# I-C3 — Ireland's Chips Competence Centre

> I-C3 is Ireland's national competence centre for semiconductor innovation. We help startups, SMEs and researchers turn chip ideas into production-ready silicon through design support, pilot production access, EU Chips Act funding guidance, training and community.

I-C3 is one of 30 national chips competence centres in Europe and is led by consortium partners Tyndall National Institute, MCCI, MIDAS Ireland, NovaUCD and UCD. Mary Finegan is Director.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://ic3.ie/): Overview of I-C3, who we help, and what we do.
- [Services](https://ic3.ie/services): Chip design, pilot production access, funding support and training.
- [About](https://ic3.ie/about): Mission, leadership and consortium.
- [Partners](https://ic3.ie/partners): Consortium members and EU pilot-line partners (FAMES, PIXEurope, INFRACHIP).
- [Investors](https://ic3.ie/investors): Engaging with Ireland's deep-tech semiconductor pipeline.
- [Resources](https://ic3.ie/resources): News, events, webinars, success stories and videos.
- [Case Studies](https://ic3.ie/case-studies): Equal1, yieldHUB, SiliconBlu and more.
- [Join the Community](https://ic3.ie/join): For founders, engineers, researchers and SMEs.
- [Contact](https://ic3.ie/contact): info@ic3.ie. Press: john.dillon@ic3.ie.
- [Funding Programme](https://ic3.ie/funding-programme): I-C3 Funding Support Services Programme.

## News and articles

- [Mary Finegan Appointed Director of I-C3](https://ic3.ie/resources/mary-finegan-appointed-director): 16 June 2026 announcement.
- [Ireland Launches I-C3](https://ic3.ie/resources/ic3-launch): 17 February 2026 national launch.
- [Funding Support Services Launch](https://ic3.ie/resources/funding-launch): Programme launch and workshop recap.
- [Open Source IC Design Day](https://ic3.ie/resources/open-source-ic-design-day): Livestream and hands-on workshop with Harald Pretl (JKU) at UCD.
- [Semiconductor AI September](https://ic3.ie/resources/semiconductor-ai-september): Month-long programme of talks, a MIDAS event and three GenAI chip design workshops.
- [Technical Diligence Field Guide](https://ic3.ie/resources/technical-diligence): How top VCs run technical diligence in deep tech.

## Contact

- General: info@ic3.ie
- Press / Director: john.dillon@ic3.ie
- Location: Dublin, Ireland