- 1980, semiconductor equipment were installed in the ICL.
- 1981, first solar cell prototype was fabricated.
- 1982, MOS capacitors preparation and characterization started.
- June 1982, first MOSFET prototype was fabricated.
- 1986 and 1987, transparent conducting thin films (ITO) fabrication took place.
- 1987 – 1990, research on solar hydrogen generation.(in collaboration with KSA – Riyadh)
- 1991 – 1993, ICL started open-source design tools training /testing equipment operation
- 1995, ICL started Mentor Graphics EDA tools acquisition/training.
- 1998, ICL produced its first chip prototype.
- Started 1998, ICL had multiple tape-outs related to MSc/PhD theses
- Ten faculty members with diverse expertise.
- Starting 1995, ICL offers state-of-the-art graduation projects.
- 2006 – 2014, ICL held graduate training on VLSI. (Ministry of Telecom Program)