Preface
The United States has been suppressing China's chip technology for a long time, and in the past few years, almost all Chinese chip R&D companies have been suppressed and blocked to varying degrees, and once fell into an existential crisis.
As long as there is a little progress in China's high-end chip R&D technology, the United States will not be able to sit still, and will join Japan, Europe and the United States and other countries to sanction China's technology products and block the supply channels of chip manufacturing equipment.
But now the situation seems to have changed greatly, the United States has been focusing on the blocking of advanced process chip research and development, ignoring the significant contribution of China's mature chips to the market, so it is very likely to be "reverse stuck" by mature process chips.
Fearing being stuck in the neck, Europe and the United States once again acted together
Recently, some Western countries in the United States announced at an international trade technology conference that they would investigate mature chip manufacturing processes, and reached a joint statement on "taking the next step".
As soon as this news came out, the international community knew that this was obviously aimed at the development of China's mature process semiconductors, which means that a new round of sanctions is about to begin, and China must take relevant preventive measures.
However, foreign media have said: It is too late. China has already gained a foothold in the international market in the field of chip research and development with mature processes.
Whether it is cost control or chip design, manufacturing, packaging and other links have been very perfect, and China has a huge policy advantage to establish a wafer foundry, not only sufficient production capacity, but also after-sales service is in place, so it has a great competitive advantage in the world's chip sales plants.
According to statistics, the global 28nm mature process chip production capacity contribution, Taiwan accounted for 49%, Chinese mainland accounted for 29%, and the United States accounted for only 6%.
This statistic strongly proves that the United States currently lacks mature process chips and needs to rely heavily on imports, the main reason for which the United States has always focused on R&D breakthroughs in high-end chip manufacturing processes.
However, the chips with the current mature process are the best-selling and most demanded chips in the market. Mature process chips are usually used in automobiles, home appliances, machinery production and other industries, while advanced process chips are mainly used in smart phones, artificial intelligence, 5G communications and other industries.
Obviously, the demand for automobiles, home appliances and medical equipment at home and abroad is much higher than the demand for high-end technology electronic products.
China has gone through hardships and broken through the US blockade with independent research and development
Looking at the history of China's semiconductor R&D field, we can see how difficult it is for China to come this way. Since the 50s of the last century, he began to study semiconductor technology, and in the 80s, he introduced foreign chip manufacturing technology.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the state has introduced various relevant support policies, and enterprises have increased investment in production, education and research, setting off a wave of independent research and development upsurge, and domestic chips are in full swing.
However, the rapid progress of China's chip technology has made the United States red-eyed, and the United States has always been hegemonic in the political, economic and technological fields, and will never allow anyone's technology to go ahead of other countries.
Therefore, during the same period, Japan, South Korea and the European semiconductor industry were subject to the same sanctions, and various blockade and suppression measures once made these countries that were originally at the forefront of semiconductor research and development silent for decades. Therefore, Japan's semiconductor chip technology is still in a middle position.
But when it comes to China, the situation is different, the fundamental reason is China's intransigence, China has not given up in the most difficult moment, in the face of the sanctions of the European and American semiconductor alliances, China has strengthened its determination to independent research and development.
It is precisely because of this that China's semiconductor chip technology research and development can achieve today's achievements, although there is a gap between the high-end chip research and development and the world's top level, but the mature process of chip technology has been able to fully meet the domestic market demand.
In addition, at present, the country and enterprises and many scientific and technological workers are working together, we also believe that the research and development of high-end chips is only a matter of time, and one day, chip research and development technology will be as popular as a telephone all over the world.
The situation of chip technology game is undecided
If we say that the United States occupies the commanding heights of the world in the field of high-end science and technology, it may be well known a few years ago, but in recent years, Japan, South Korea, China, the Netherlands, Germany, and other countries have developed strongly in the field of high technology.
For the United States, China has always been a thorn in the side, not only because of its different ideologies, but also as a developing country, and because of its steady development in recent years, the United States feels an unprecedented threat.
After many rounds of games and confrontations, the United States clearly feels that China is "a difficult bone to gnaw" and is difficult to deal with, and the only way is to unite with other countries to isolate it.
However, China's development in recent years has been seen by other countries in the world, and China's huge market resources can provide great sales convenience, and some enterprises that have terminated cooperation with China under the threat of the United States have also suffered immeasurable losses.
Now the total amount of chips imported by the mainland and chip manufacturing equipment is declining, which means that China will soon be able to fully achieve self-sufficiency in multiple types of chips, and the production process will become more and more perfect.
epilogue
In today's economic globalization and political multipolarization, the development of high technology is the most important part of the country's comprehensive strength, and if we want to have our own place in the world pattern, we must firmly grasp the core technology and adhere to independent research and development.
In addition, we must also understand that hegemonism and power politics will not work, not only hindering the development of the country but also aggravating the "white-hot" situation in the world, and mutual benefit and win-win results and peaceful coexistence will always be the unchanging principles.