It is understood that after the United States modified the chip rules, it immediately expanded the scope of restriction on my country's lithography machines, and upgraded from a 10nm process lithography machine to 14nm. In addition, a condition that aroused public outrage was added, that is, all foreign-funded factories invested in China must comply with this 14nm limit. In other words, foreign-funded enterprises developing semiconductors in mainland China cannot import EUV lithography machines from Dutch ASML.
You should know that there are many foreign-invested semiconductor companies developing in China. Samsung, SK, TSMC, , Qualcomm and other companies have invested in and built factories in China, and even the Netherlands ASML has established R&D centers in China. Obviously, it is unfair for every foreign company to offer such conditions. People spend tens of billions of dollars to invest in to build factories in . Before you can taste the sweetness, you will cut off your wealth. No one can swallow his anger. So, Samsung officially issued a "warning".
Samsung said that in terms of long-term interests, the development of factory building in China is definitely a profit target. Although the European and American markets are important, the Chinese market cannot be ignored. Therefore, as one of the world's most comprehensive semiconductor companies, Samsung began to Beware yourself not to believe in the conditions of the United States, but to plan for the long-term goals. Samsung's words mean that even if the United States wants to stop them from introducing advanced semiconductor equipment, such as EUV lithography machines, they will not be obedient.
However, interestingly, in the face of Samsung's remarks, the United States chose to surrender directly, indicating that Korean companies are not within the limit. It can be seen that the United States is still guilty and knows that this condition is impossible to be established, so it did not even publish the formal agreement publicly, but chose to make a verbal promise. So for Samsung, Samsung is definitely familiar with the US trick. On the one hand, it is to make the US withdraw its restrictions on South Korean companies, and on the other hand, it is to tell the US that Samsung has its own thinking ability. I will give you the initiative.
It is not difficult to find that Samsung is very smart this time. If she blindly lets the United States control itself, then over the long term, she will definitely become someone else's puppet. Although Samsung mobile phone has faded out of the Chinese people's sight, Samsung's semiconductor industry in China is still developing well, and Samsung will definitely not agree to withdraw from the Chinese market that it has worked hard to deepen.
