Semiconductors

Semiconductor Arena

Kista Science City is Sweden’s strongest ecosystem for semiconductors, connecting infrastructure, research and corporate abilities. The area brings together excellence across the value chain – from research and design to manufacturing, testing and packaging.

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Strengthen Sweden’s position

Here you’ll find Sweden’s competence centre and an EU pilot line, operated by KTH through the EU Chips JU programme. These assets strengthen Sweden’s role in building strategic capacity in the EU – accelerating production, supporting talent development and enhancing resilience.

Electrum Laboratory

Kista Science City is home to the Electrum Laboratory – Sweden’s leading innovation cluster for semiconductors. As a joint initiative between RISE and KTH, Electrum plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of advanced semiconductor technology. Here, cutting-edge research, collaboration and innovation converge. Electrum offers coworking spaces, expert consulting, cleanrooms with advanced equipment and the country’s largest testbed for industrialising semiconductors.

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Find talent and competence

The ecosystem connects entrepreneurs, business leaders, researchers and students in the semiconductor field. Through initiatives like matchmaking and thesis fairs, it becomes easier to find partners with the right skills and make career paths more visible and attractive – ensuring a steady pipeline of new talent in the sector.

From research to market

With support programmes like Test Drive by Sting, early-stage companies receive coaching, funding opportunities and network access. For larger corporations and research groups, this creates more opportunities to collaborate on new ideas.

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Explore semiconductors

Discover some of the companies, researchers, and innovators shaping Sweden’s semiconductor future in Kista.

KISAB

KISAB offers superior quality, Basal Plane Dislocation (BPD) free silicon carbide substrates to the semiconductor industry. Made in Sweden to meet the ever-increasing global demands for high quality silicon carbide material.

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IRnova

Backed by 35+ years of experience, a 1300 m² cleanroom facility, and Europe’s only in-house T2SL production, IRnova delivers high-performance infrared detectors with resolutions up to 1280×1024 — trusted by global defense, space, and industrial leaders.

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Excillum

Excillum is a world leader in advanced X-ray sources, enabling non-destructive testing and imaging for industries like semiconductors and biomedicine.

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TERASi

TeraSi powers the future of wireless communication by developing solutions like autonomous vehicles, satellites and 6G networks.

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Ericsson Silicon

Delivering value in the 5G era requires relentless innovation. The close co-design of Ericsson Silicon with hardware and software plays a crucial role in facilitating the creation of high-performing, energy efficient and lightweight products for a wide range of deployment scenarios, today and in the future.

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Sivers Semiconductors

Sivers Semiconductors develops and markets innovative SATCOM, 5G, 6G, Photonics, and Silicon Photonics products to the global communications and sensor technology sectors.

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