UK competes on design and IP, not volume — less than 1% of global semiconductor revenue.
Source: SIA 2025. UK strength is in chip design & IP (ARM), compound semiconductors, and quantum — not volume manufacturing.
Strong in design and specialist materials — structurally absent from fab, packaging, and equipment.
UK has lost most of its flagship semiconductor companies to foreign buyers since 2016.
Headline commitments total £6.5B+ across semiconductors, quantum, and compute — but deployed funding per year remains a fraction of EU, US, and Asian programmes.
Headline public commitments. US CHIPS & Science Act $52.7B (2022). EU Chips Act €43B (2023). Japan FY22-24 semi subsidies ¥3.9T. South Korea K-Chips Act direct subsidies + tax credits. *UK total £6.5B = National Semiconductor Strategy £1B + National Quantum Strategy £2.5B + UK Compute Roadmap £2B (Jul 2025) + ARIA £800M + smaller programmes. Figures converted at typical 2024 rates; excludes private co-investment and tax-credit headroom.
Lead-project values only (collaborator roles counted in project count but not £ total to avoid double-attribution across consortia). Newer or purely private-funded firms have no GtR record. Innovate UK has funded more projects than EPSRC, but EPSRC projects are larger on average.
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