The Florida Factor
The strategy of the University of Florida, FSI and the state of Florida rests on 3-pillars:
(1) Capabilities and Expertise
(2) Business Incentives,
(3) Workforce Development.
Florida is known for its business friendly climate but has also made significant investments especially for expansion on semiconductor manufacturing, test, and advanced packaging.
Florida’s leading University, UF is the powerhouse for R&D including microelectronics, semiconductors, chips, assurance, and advanced packaging – being top 5 public institution in the Nation, boasting over $1B in research expenditures annually.
Governor DeSantis Congratulating UF for their leadership and workforce development for the state of Florida. “It’s a testament to the quality of what we’re doing at the University of Florida, a testament to the hard work of the faculty, the students and the administration,” he said. (source: The Gainesville Sun)
The State of Florida boosts
The 5th largest semiconductor workforce in the nation. The vision of Florida is to double, possibly triple this in less than a decade.
(Source: Semiconductor Industry Association, download the report here)
A Vision for Florida
To leverage the significant investments ($273M) into NeoCity, a shovel-ready location to build chip manufacturing, test, and packaging sites, and a Federal Opportunity Zone. Florida is home to much space-activity including Space Florida, Space Force, other DOD-contractors, as well as small-business acceleration such as the Florida High Tech Corridor, featuring several funding opportunities.
Given UF’s expertise
And far-reaching industry ecosystem, we envision to lead one of the (upcoming) National Manufacturing Institute with a focus on Microelectronics Packaging & Assurance Institute (MPAI).
The Sunshine State
Florida offers many benefits to those here. For students, our industry partners are part of several Career Fairs.
Our Industry Partners
Design
- AMD
- Ansys
- Apple
- Cadence
- Intel
- Marvell
- NVIDIA
- Qorvo
- Renesas
- Synopsys
- Texas Instruments
Fabrication
- ANT
- Intel
- IMEC
- JABIL
- NVIDIA
- Renesas
- Siemens
- SkyWater
- TSMC
- Texas Instrument
Packaging
- Finetech
- Jabil
- QORVO
- IMEC
- SkyWater
- Micross
- Renesas
- Hyperion
Tools & Test
- Advantest
- ANT
- Intel
- PlasmaTherm
- SkyWater
- TSMC
- Applied Materials
- Evatec
- Dupont
Customers & Ecosystem
- AMD
- Blue Origin
- Broadcom
- City Labs
- Elysium Robotics
- Jabil
- LG
- Mattrix Technologies
- Micross
- Northrup Grumman
- Palladus
- Raytheon Technologies
- Samsung
- Tesla
- US DoD
- Apple
- Boeing
- Cisco
- Cornami
- HP
- L3Harris
- Lockheed Martin
- Mercury
- Motorola
- Nvidia
- Qorvo
- Renesas
- Spacex
- Toyota