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According to data, the origin of British computing can be traced back to Bletchley Park in 1938
.
At the time, Prime Minister Winston Churchill realized the importance of what they were going to do and introduced an intervention aimed at cracking wartime code to help develop a whole new industry
.
Since then, the UK has made huge investments in electronic technology and even semiconductors, which has also allowed them to obtain a lot of achievements.
For example, Arm, Imagination and Graphcore, which has recently become popular in the field of AI chips, are all British companies
.
? But in recent years, the United Kingdom is very optimistic about compound semiconductors, and they have started related research and development in the 1960s
.
The CEO of IQE even called in June this year that the UK must establish “sovereign capabilities” for semiconductors, otherwise the UK may be thrown away in the manufacturing competition of compound semiconductor fabs, thereby affecting the supply of cutting-edge chips required for 5G and other technologies.
.
? Why are they so optimistic about this market? According to Andy G Sellars, director of strategic development of CSA Catapult funded by the British government, compound semiconductors are superior to silicon chips in three important aspects: speed, power and light
.
They can provide electricity more efficiently, which is essential for electric vehicles and flexible smart grids required by intermittent renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power
.
? They are also faster, which is why data-intensive 5G telecommunications networks and satellite communications need them
.
Compound semiconductors can emit and detect light
.
Indium phosphide is a good example.
They have successfully pioneered applications in the fields of medical imaging and diagnosis, optical fiber communications, and quantum computing
.
? Andy G Sellars further pointed out that the UK is the world's leading semiconductor design company with the largest number outside the US
.
In the past ten years, the British government has invested nearly £1 billion (US$1.
3 billion) in university research on semiconductors
.
In 2017, Innovate UK created CSA Catapult to accelerate the development of key technologies across multiple industries
.
In his view, unlike the current global pattern of silicon, compound semiconductors are a completely different supply chain
.
First of all, there are many different types of materials: such as silicon carbide, indium phosphide, gallium arsenide, and gallium nitride
.
They can be used in different applications and have different developments in the world in history
.
Therefore, there are still some custom niche companies that make compound semiconductors
.
? In addition, the industry is developing rapidly
.
Compound semiconductors already account for 15-20% of the global semiconductor market
.
And the market is growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 10-15%, while silicon is growing at 6%
.
Data show that in 2018, the compound semiconductor market was worth about 77.
3 billion U.
S.
dollars, and the UK's share was about 7%, or 5.
3 billion U.
S.
dollars
.
The goal is to substantially increase this growth rate and help the UK develop a flexible supply chain for the key components of emerging technologies
.
? European and American governments use TRLs (Technical Readiness Level) to provide funding
.
TRLs originated in the 1960s, when NASA developed it to describe their position in the development of space programs
.
TRLs 1-3 are true conceptual studies, so in the case of space planning, TRL 1 should be what President Kennedy said, they will send people to the moon and return safely within ten years; TRLs 4-6 will be prototypes and Flight test stage; TRLs 7-9 are all inspections before the last flight
.
These levels are being used in manufacturing, especially the US and European governments, to understand where they are investing their money
.
?? Chris Meadows, public relations director of British IQE, which has a 55% market share in compound semiconductor technology, emphasized that "Silicon Valley in the 1960s gathered all the technologies that triggered the digital revolution.
.
We have the potential to do the same with compound semiconductors in the UK.
By combining all the components of the industry, we not only occupy the entire vertical supply chain, but also the entire horizontal TRL chain from 1 to 6
.
"IQE, its academic partners and its cluster of companies in South Wales are moving towards TRL 1-3
.
.
At the time, Prime Minister Winston Churchill realized the importance of what they were going to do and introduced an intervention aimed at cracking wartime code to help develop a whole new industry
.
Since then, the UK has made huge investments in electronic technology and even semiconductors, which has also allowed them to obtain a lot of achievements.
For example, Arm, Imagination and Graphcore, which has recently become popular in the field of AI chips, are all British companies
.
? But in recent years, the United Kingdom is very optimistic about compound semiconductors, and they have started related research and development in the 1960s
.
The CEO of IQE even called in June this year that the UK must establish “sovereign capabilities” for semiconductors, otherwise the UK may be thrown away in the manufacturing competition of compound semiconductor fabs, thereby affecting the supply of cutting-edge chips required for 5G and other technologies.
.
? Why are they so optimistic about this market? According to Andy G Sellars, director of strategic development of CSA Catapult funded by the British government, compound semiconductors are superior to silicon chips in three important aspects: speed, power and light
.
They can provide electricity more efficiently, which is essential for electric vehicles and flexible smart grids required by intermittent renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power
.
? They are also faster, which is why data-intensive 5G telecommunications networks and satellite communications need them
.
Compound semiconductors can emit and detect light
.
Indium phosphide is a good example.
They have successfully pioneered applications in the fields of medical imaging and diagnosis, optical fiber communications, and quantum computing
.
? Andy G Sellars further pointed out that the UK is the world's leading semiconductor design company with the largest number outside the US
.
In the past ten years, the British government has invested nearly £1 billion (US$1.
3 billion) in university research on semiconductors
.
In 2017, Innovate UK created CSA Catapult to accelerate the development of key technologies across multiple industries
.
In his view, unlike the current global pattern of silicon, compound semiconductors are a completely different supply chain
.
First of all, there are many different types of materials: such as silicon carbide, indium phosphide, gallium arsenide, and gallium nitride
.
They can be used in different applications and have different developments in the world in history
.
Therefore, there are still some custom niche companies that make compound semiconductors
.
? In addition, the industry is developing rapidly
.
Compound semiconductors already account for 15-20% of the global semiconductor market
.
And the market is growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 10-15%, while silicon is growing at 6%
.
Data show that in 2018, the compound semiconductor market was worth about 77.
3 billion U.
S.
dollars, and the UK's share was about 7%, or 5.
3 billion U.
S.
dollars
.
The goal is to substantially increase this growth rate and help the UK develop a flexible supply chain for the key components of emerging technologies
.
? European and American governments use TRLs (Technical Readiness Level) to provide funding
.
TRLs originated in the 1960s, when NASA developed it to describe their position in the development of space programs
.
TRLs 1-3 are true conceptual studies, so in the case of space planning, TRL 1 should be what President Kennedy said, they will send people to the moon and return safely within ten years; TRLs 4-6 will be prototypes and Flight test stage; TRLs 7-9 are all inspections before the last flight
.
These levels are being used in manufacturing, especially the US and European governments, to understand where they are investing their money
.
?? Chris Meadows, public relations director of British IQE, which has a 55% market share in compound semiconductor technology, emphasized that "Silicon Valley in the 1960s gathered all the technologies that triggered the digital revolution.
.
We have the potential to do the same with compound semiconductors in the UK.
By combining all the components of the industry, we not only occupy the entire vertical supply chain, but also the entire horizontal TRL chain from 1 to 6
.
"IQE, its academic partners and its cluster of companies in South Wales are moving towards TRL 1-3
.
