The Czech Semiconductor Center supports companies, students, and scientists. It has already achieved results after just a few months of operation

The Czech Semiconductor Centre (CSC) has completed its first months of full operation and is already helping to kick-start the domestic chip business. Since its launch in spring 2025, it has managed to build a team, set project management rules, create a service catalogue, significantly contribute to the popularisation of the semiconductor field, and engage in important negotiations with international partners – including at Prague Castle. Now it is adding another novelty – launching its own newsletter, which will regularly bring updates from the centre and the semiconductor industry in the Czech Republic and Europe.

“By mid-2025 we had already exceeded a number of annual goals – we engaged 11 start-ups or SMEs, supported 7 students with entrepreneurial ideas, and organised a workshop for Škoda Auto as well as a summer school for international students. Despite difficulties in finalising the grant agreement on the side of ChipsJU, we are meeting a large part of this year’s KPI indicators, and as a team we believe we are well on track to meet further objectives,” lists some of the achievements Karel Masařík, Director of the Czech Semiconductor Centre.

Further planned activities, such as the introduction of a unified product management process, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) standardisation, and the creation of centre branding are still awaiting their final form, which should be completed in autumn. However, those interested in information from the semiconductor industry can already subscribe to the newsletter, which – like all CSC communication – will be in English and delivered to mailboxes every 3 months. More updates can be followed on the CSC website or on LinkedIn.

“The Czech Semiconductor Centre has already introduced itself to the public at Czech Semicon Days in Prague, at the popular science event VědaFest, and was also part of a prestigious round table at Prague Castle, where top industry and academic leaders discussed accelerating Czech science. The Director of the Centre also met with representatives from Eindhoven, Bavaria, and the Netherlands, and together with other CSC representatives hosted a large delegation from Taiwan,” describes the past months CSC Deputy Director Jana Drbohlavová.

Founded this year, the centre offers companies a wide range of services – from mentoring and financial consultancy, through access to pilot production lines, to participation in a pan-European design platform. The goal is to help companies develop new semiconductor products faster and more efficiently, while also ensuring a sufficient number of qualified experts to support the growth of the semiconductor industry in Europe. CSC is also actively attracting new talent into microelectronics and related areas of the semiconductor ecosystem (informatics, chemistry, and physics).

“That the Czech Republic is no newcomer in the field of semiconductor innovation is also confirmed by the latest OECD report, which states that the country ranks among the world leaders in the production of equipment for chip manufacturing, especially electron microscopes. The study maps the complex and highly interconnected semiconductor supply chain, and the Czech Republic appears in two categories linked to semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Thus, it stands alongside global players such as Taiwan, South Korea, and the USA,” emphasises Masařík the importance of the Czech Republic.

CSC is backed by a unique consortium of six partners: the two largest technical universities BUT and CTU, companies onsemi and Codasip, the Czech National Semiconductor Cluster, and the innovation agency JIC. This combination of top industrial know-how and scientific background allows the centre to provide tailor-made services for its clients.

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Published	2025-08-27
Link	https://www.vut.cz/en/sustainability/f163596/d300720