Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing company TSMC has shocked the global chip market by announcing that its latest generation chip manufacturing process, 3nm, has been officially mass-produced.
It is reported that the 3nm process is currently one of the most advanced chip manufacturing processes in the world, which can provide higher performance and lower power consumption, and is expected to become the core technology in the future Internet, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and other fields.
The mass production of the 3nm process marks another major breakthrough in TSMC's chip manufacturing field.
For the global chip market, this means a new milestone, and it also means that the related competitive landscape will change, because some of the goals in the previous US chip development plan are facing the situation.
Looking back at the US chip development plan, it can be found that it mainly includes three aspects: first, strengthen the independent and controllable chip production, especially the production of high-end chips such as memory and processors; The second is to expand the supply chain of the chip industry chain and improve the self-sufficiency of the United States; The third is to create an image of a "chip power" to enhance the status and influence of the United States in the global scientific and technological competition.
However, the United States has encountered twists and turns and difficulties in achieving these goals. First of all, the research and development of independent controllable chips is constrained by problems such as technology blockade and talent drain; Secondly, the chip industry chain in the United States is scattered, and it is difficult to form a scale effect; Finally, in the face of fierce competition from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries, the US chip industry's global voice has declined.
Now, with the official mass production of TSMC's 3nm process, the situation of the US chip development plan has been completely overturned. Because TSMC's position in the field of chip manufacturing has been unshakable, its technical level and production capacity are incomparable, and at the same time has strong R & D investment and perfect supply chain system, people will see more mobile phones, tablets, notebooks and other smart devices equipped with advanced chips produced by TSMC, and may incubate new high-tech companies.
Of course, the United States is not completely without advantages. American chip giants such as Intel, Qualcomm, Micron and so on still occupy an important position in the global chip industry, and the chips they produce still play an important role in infrastructure, data centers and other aspects. However, in the competition with Asian chip giants such as TSMC, their advantages may be less and less obvious.
Under this circumstance, the United States needs to pay more attention to independent research and development and innovation, improve technical content and core competitiveness, and at the same time promote the coordinated development of the chip industry chain to achieve scale effects and high-end value chains. Only in this way can the United States maintain its competitive advantage globally and safeguard its international status and discourse power.
For China, the mass production of TSMC's 3nm process will also bring important enlightenment and opportunities. On the one hand, China's chip industry should accelerate independent research and development and technological innovation, improve technical level and production capacity, and promote the transformation of domestic chip companies from "following" to "running" through a strong supply chain system; On the other hand, Chinese chip companies should also strengthen cooperation with Asian chip giants such as TSMC to jointly promote the rapid upgrading and innovation of chip technology and inject strong impetus into the high-quality development of China's chip industry.
To sum up, TSMC's official announcement of 3nm mass production is undoubtedly a major event in the development of the global chip market. In this era of change, only by continuously strengthening independent research and development and technological innovation, establishing a perfect supply chain system, and maintaining good cooperative relations with enterprises around the world can we gain a firm foothold in the fierce competition and move towards a more brilliant future.