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Evening Standard
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Simon Hunt

British chipmaker IQE urges government support for industry as Newport Wafer Fab review delayed again

The boss of UK chipmaker IQE has urged more government support to build the UK chipmaking industry as he stressed the “importance of compound semiconductors to a series of fundamental mega trends which will shape the global economy.”

IQE CEO Americo Lemos told the Standard: “When you look at our global economy, it’s fuelled by the electronics industry. We can’t see GDP without semiconductor products.

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