Silicon Gorge

Silicon Gorge is a region in South West England in which several high-tech and research companies are based, specifically the triangle of Bristol, Swindon and Gloucester. It was ranked fifth of such areas in Europe in 2002, and is named after the Avon Gorge.

Bath
Bath is home to a number of high-tech companies ranging from fabless semiconductor designers to eCommerce retailers. Many companies have been started by ex-employees of companies such as Future Publishing and IPL, two long standing employers in the area.

Microelectronic companies in Bath

 * PicoChip

Ventures

 * Lovehoney uk sex-toy retailer.
 * The Filter media recommendation service.
 * Netcraft Internet Research and Security

Bristol
Bristol is part of the Silicon Gorge, along with Gloucester and Swindon and hosts a number of high-tech and creative industries including research group HP Labs and animation studio Aardman Animations. The cluster of high-tech electronics industries began when Fairchild Semiconductor located a design office in Bristol in 1972. Bristol also has the strongest digital media supply chain in England, outside London and has been pinpointed as a "hot spring" for innovation on the McKinsey/World Economic Forum innovation map.

Microelectronics companies in Bristol

 * Blu Wireless
 * Broadcom
 * Cray Supercomputers
 * Codasip
 * Graphcore AI accelerators
 * HP Labs
 * Imagination Technologies
 * Infineon
 * Nordic Semiconductor
 * Sondrel
 * Qualcomm
 * UltraSoC
 * XMOS

Tech companies in Bristol

 * Blackmagic Design
 * Just Eat
 * Open Bionics
 * Zap Map

Business incubators

 * Bristol Robotics Laboratory Hardware Incubator
 * SETsquared
 * Spike Design

Support organisations

 * Media Sandbox by Watershed Media Centre

Networks

 * Bristol Media

Ventures

 * Aardman Animations
 * Dyson
 * Gresham Technologies plc
 * IMDb
 * Renishaw plc
 * Viral Ad Network

Other cities
Cities sometimes associated with the region:
 * Gloucester
 * Swindon
 * Exeter
 * Southampton
 * Plymouth

Academic Institutions

 * University of Bristol
 * University of the West of England
 * University of Bath
 * University of Exeter
 * Bath Spa University