ENTITY · iqe
IQEIQE
United Kingdom·silicon wafers·leader·$0.0B mkt cap
Leading epitaxial compound-semiconductor wafer maker (GaAs, GaN, InP).
CLEAR · 0–39
38/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis
CLEAR — IQE: sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance compounded by criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs in silicon wafers. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.
Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration18
Sole-Source Dependence83
Sanctions Exposure0
Downstream Criticality60
Sanctions Exposure
Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).
DoD Exposure
No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
- GlobalFoundries · 1 hop · $1.05BIQE → GlobalFoundries
- Marvell Technology · 2 hops · $184.3MIQE → TSMC → Marvell Technology
- Valens Semiconductor · 2 hops · $28.3MIQE → TSMC → Valens Semiconductor
- Scale AI · 3 hops · $105.6MIQE → Broadcom → Amazon (Annapurna Labs) → Scale AI
Possible substitutes · same commodity buckets
Chokepoint Relationships
Key Suppliers · upstream · 0
No mapped upstream suppliers.
Key Customers · downstream · 11
- Skyworks SolutionsUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- QorvoUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- BroadcomUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Lumentum HoldingsUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- TSMCTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- Samsung ElectronicsSouth KoreaALLIED
- IntelUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SK hynixSouth KoreaALLIED
- Micron TechnologyUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SMICChinaHostileADVERSARY
- GlobalFoundriesUnited StatesDOMESTIC