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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
John Browne

UK firms can win a significant chunk of the AI chip market

An AI chip
By 2033, the global AI chip market is projected to reach $700bn (£620bn) a year, outstripping the whole of today’s semiconductor market. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The UK is in a uniquely promising position, far too little understood, to play a lucrative role in the coming era of artificial intelligence – but only if it also grabs the opportunity to start making millions of computer chips.

AI requires vast numbers of chips and we could supply up to 5% of world demand if we get our national act together.

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