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Sector Award · Frontier technologies · 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics: the winner and finalists

10 finalist partnerships, chosen from 178 eligible university and company partnerships in the open record. The winner is listed first; the other finalists follow in alphabetical order of university. The winner in each category is the finalist with the highest partnership score (volume of joint work 40%, years active 30%, field-weighted citation impact 30%) in the frozen Edition 1 record. No panel, nomination or payment plays any part. Winners were announced with the index at 05:30 BST, Thursday 15 October 2026, after the corrections and opt-out window closed at 17:00 BST on Tuesday 13 October.

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Winner · partnership score 91.0, the highest in the category

Nagoya University×Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories

Japan · company based in Japan · 54 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.38
TK
Tetsu KachiAcademic co-author · Nagoya University · 33 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
KI
Kenji ItoIndustry co-author · Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories · 8 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
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Hanyang University×Samsung

South Korea · company based in South Korea · 78 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.24
JJ
Jae Kyeong JeongAcademic co-author · Hanyang University · 18 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
SL
Seung Hee LeeIndustry co-author · Samsung · 7 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
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National Cheng Kung University×AU Optronics

Taiwan · company based in Taiwan · 14 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.11
CL
Chih‐Lung LinAcademic co-author · National Cheng Kung University · 13 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
CW
Chia-En WuIndustry co-author · AU Optronics · 5 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
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National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University×Realtek

Taiwan · company based in Taiwan · 16 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.09
KC
Ke‐Horng ChenAcademic co-author · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · 13 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
TT
Tsung-Yen TsaiIndustry co-author · Realtek · 9 joint works in the partnership
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Seoul National University×Samsung

South Korea · company based in South Korea · 58 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.12
YK
Youn Sang KimAcademic co-author · Seoul National University · 12 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
HN
Hyun‐Jae NaIndustry co-author · Samsung · 3 joint works in the partnership
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The University of Osaka×Panasonic

Japan · company based in Japan · 11 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.04
YM
Yusuke MoriAcademic co-author · The University of Osaka · 10 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
YO
Yoshio OkayamaIndustry co-author · Panasonic · 8 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
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The University of Texas at Dallas×Texas Instruments

United States · company based in United States · 18 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.20
BA
Bilal AkinAcademic co-author · The University of Texas at Dallas · 7 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
FY
Fei YangIndustry co-author · Texas Instruments · 3 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
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TU Wien×Infineon Technologies

Austria · company based in Germany · 22 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 0.98
TG
Tibor GrasserAcademic co-author · TU Wien · 11 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
HR
H. ReisingerIndustry co-author · Infineon Technologies · 7 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
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University of Modena and Reggio Emilia×STMicroelectronics

Italy · company based in France · 16 joint works in the sector · active 4 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.38
AC
Alessandro ChiniAcademic co-author · University of Modena and Reggio Emilia · 16 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
FI
Ferdinando IucolanoIndustry co-author · STMicroelectronics · 14 joint works in the partnership
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University of Padua×Infineon Technologies

Italy · company based in Germany · 15 joint works in the sector · active 5 of 5 years · field-weighted citation impact 1.44
EZ
Enrico ZanoniAcademic co-author · University of Padua · 10 joint works in the partnership · ORCID
LS
Luca SayadiIndustry co-author · Infineon Technologies · 6 joint works in the partnership · ORCID

Partnership score: volume of joint work 40%, years active 30%, field-weighted citation impact 30% (shrunk toward 1.0 when evidence is thin). Joint works count half where the only company author also holds a post at the university. The named researchers co-wrote the cited paper and represent a wider team. Full rules.