "RF, wireless and materials" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "RF, wireless and materials", "function": "De Beers subsidiary producing synthetic single-crystal and CVD diamond substrates for extreme thermal management of high-TDP AI chips and quantum sensors.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "RF, wireless and materials", "div": "rf-wireless-and-materials" } ], "div_label": "RF, wireless and materials", "location": "Didcot / Ascot", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7021", "name": "Filtronic", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "High-frequency MMIC and RF transceiver hardware for low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite AI backhaul (major SpaceX Starlink supplier).", "description": "High-frequency MMIC and RF transceiver hardware for low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite AI backhaul (major SpaceX Starlink supplier). From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 92); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Sedgefield, County Durham", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: North East" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "RF, wireless and materials" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "RF, wireless and materials", "function": "High-frequency MMIC and RF transceiver hardware for low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite AI backhaul (major SpaceX Starlink supplier).", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "RF, wireless and materials", "div": "rf-wireless-and-materials" } ], "div_label": "RF, wireless and materials", "location": "Sedgefield, County Durham", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7022", "name": "Blu Wireless", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Millimetre-wave (60GHz–100GHz) wireless silicon and system IP for high-speed autonomous vehicle and defence mesh networking.", "description": "Millimetre-wave (60GHz–100GHz) wireless silicon and system IP for high-speed autonomous vehicle and defence mesh networking. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 93); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Bristol", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: South West" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "RF, wireless and materials" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "RF, wireless and materials", "function": "Millimetre-wave (60GHz–100GHz) wireless silicon and system IP for high-speed autonomous vehicle and defence mesh networking.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "RF, wireless and materials", "div": "rf-wireless-and-materials" } ], "div_label": "RF, wireless and materials", "location": "Bristol", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-CHIP-7063" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7023", "name": "Forefront RF", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Tunable RF front-end cancellation chip company spun out of Bristol/Cambridge research.", "description": "Tunable RF front-end cancellation chip company spun out of Bristol/Cambridge research. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 94); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Cambridge", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: East of England" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "RF, wireless and materials" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "RF, wireless and materials", "function": "Tunable RF front-end cancellation chip company spun out of Bristol/Cambridge research.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "RF, wireless and materials", "div": "rf-wireless-and-materials" } ], "div_label": "RF, wireless and materials", "location": "Cambridge", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7024", "name": "Sofant Technologies", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Low-power MEMS beamforming RF antenna silicon for satellite and 5G/6G AI edge connectivity.", "description": "Low-power MEMS beamforming RF antenna silicon for satellite and 5G/6G AI edge connectivity. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 95); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Edinburgh", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "Scotland" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "RF, wireless and materials" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "RF, wireless and materials", "function": "Low-power MEMS beamforming RF antenna silicon for satellite and 5G/6G AI edge connectivity.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "RF, wireless and materials", "div": "rf-wireless-and-materials" } ], "div_label": "RF, wireless and materials", "location": "Edinburgh", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7025", "name": "SmartKem", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) and microLED semiconductor materials platform.", "description": "Organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) and microLED semiconductor materials platform. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 96); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Manchester", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: North West" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "RF, wireless and materials" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "RF, wireless and materials", "function": "Organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) and microLED semiconductor materials platform.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "RF, wireless and materials", "div": "rf-wireless-and-materials" } ], "div_label": "RF, wireless and materials", "location": "Manchester", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7026", "name": "Specialised Chip Procurement Pool", "bucket": "prog", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Dedicated public procurement envelope acting as an anchor customer for UK-designed AI accelerators. Parent / operator: AIRR / DSIT. Funding / scale: £400M (nested in £750M).", "description": "Dedicated public procurement envelope acting as an anchor customer for UK-designed AI accelerators. Parent / operator: AIRR / DSIT. Funding / scale: £400M (nested in £750M). From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 108); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": null, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Public programmes and bodies" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "category": "Public programmes and bodies", "function": "Dedicated public procurement envelope acting as an anchor customer for UK-designed AI accelerators. Parent / operator: AIRR / DSIT. Funding / scale: £400M (nested in £750M).", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Public programmes and bodies", "div": "public-programmes-and-bodies" } ], "div_label": "Public programmes and bodies", "location": null, "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7027", "name": "Digital Security by Design (DSbD)", "bucket": "prog", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Foundational programme behind Arm Morello and SCI Semiconductor's CHERI memory-safe silicon. Parent / operator: UKRI / Innovate UK. Funding / scale: £70M+ public + £117M match.", "description": "Foundational programme behind Arm Morello and SCI Semiconductor's CHERI memory-safe silicon. Parent / operator: UKRI / Innovate UK. 