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SCI Semiconductor raises GBP 5 million to scale UK memory safe chip output

Sheffield based SCI Semiconductor raised GBP 5 million, led by PXN Ventures and Mercia Ventures, to scale production of its ICENI memory safe chips built on CHERI technology, which it supplies under the UK's Accelerated CHERI Adoption Programme.

Reported AI-drafted Tech.eu, 9 September 2026

What it does not test. This funding round does not confirm CHERI based chips have reached deployment beyond the UK government's own adoption programme.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. UK firm funded to scale existing sovereign chip output, no new owner/operate/law/parts answer. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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