Growing talent pool to meet the rise of microelectronics

Electronics researchers are working to secure Cork a place in global technological explosion

Alberto Dicataldo, researcher at the Microelectronics Circuits Centre Ireland

With microelectronics central to current global technology trends – such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, cloud and mobile computing – Ireland must continue to drive research and innovation in microelectronics and semiconductors, according to Donnacha O’Riordan, executive director at Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland (MCCI).

China’s investment into integrated circuit development, to create an indigenous microelectronics industry, equates to an annual spend of $20 per head of population, while Ireland’s spend is ...