Semiconductors

Semiconductor Arena

Kista Science City is Sweden’s strongest ecosystem for semiconductors, connecting infrastructure, research and industry capabilities. 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 produces Basal Plane Dislocation (BPD)-free silicon carbide substrates for the semiconductor industry, manufactured in Sweden to meet global demand for high-quality silicon carbide material.

Visit kisabsemi.com

IRnova

IRnova develops and manufactures infrared detectors with resolutions up to 1280×1024, supported by in-house cleanroom facilities and long-standing expertise in T2SL production for defence, space and industrial applications.

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Excillum

Excillum develops advanced X-ray sources, enabling non-destructive testing and imaging for industries such as semiconductors and biomedicine.

Visit excillum.com

TERASi

TERASi develops solutions for wireless communication used in areas such as autonomous vehicles, satellites and 6G networks.

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Ericsson Silicon

Ericsson Silicon is co-designed with hardware and software to support high-performing, energy-efficient and lightweight products across a wide range of 5G deployment scenarios.

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Sivers Semiconductors

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

Visit sivers-semiconductors.com