When China's chip industry is getting better, a "Western army" is poised to get a piece of the pie.
From Apple CEO Tim Cook, to Micron CEO Mehrotra, to even Dutch Prime Minister Rutte is ready to lead the army, this surging wave of Western capital is violently impacting the door of China's chip industry.
When it comes to the "attention" of Western tech giants to China, it is really touching. I still remember that in 1997, when China wanted to introduce the shield machine technology from Siemens of Germany, the arrogant posture of the other party once completely rejected us.
Not only are they dismissive of China's technological prowess, but they are also blind to our burgeoning market demand.
However, it is this humiliation that ignites the fighting spirit of Chinese independent innovation! Today, 26 years later, when the domestic chip industry will eventually mature, the once disdainful Western giants have begun to covet China's incomparably fertile chip market.
Of course, we warmly welcome the arrival of Western manufacturers, and hope that they will "deeply cultivate" China, so that they can truly appreciate the charm of the Chinese market and Chinese companies.
After all, China is a virgin land full of opportunities and challenges, and whoever grasps the opportunity will be able to make a lot of money.
However, China's independent chip industry is not an idle generation, and it will never let Western capital take advantage of the loophole. In fact, with the strong support of national strategies and policies, China's chip industry is curbing the blockade of Western science and technology and making great strides in the direction of independence and control.
Take SMIC, a leading company, as an example, as of 2023, the company's 14nm process production capacity has been fully released, with a monthly production capacity of more than 200,000 pieces. The 12nm and 7nm process lines are in full swing. Once mass-produced, China's chip production capacity will reach a new level.
In addition to SMIC, local wafer fabs such as China Yangtze River Storage, Wuhan Xinxin, and Canaan Yunzhi have also followed suit and continue to break through technical barriers.
At present, the production capacity of 14nm and above processes in China has exceeded 500,000 pieces/month, which is gradually covering mainstream applications such as mobile phones, tablets, and vehicles.
According to incomplete statistics, in 2022, there will be more than 20,000 companies and institutions engaged in chip design in the mainland, and more than 1 million designers will be designed, forming a certain industrial scale.
At the end of chip design, leading companies such as HiSilicon and Unisplendour have also shown strong strength.