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# Malta launches Semiconductor Competence Centre with Chips JU funding
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-13-malta-semiconductor-competence-centre/
- Published: 2025-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T04:00:39.000Z
- Description: Malta Enterprise and partners launched the Malta Semiconductor Competence Centre, co-funded with EUR 8 million over four years by the Chips Joint Undertaking. It backs chip design training and the ChipStartEU start-up programme.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [The Malta Independent, 13 September 2025](https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2025-09-13/local-news/Malta-Semiconductor-Competence-Centre-launched-6736273081?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish the exact split of the EUR 8 million between the Chips JU and Malta Enterprise, or any start-up contracts awarded.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)