Supply of semiconductor chips

Title page

Contents

Overview 1

Background 2

Applications of semiconductor chips 3

Semiconductor chip supply chain 4

Vulnerabilities to the supply chain 9

National security risks from exports or foreign ownership 11

Policies for improving UK supply chain resilience 13

References 18

Table 1. Clusters of semiconductor firms in the UK 8

Table 2. Some international semiconductor policies 13

Figure 1. Geographic location of major UK semiconductor firms 9

Figure 2. Parent company location of 61 major UK semiconductor firms 12

Boxes

Box 1. What are semiconductors and how do they work? 3

Box 2. The semiconductor supply chain 6