Industry leaders discuss Australia's semiconductor opportunities at the Macquarie Park Semiconductor Summit

The first Macquarie Park Semiconductor Summit was held at Macquarie University to discuss the emerging opportunity for Australian in the global semiconductor supply chain.

The keynote from local pioneer and entrepreneur Neil Weste provided a history of the innovation and commercialisation journey of wi-fi and recent developments including Morse Micro.

Michael Boers provided an overview of local chip design and announcement of the new Silicon Platforms Lab at Macquarie University with Atto Devices.

The Platform will focus on communications and sensing systems using chipsets and advanced packaging, training the next generation of engineers and supporting industry and research across sectors that require integrated circuits.

A copy of Michael's presentation is available online here.

The first panel discussed the opportunity for Australia to play an increased in the global semiconductor supply chain including whether to focus on new fabless design and IP over trying to compete on commoditised large scale manufacturing.

The second panel dived deeper into the lived experience of local innovative firms using semiconductors in their supply chain to manufacture devices. The panel also explored the convergence of technologies with semiconductors including synthetic biology which is being explored at the University.

The new Quantum Device Packaging Facility at CSIRO's Lindfield Collaboration Hub was profiled.

The event provided a terrific spotlight on the key facilities, organisations and companies leading the charge in the local semiconductor sector and paved a platform for future collaboration at the district and beyond.

Thanks to event partners Macquarie University, CSIRO Lindfield Collaboration Hub, Semiconductor Sector Service Buraeu (S3B) and to Investment NSW for sponsoring the Summit.

Recordings of the event will be made available on the Connect MPID YouTube page over the forthcoming weeks.