MIDAS member, Infineon Technologies has announced plans to significantly expand its Research and Development (R&D) presence in Ireland within the next four years by over 100 new jobs in the Cork and Dublin sites. The jobs, all highly skilled engineering positions, will be split evenly between the Dublin and Cork Read more…
Our General Manager, Leonard Hobbs, held his last MIDAS Ireland AGM on 30th January after 7 years in the role. During that time, the number of MIDAS members has significantly grown and MIDAS has gone from strength to strength. The MIDAS Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony, initiated by Leonard and run Read more…
At our Annual Gala Dinner, MIDAS Ireland was delighted to honour Ciaran Connell with an Industry Outstanding Achievement award. A UCD graduate of electronic engineering in the early 80’s, Ciaran worked for 25 years in a number of blue chip companies such as Cornel Electronics, Motorola and Freescale. Then in Read more…
Introduction; ZE-Aviation Alliance CLG (ZEMAVA) is a sustainable aviation technology incubator hub established in the mid-west of Ireland to accelerate market readiness for zero-emission aviation technologies. ZEMAVA will build real environment testbed demonstrators to evaluate technologies as part of an entire regional aviation ecosystem. The goal will be optimization of technology Read more…
President Biden on Tuesday 9th August 2022 signed legislation providing $52 billion in subsidies to the semiconductor industry, kicking off what will be one of the largest industrial development programs the US federal government has ever administered. The long-pursued bipartisan legislation looks set to spur construction of more than a Read more…
MIDAS Ireland member, Infineon has sponsored the 2022 UCD Robo Race which is the culmination of the Robotics Design Project Elective First Year Module. The sponsorship included prize money for the top four teams and funding to provide more sensors and parts for the module in future years. The module Read more…
Wilmington, MA and Limerick, Ireland – March 4, 2022 – Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) a leading global high-performance semiconductor company, today announced it will invest €100 million over the next three years in ADI Catalyst, a 100,000 sq ft custom-built facility for innovation and collaboration located at its campus in the Raheen Read more…
In 1976 Analog Devices began operations in a small SFADCO advance factory unit in Limerick with a start-up team of 13 people – among them author of THE FUTURE YEARS, Pat Cunneen. Today, Analog’s Limerick wafer fabrication facility is one of the most important success stories in the company’s 50-year history. It Read more…
