IQE wins £11m ($14m) AI chip order for Newport foundry

IQE, a Welsh compound-semiconductor firm, has won a multi-year £11m ($14m) production order from a global technology customer for AI and data-centre storage components to be manufactured at its Newport foundry. The deal follows an £81m fundraise focused on indium phosphide optical solutions for AI data centres, positioning IQE as a supplier into the hyperscale compute infrastructure build-out.

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