Promotion of Silicon Sea Belt Fukuoka Project
To be a world-class cluster

　As a result of various approaches in the past, about 110 system LSI-related companies have accumulated  in the  Fukuoka area and Kitakyushu Science and Research Park. The number of these firms has increased over 5 times  compared to the number at the beginning of the project.

To achieve the aforementioned goals after  5 years, we will  focus on the  following three items as a pillar of our strategy in the second stage.
　・promotion of strategic R & D
　・Enhancement of human resource development
　・Strengthening of global expansion.
Based on market needs and potential in the region, we  actively promote R & D of advanced system LSI in 22 (selected project) major strategic fields such as the  automobile and robot industry. In addition, the  automobile-r elated industry in the  Fukuoka area is growing rapidly, especially as indicated by automotive electronics . We are offering lectures to train   engineers in embedded software at the  Fukuoka Institute of System LSI and collaborating  with the  Automotive Electronics Center of Kitakyushu.
Strengthening our international competitiveness in the region, we have established a Te am to Promote Global Expansion at the Fukuoka IST Foundation to work  within institutes or companies throughout domestic and international organizations.