Riaan Uhulumeni wase-UK ushicilele isu lakhe eselilindelwe isikhathi eside le-semiconductor, ethembisa u-£1 bhiliyoni (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.24) ozogxila ezindaweni ezibonwa njengamandla ezwe – i-chip design, i-R&D kanye nama-semiconductors ayinhlanganisela.
Kulindeleke okungenani esikhathini esingangonyaka owedlule, lolu hlelo olusanda kumenyezelwa luhlose ukuvikela amaketanga okunikezela ekuphazamisekeni nokuvikela ezingozini zokuphepha kwezwe, kusho uhulumeni.
Isu elisemthethweni liqondane neNgqungquthela ye-G7 eJapan, lapho uNdunankulu uRishi Sunak kanye nondunankulu waseJapan uFumio Kishida bethula khona ubambiswano lwamasu omhlaba kuma-semiconductors phakathi kwezizwe ezimbili.
Uhulumeni waseBrithani osanda kushicilelwa idokhumenti yesu [PDF] ithi ukugxila ku-R&D, i-design and intellectual property (IP), kanye nama-semiconductors ayinhlanganisela, “kuqondiwe futhi kunenani lemali” futhi kuzovikela izinzuzo ze-UK ngobuchwepheshe obusafufusa obufana ne-AI, i-high-performance computing, ne-quantum.
Nokho, bekungeke kubaleke ukunaka Reg abafundi ukuthi abaphathi beBiden bayakhuphuka U-$52 billion woxhaso kanye nezinye izikhuthazo zokuthuthukisa izimboni zasekhaya ze-semiconductor e-US, ngenkathi eduze kwase-Europe, i-EU ivume ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-43 (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-47) uhlelo lokuxhasa ngezimali ukuheha abenzi bama-chip ukuthi bamise izindawo lapho futhi bavikele izimpahla zaseYurophu zama-chips.
Ngokuphambene nalokho, uhulumeni wase-UK uthe uzotshala imali efika ku-£200 million ($248 million) ngo-2023-25 ukuze “kuthuthukiswe ukufinyelela kwezimboni kwingqalasizinda, amandla okucwaninga nokuthuthukiswa okwengeziwe nokwenza lula ukubambisana okukhulu kwamanye amazwe.” Lokhu kuzokhula kufinyelele ku-£1 billion kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo.
Esanduleleni, uChloe Smith, uNobhala Wezwe wezeSayensi, Ukusungula kanye Nobuchwepheshe, uthe ama-semiconductors angenye “yezobuchwepheshe obuhlanu bakusasa” kanye ne-quantum, i-AI, i-biology yobunjiniyela kanye nezokuxhumana zesikhathi esizayo, futhi zibalulekile kwezomnotho kanye ne-UK. ukuphepha kwezwe.
“Isu lase-UK lehlukaniswe ngokufanele ezindleleni amanye amazwe azithathayo ukuze kwandiswe ukukhiqizwa kwe-silicon enkulu, esikhundleni salokho kugxile kulokho okungcono kakhulu e-UK,” echaza, ethi uMnyango wezeSayensi, Ukuqamba Nobuchwepheshe (DSIT) usebenzile. eduze nezimboni futhi sanquma ukuthi izwe lisesimweni esingcono sokuphishekela “amanye amathuba” ngaphakathi komkhakha.
Sekuqashelwe kabanzi ukuthi iBrithani ayikho esimweni sokuncintisana namazwe afana neTaiwan noma i-US ngokomthamo omkhulu wokwenziwa kwe-semiconductor, okungadinga ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu okufika emashumini ezigidigidi zamaphawundi, ngakho-ke lapho kuhloswe khona kakhulu. indlela ethathwe uhulumeni yamukelwe ngabathile.
UJulian David, oyi-CEO ye-Trade body techUK, uthe ngokuphindaphindeka kabili emandleni e-UK ngenkathi ihlose ukubhekana nezithiyo ezifana nokufinyelela kwethalente, ingqalasizinda, namaketanga okuhlinzeka, isu linethuba “lokudubula isibhamu sokuqala” ikusasa elingcono lama-semiconductors ase-UK.
