Quick Facts

• The UK electronics industry is worth approximately £23 billion a year and the fifth largest in the world in terms of production.
  
• The UK is a centre for global electronics development companies with major research and development or manufacturing bases - for semiconductors almost 80% of the activity comes from foreign direct investment.
  
• 40% of European semiconductor design revenue comes from the UK.
  
• The UK is home to 40% of Europe’s semiconductor design houses.
  
• UK has a high content of analogue, mixed signal and RF capability

Want to know more detail?

• Download our overview presentation [451kB]

Sector Surveys and Reports

As part of our strategy to support a prosperous sector, the NMI has a strategic workstream to undertake industry surveys and make reports available to interested parties. 

Industry Surveys & Reports

• NMI Year Book 2009/10 [6.18MB]
• Electronic Systems Design: A Guide to UK Capability 2009/10 [1.96MB]
  • This report is available in hardcopy from BERR Publications ref: URN09/500
• NMI Year Book 2008/9 [3.64MB]
• Partnering the Future: Business Innovation in UK Microelectronics (2008)
• How do you measure up? A Manufacturing Benchmarking Report 2008
  
• The Evolution of UK Design, Presentation by David Burrows at EDA Tech Forum 2006 [1MB]
  
• NMI UK Semiconductor Manufacturing 2006
  
• NMI Design Survey 2006
  
• Executive Summary on R & D Tax credit Questions (2005) [88.9kB]
  
• NMI UK Capital Investment Project - Executive Summary (2004) [223kB]
• The NMI, The UK and The World-wide Business of Microelectronics (2004) [449kB]