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Quantum, photonics, novel materials and the breakthroughs redefining what compute can do.

Quantum 2030 Gets Its Game Plan: What Ireland's New Quantum Roadmap Means
A 12-month implementation plan, milestones from Q3 2026 and a €50 million European quantum photonics project in Cork. Here is how Ireland's quantum strategy is moving from vision to delivery.

Inside Cork's Tyndall: The Lab Helping Europe Build Chips Beyond 2nm
Tyndall is a partner in NanoIC, Europe's €2.5 billion pilot line for next-generation chips, and in the PIXEurope photonics line. Why that puts Cork at the heart of Europe's chip future.
Silicon Island, One Year On: How Ireland's Chip Strategy Is Actually Going
Ireland's first national semiconductor strategy launched in May 2025. With the I-C3 chips centre open and European pilot lines landing, here is how the plan is playing out.

Ireland Built a Quantum Computer That Fits in a Server Rack: Inside Equal1's Rise
How Dublin's Equal1 went from unveiling Bell-1, Ireland's first silicon quantum server, to a $60 million raise led by ISIF — and why its bet on ordinary chip factories matters.
Switzerland Just Became the World's Deep Tech Capital — Here's the Data, and What It Means for Ireland
63% of Swiss venture capital now flows into deep tech — ahead of the US and China. Inside the Swiss Deep Tech Report 2026, and the late-stage scaling gap Ireland shares.
Inside Germany's Bet on Fusion: How Proxima Fusion Is Racing to Put Europe on the Grid First
A Munich stellarator start-up now sits at the centre of a €2bn Bavarian plan to build the world's first commercial fusion plant — and Ireland, via Euratom and Europe's new fusion task force, is closer to it than it looks.
The World Just Got Its First AI Scientific Panel — And Ireland Has a Front-Row Seat
The UN's inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance opens in Geneva as Ireland prepares to host Europe's own AI summit in Dublin this October.