Kepha uxwayise ngokuthi noma yikuphi ukubambezeleka okwengeziwe ekusebenziseni leli qhinga kungabeka engcupheni iBrithani ukuthi isalele emuva kakhulu kulo mkhakha womhlaba obalulekile.
“Lokhu kuzokwenza ukulethwa kwezidingo kube ukhiye futhi kubalulekile ukuthi uhulumeni asheshe aguqule leli qhinga libe yimpumelelo. Ukwabiwa kwezimali zaleli su kubaluleke kakhulu futhi simi ngomumo ukusebenzisana nohulumeni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinzuzo ze-semiconductor isu liyafezeka,” usho kanje.
UJames Williams, inhloko yeTelecoms, Media and Technology kwa-NCC Group, usitshele ukuthi kuyasiqinisa idolo ukubona ukuthi kucatshangelwa ukuthi i-UK idinga ukusebenzisana kanjani nezinye izizwe ezintweni ze-semiconductor.
“Imboni ye-semiconductor yase-UK ayisoze yazibusa ngokuphelele,” kusho yena. “Ukukhiqizwa kwama-chip olwandle cishe akunakwenzeka ukuthi kusebenze kahle kwezomnotho. Ngakho-ke kufanele sihlonze futhi sakhe ubudlelwano nezizwe ezingawakhiqiza ngamazinga adingekayo wokwethembana ukuze zisekele izimakethe zasekhaya zase-UK, sibe sithuthukisa futhi sithuthukisa izindawo lapho i-UK ingathatha khona ubuholi obuphezulu. isikhundla esifana ne-R&D kanye nokudayiswa kwempahla yengqondo yaseBrithani.”
Kodwa abanye bazwakalise ukudumala ngezinga loxhaso olunikezwayo.
“Yize kukuhle ukuthi uhulumeni useqalile ukugxila kulokhu, akwanele ukuthi usebenze uma i-UK ifuna ukuba ngomunye wabadlali abaphambili emhlabeni wonke kulesi sikhala,” kusho u-Andrew Buss, uMqondisi Omkhulu Wocwaningo lwe-IDC eYurophu.
“I-£1 bhiliyoni incane kakhulu ukuheha abantu abanentshisekelo yokwakha izakhiwo zesimanje futhi isimo sase-UK ngaphandle kwemakethe eyodwa ye-EU sisho ukuthi amanani entengo angahle abe khona kanye nemithetho yemvelaphi yawo kungenza ukuthunyelwa kwezingxenye ezikhiqiziwe kube inselele futhi kubize kakhulu. futhi akucaci ukuthi yiziphi izinzuzo zentela ezizonikezwa ukwenza ukutshalwa kwezimali kwesikhathi eside kube nenzuzo.”
U-Amelia Armour, uzakwethu e-Amadeus Capital Partners, etshala imali ekuqalisweni kwe-semiconductor, usitshele: “Izinga lokutshalwa kwezimali okumenyezelwe iminyaka emibili ezayo liyadumaza, ikakhulukazi uma i-UK idinga ukuzama ukuhambisana namazinga okutshalwa kwezimali okumenyezelwe. njengengxenye ye-EU kanye ne-US Chip Acts.”
U-£200 million kule minyaka emibili ezayo “ngeke uzuze okuningi” futhi uzodinga ukwabelwa ngendlela ehlosiwe kakhulu ukuze ube nomthelela, esho, wengeza ngokuthi “isu nalo libonakala lishoda uma liqhathaniswa ne-£2.5 billion. osekumenyezelwe ubuchwepheshe be-quantum.”
Ngonyaka odlule, umbiko weHouse of Commons Committee wathi i-UK yayinjalo ukuphuthelwa ekutshalweni kwezimali embonini ye-semiconductor ngenxa yokuntuleka kwesu, futhi kukhonjwe amandla ezwe ekuklameni, i-IP, nama-semiconductors ayinhlanganisela.
Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Gartner oyiphini likamongameli we-semiconductors kanye ne-electronics, u-Richard Gordon, wathi kufana nokuthi uhulumeni “usanda kuthola ukuthi ama-semiconductors abalulekile,” nokuthi umbiko wawubonakala uthi “lezi ukuphela kwethu okutholakalayo manje, ngakho-ke asenzeni lokho. lokho.” ®