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Funding / scale: £70M+ public + £117M match.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Public programmes and bodies", "div": "public-programmes-and-bodies" } ], "div_label": "Public programmes and bodies", "location": null, "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7028", "name": "Semiconductor Skills Programme and Bursaries", "bucket": "prog", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Expands EEE/materials undergrad bursaries from 300 (2025–26) to 400 (2026–27) and 500 (2027–28), plus teaching fellowships. Parent / operator: DSIT / UKESF. Funding / scale: £48M (part of £80M pillar).", "description": "Expands EEE/materials undergrad bursaries from 300 (2025–26) to 400 (2026–27) and 500 (2027–28), plus teaching fellowships. Parent / operator: DSIT / UKESF. Funding / scale: £48M (part of £80M pillar). From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 120); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": null, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Public programmes and bodies" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "category": "Public programmes and bodies", "function": "Expands EEE/materials undergrad bursaries from 300 (2025–26) to 400 (2026–27) and 500 (2027–28), plus teaching fellowships. Parent / operator: DSIT / UKESF. 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From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 122); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": null, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Public programmes and bodies" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Schemes, programmes and AI lines", "category": "Public programmes and bodies", "function": "Targeted skills conversion and workforce retention for sovereign AI hardware engineering. Parent / operator: DSIT. 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From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 198); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "London", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: London" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Quantum chips and control silicon" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Chips, models and products", "category": "Quantum chips and control silicon", "function": "Standard 300mm foundry CMOS (Bloomsbury/UCL/Oxford spin-out) high-density silicon quantum processor tiles.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Quantum chips and control silicon", "div": "quantum-chips-and-control-silicon" } ], "div_label": "Quantum chips and control silicon", "location": "London", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7078", "name": "Thalia Design Automation AMALIA platform", "bucket": "prod", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "AI-powered analog/mixed-signal IC IP migration and design automation software suite.", "description": "AI-powered analog/mixed-signal IC IP migration and design automation software suite. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 199); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Cwmbran, Wales", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "Wales" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Chip software, compilers and standards" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Chips, models and products", "category": "Chip software, compilers and standards", "function": "AI-powered analog/mixed-signal IC IP migration and design automation software suite.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Chip software, compilers and standards", "div": "chip-software-compilers-and-standards" } ], "div_label": "Chip software, compilers and standards", "location": "Cwmbran, Wales", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-CHIP-7082" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7079", "name": "Codasip UK", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Custom RISC-V processor IP and CheriBSD/CHERI-RISC-V secure processor cores, with a major engineering hub in Bristol.", "description": "Custom RISC-V processor IP and CheriBSD/CHERI-RISC-V secure processor cores, with a major engineering hub in Bristol. From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 213); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Bristol", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: South West" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "AI accelerators and processors" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "AI accelerators and processors", "function": "Custom RISC-V processor IP and CheriBSD/CHERI-RISC-V secure processor cores, with a major engineering hub in Bristol.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "AI accelerators and processors", "div": "ai-accelerators-and-processors" } ], "div_label": "AI accelerators and processors", "location": "Bristol", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 0, "related_ids": [] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7080", "name": "VyperCore", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "Founded by Russell Haggar and Ed Nutting; developing hardware-accelerated memory-management and garbage-collection processor technology that speeds up general-purpose and AI data-centre workloads by up to 5x while guaranteeing memory safety (£4M+ seed led by Octopus Ventures).", "description": "Founded by Russell Haggar and Ed Nutting; developing hardware-accelerated memory-management and garbage-collection processor technology that speeds up general-purpose and AI data-centre workloads by up to 5x while guaranteeing memory safety (£4M+ seed led by Octopus Ventures). 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From Alex's Chips research file (30 Oct 2026, chips_20261030.docx, line 229); the file gives no source links.", "uk_status": "uk", "company": null, "place": { "text": "Sheffield", "postcode": null, "lat": null, "lng": null, "region": "England: Yorkshire and the Humber" }, "people": [], "money": [], "site": null, "product": null, "dsit_domains": [], "sectors": [ "Chip design IP and EDA" ], "confidence": "single_source", "checked": "2026-10-30", "as_of": "2026-10-30", "applied": null, "held": null, "same_as": null, "package1_id": null, "type": "Companies", "category": "Chip design IP and EDA", "function": "Ultra-low-power embedded SRAM IP, cryogenic memory IP for quantum/AI, and CompuRAM in-memory compute compilers.", "affiliation": "Chips and hardware", "sources": [], "source_quotes": [], "website": [], "colleges": [], "topics": [], "one_source": true, "confidence_raw": "single_source", "depts": [ { "dept": "Chip design IP and EDA", "div": "chip-design-ip-and-eda" } ], "div_label": "Chip design IP and EDA", "location": "Sheffield", "status_group": null, "ext_links": [], "label_links": [], "degree": 1, "related_ids": [ "BIZ-CHIP-7051" ] }, { "id": "BIZ-CHIP-7082", "name": "Thalia Design Automation", "bucket": "co", "status": null, "status_date": null, "status_detail": null, "one_line": "AMALIA EDA automation software for analog, RF, and power management IP node migration.", "description": "AMALIA EDA automation software for analog, RF, and power management IP node migration. 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