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In today's era of rapid change, the game between China and the United States has always been the focus of everyone's attention, and this game seems to have never stopped, especially in the field of chips, the United States has been trying to contain the mainland.
However, not long ago, a Taiwanese person revealed a shocking truth, pointing out a major weakness of the United States in the field of chips, and attracted everyone's attention.
So who is the person who said this? What is the most important characteristic of the United States that he pointed out, and is what he said credible?
The deadliest weakness
As everyone knows, China and the United States have always been engaged in a century-long contest on the stage of strategic games, and the way the United States contained China has also shifted from pure military deterrence to the economic and technological fields.
Among them, "science and technology warfare" is an important part of the century-old game between China and the United States, and "chips" are the core of the modern information industry, and its importance is self-evident.
To this end, the United States has joined hands with Western countries to impose a strict chip blockade on China, in an attempt to block the mainland's access to high-end chip technology, and continue to set up many obstacles to the development of China's science and technology.
However, now the situation has changed, and the United States, which has developed science and technology, has shown obvious weakness and anxiety in chip technology, even if the United States does not hesitate to invest tens of billions of dollars to support the local chip industry, but it still does not help.
In this regard, there is a Taiwanese who told the secret in one sentence, and even pointed to the biggest weakness of the United States in this regard, and this Taiwanese is the leader of the semiconductor industry - Zhang Zhongce.
He said frankly: "When the United States develops the chip industry, it ignores the most critical point, that is, talent, which is also their biggest weakness. ”
Zhang Zhongce believes that the reason why the United States has invested so much money is just to cover up its own weaknesses, and in fact, the biggest shortcoming of the United States is the lack of technical personnel.
Without the backing of outstanding talents, it is difficult to achieve scientific and technological breakthroughs by relying only on the investment of capital and material resources.
This remark also quickly caused a heated discussion on the Internet, and everyone felt that what Zhang Zhongmou said was extremely true, after all, the key to scientific and technological innovation lies in scientific and technological talents, and if there is no such force, it will be difficult to have great success.
The reason why Zhang Zhongmou's remarks caused such a huge response and recognition is inseparable from his own experience and status.
The world's chip boss
In 1931, Zhang Zhongmou was born in Zhejiang, his father was a financial director, and his mother worked in a management post, so such a family was very good both economically and culturally.
Zhang Zhongmou did not live up to his parents' expectations, he was diligent and studious since he was a child, and later with his own efforts, he was successfully admitted to Harvard University.
Among the more than 1,000 students enrolled that year, Zhang Zhongmou was the only yellow race, which shows that Zhang Zhongmou is indeed very good.
After studying at Harvard for a while, he decided to transfer to MIT's mechanical engineering department in order to better develop his future, after all, MIT was in the golden age of its vigorous development, and many internationally renowned professors graduated from it.
After graduation, in order to earn an extra $1 a day, Zhang Zhongmou gave up his job at Ford and turned to a little-known semiconductor company, and the semiconductor industry at that time was still only an emerging industry.
After working for several years, Zhang Zhongmou resigned and joined the famous Texas Instruments Company, where he worked for 25 years, working his way up from a small clerk to vice president.
During this time, he gradually figured out the operation rules of the entire semiconductor industry, but the generous salary of Texas Instruments did not make Zhang Zhongmou give up the pursuit of higher goals.
So at the age of 52, Zhang Zhongmou, who was close to retirement age, resolutely quit his job and spent four years founding TSMC with all his savings.
At that time, the semiconductor industry had entered a white-hot stage, and Zhang Zhongmou seized the opportunity to focus on the production of chips.
It is precisely this that has made TSMC soar, and in a few years, the company has become the world's largest and most high-tech semiconductor manufacturer, with factories in many countries.
Today, TSMC is the world's largest and most profitable chip manufacturing company, with a market value of more than one trillion US dollars, and its business scope covers electronics and military aerospace, and Zhang Zhongmou has thus confirmed the throne of "the world's chip boss".
From this point, it can be seen that Zhang Zhongmou has almost witnessed the development of the global semiconductor industry, coupled with the blessing of such a high status, so what he said naturally has a certain weight and a certain basis.
Lack of talent
As we all know, the chip industry is a concentrated embodiment of modern high-tech, and its R&D and production belong to a typical "technology-intensive" industry, so the demand for high-quality research talents is very urgent.
However, the United States, as an extremely economically and technologically developed country, has many problems in the field of personnel training.
The main reason for this is the increasingly bizarre environment of higher education in the United States, where many universities are investing in social projects that have nothing to do with scientific innovation in the United States.
Far from having any role in promoting it, it will even bring adverse consequences to the harmony and stability of the United States.
Not only that, but there are also some problems in the education system in the United States, which make it impossible for many young people with ideals and talents to give full play to their talents, the most obvious example of which is international students.
In recent years, the U.S. policy on international students has become more and more harsh day by day, and for many international students, it is very difficult to get the opportunity to study in the United States, which has also caused the United States to lose a large number of talents.
In addition, the United States has also been adjusting its immigration policy in recent years, and many overseas talents cannot get the subsidies and care they deserve in the United States, and even make it more difficult for them to live, so they choose to develop abroad.
The combination of various reasons has made the current situation of talent shortage in the United States, and this has become its biggest weakness, making it a loophole in the chip field.
On the contrary, China attaches great importance to the cultivation of talents, and is aware of the importance of key talents, so it has been training high-level technical personnel throughout the country.
Moreover, there are many Chinese people, and there are many high-quality talents among them, so whether it is high-tech personnel or skilled jobs, they have caught up with the United States in terms of quantity.
In addition, the mainland has also introduced a series of preferential policies to attract overseas high-end talents to return to China and take root in China, which provides a strong talent guarantee for China to win the "science and technology war".
Therefore, if you want to promote the continuous development of the semiconductor chip industry, it is absolutely undesirable to rely on the investment of capital and material resources, and the cultivation of talents is also essential.
summary
As far as the United States is concerned, how to retain and train outstanding talent has become a top priority, and we also need to pay close attention to the direction of the game between the two superpowers, China and the United States, and observe the development of the situation.
The wheel of history keeps moving forward, and in this era, the shortage of any link will affect the whole body, and the balance of power between China and the United States will continue to undergo subtle changes in the long-term strategic game in the future.
Resources
In the Sino-US game, a Taiwanese named the biggest weakness of the United States - West Road News
Lack of talent to make chips, the United States panicked - reference news
There is a shortage of people in American factories: there is a shortage of 800,000 people, and the annual salary of 900,000 yuan cannot recruit construction workers-Times Weekly