Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) is the world’s premier purpose-built high-technology park for the microelectronics and the semiconductor industry. DSO is an innovation-driven technology community, housing microelectronics- and optoelectronics-related enterprises, a state-of-the-art Microelectronics Innovation Center (MIC), fabrication plants, research and development centers and specialized academic institutions and residential areas.
Investments in the high-tech design and manufacturing industry at the 7.2 million square meter technology park are estimated to exceed US$10 billion over a period of 20 years. The first phase of DSO - focuses on providing a complete platform of products and services that are essential to companies creating the next generation integration circuits in areas such as wireless communications, network security and multimedia. The MIC offers an unbeatable combination of inexpensive regional engineering talent, cost-effective design tools and high-end turnkey design infrastructure. This emerging community is provided with the infrastructure and services to ensure fast-track start-up, minimizing time to market to produce the most cost-effective business operating environment possible.