Government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation’s flagship Strength in Places Fund will build a world-leading cluster of excellence in CS technologies – CSconnected - bringing economic investment and high quality jobs to the region.The winning consortium connects Cardiff University, Swansea University, a range of key regional industrial partners including IQE, SPTS, Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), Microchip Technology Caldicot, Cardiff Capital Region City Deal Welsh Government and UK Government’s Compound Semiconductor Applications