Silicon Gorge
Silicon Gorge is a region in South West England in which several high-tech and research companies are based, specifically the triangle of Bristol, Swindon and Gloucester.[1] It is ranked fifth of such areas in Europe,[2] and is named after the Avon Gorge.
Cities[]
Bath[]
Bath is home to a number of high-tech companies ranging from fabless semiconductor designers to eCommerce retailers. Many companies have been started by ex-employees of companies such as Future Publishing and IPL, two long standing employers in the area.
Microelectronic companies in Bath[]
Ventures[]
- Lovehoney uk sex-toy retailer.
- The Filter media recommendation service.
- Netcraft Internet Research and Security
Bristol[]
Bristol is part of the Silicon Gorge, along with Gloucester and Swindon[4] and hosts a number of high-tech and creative industries including research group HP Labs and animation studio Aardman Animations. The cluster of high-tech electronics industries began when Fairchild Semiconductor located a design office in Bristol in 1972.[5] Bristol also has the strongest digital media supply chain in England, outside London[6] and has been pinpointed as a "hot spring" for innovation on the McKinsey/World Economic Forum innovation map.[7]
Microelectronics companies in Bristol[]
- Blu Wireless
- Broadcom
- Cray Supercomputers
- Graphcore AI accelerators
- HP Labs
- Huawei
- Imagination Technologies
- Infineon
- Nordic Semiconductor
- Sondrel
- Qualcomm
- UltraSoC
- XMOS
Tech companies in Bristol[]
- Blackmagic Design
- Just Eat
- Open Bionics
- Zap Map
Business incubators[]
- Bristol Robotics Laboratory Hardware Incubator [1]
- SETsquared[8]
- Spike Design [9]
Support organisations[]
- Media Sandbox by Watershed Media Centre
Networks[]
Ventures[]
- Aardman Animations
- Dyson
- Gresham Technologies plc
- IMDb[10]
- Renishaw plc
- Viral Ad Network
Other cities[]
Cities sometimes associated with the region:
Academic Institutions[]
- University of Bristol
- University of the West of England
- University of Bath
- University of Exeter
See also[]
- Silicon Fen
- Silicon Glen
- Silicon Valley
- M4 Corridor
References[]
- ^ Konstadakopulos, Dimitrios (2004). Learning for Innovation in the Global Knowledge Economy. Intellect Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-84150-085-0.
- ^ "'Silicon Gorge' Is Centre Of Knowledge". University of the West of England. 2002-01-30. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ "Picochip". Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ Konstadakopulos, Dimitrios (2004). Learning for Innovation in the Global Knowledge Economy. Intellect Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-84150-085-0.
- ^ Marston, Louise; Shanmugalingam, Shantha; Westlake, Stian. "Chips with everything. Lessons for effective government support for clusters from the South West semiconductor industry" (PDF). Nesta. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Andonian, Andre; Loos, Christoph; Pires, Luiz. "What Matters: Building an innovation nation". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Business Incubation - Business Acceleration". Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "About Business Incubation". Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Bristol father of two is Hollywood movie website entrepeneur [sic]". This is Bristol. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
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