In the field of lithography machines, ASML company of Netherlands has strong technical strength. This lithography machine that is more difficult to manufacture than atomic bomb , in the words of experts, cannot be developed by itself, because my country still faces high technical barriers in the field of lithography machines.
In recent years, the development of Huawei enterprises can be said to be very rapid. The achievements made by , especially Huawei in the 5G field, are obvious to all. Many Western countries have also taken a lot of sanctions against the development of Huawei enterprises.
When Huawei companies were sanctioned and suppressed by Western countries, they fell into great development difficulties, but at the same time, many people also knew the importance of having technical strength in their hands.
If Huawei companies will not be controlled by others in the chip field and will not be boring, then no matter how the United States implements suppression and sanctions, Huawei companies will fight back. But it is precisely because of the exposure of Huawei's shortcomings that the United States has grasped the pain points of Huawei's development and dealt the deepest blow.
It should be noted that my country's research and development time in the chip field is indeed later than that in the United States, which has led to the situation of being bored in the chip field. Once the chip supply cut policy is implemented, in addition to Huawei companies being hit, many domestic technology companies have also been affected to varying degrees. If you want to make the chip, you must be inseparable from lithography machines. Many netizens believe that China can actually develop lithography machines independently, because China's overall strength is still very gratifying.
However, my country has indeed achieved certain achievements in mid- and low-end lithography machines, but due to the lack of manufacturing experience of high-end lithography machines, this has led to my country's lack of good development in the field of high-end lithography machines.
Before this, my country's SMIC had ordered a lithography machine from Dutch ASML company , but this lithography machine was blocked by the United States, which led to a delay in delivering it. Once a lithography machine is available, domestic chip manufacturing will not have great problems, and the difficulties Huawei companies are deeply trapped in will be solved to the greatest extent. Although Huawei companies have handed over their orders to SMIC, and SMIC will also deliver them as scheduled, after SMIC lacks this high-end lithography machine, the chips handed over will inevitably be mid- and low-end chips.
After all, in the field of high-end lithography machines, Dutch ASML has basically formed its monopoly position . The reason why Dutch ASML has such a strong development advantage in the field of high-end lithography machines is also related to TSMC's Lin Benjian at that time. When ASML did not develop in the field of lithography machines, Japanese lithography machine companies have always achieved good development results. Because the concept of immersion lithography proposed by Lin Benjian at that time had certain conflicts with the concept of dry lithography machine in Japan.
Later, Lin Benjian found the Dutch ASML company and reached a cooperation between the two, which further promoted the initial development of the Dutch ASML company in the field of lithography machines.
After that, the Dutch ASML company also had a long-term development vision. In order to stabilize its customers and to gain more share in the market, has a regulation, that is, any company that wants to order a lithography machine from ASML company must first purchase shares of ASML company.
At that time, Intel , TSMC and Samsung were stable customers of Dutch ASML Company and the three major shareholders of ASML Company.
However, with the continuous development of ASML companies and the continuous growth of scale, Intel, TSMC and Samsung have successively sold their shares in ASML companies. As of now, there are two companies in the United States that have become shareholders of Dutch ASML companies.
It is worth mentioning that Dutch ASML Company continues to improve technical barriers when making lithography machines. ASML Company employees also believe that even if the drawings are handed over to enterprises from various countries, enterprises from various countries may not be able to develop products , because what is applied behind this is the advanced technology of various countries, and many of the components in it are also from multiple countries and regions.
, and what ASML company owns happens to be the core technology. Now the Dutch ASML company has adopted the American light source and the German Zeiss technology, which further increases the difficulty of conquering high-end lithography machines.
When my country is facing the problem of high-end lithography machines, some people believe that China can develop independently, but in fact, in the words of experts, China still has no way to develop high-end lithography machines. The reason why experts have this idea is that behind high-end lithography machines, the science and technology used is very complex. For example, when ASML company made high-end lithography machines, in addition to using German process technology, it also uses Japanese composite materials and current American light sources.
As a high-end lithography mechanism author, talents must also have a lot of industrial knowledge support, including physics, mathematics, and computing, which have high requirements for high-end lithography machine talents.
However, in my country, there will still be insufficient talent reserves in terms of talents, and the loss of talents will be more serious.
Previously, there were many high-end lithography machines acquired by ASML's three major shareholders, Samsung, TSMC and Intel. If Chinese companies want to purchase lithography machines, they must wait until these shareholders do not need to use them before they can be their turn. Otherwise, these advanced lithography machines are not easily obtained by Chinese companies.
If China wants to independently develop high-end lithography machines, it will not only be difficult to overcome the technical barriers of high-end lithography machines, but will also face "special attention" from TSMC, Samsung and Intel in the future.
However, although my country cannot independently develop high-end lithography machines, there will still be good news in the field of lithography machines. After the news of Shanghai Microelectronics developed the 90nm lithography machine is out, it can greatly give other domestic companies greater confidence.
In addition, the domestic Chinese Academy of Sciences has also developed super-resolution lithography machine equipment. The current research and development chips that can be achieved are already 10nm process. Although this is indeed a certain gap compared with the Dutch ASML company, after good news has been heard one after another in the chip field and high-end lithography machine field, it is enough to see that my country still has certain strength in the semiconductor field, and will have a lot of room for improvement in the future.
However, for the exposure of my country's shortcomings in the chip field and if we want to make up for the shortcomings in the chip field faster, we must do the following:
First, we must have sufficient talent reserves. Talent and scientific and technological strength are very important. The research and development of high-end lithography machines itself has very high requirements for talents. If wants to overcome the relevant technologies in high-end lithography machines, we must have more and more full cultivation of talents.
Major universities in China have also established integrated circuit colleges, which can better input more professional talents for the development of the semiconductor field. However, if these professional talents want to stay, they still cannot be separated from the promotion of all aspects of society.
Technology companies must give them good treatment, and when cultivating talents, major domestic universities should also actively call on these talents to stay in China and contribute to the development of the country.
The second one is, if you want to overcome the technical barriers of high-end lithography machines, you still need to continuously increase R&D and investment, increase R&D and investment. This is a necessary guarantee for the long-term development of lithography machines.
Whether it is Shanghai Microelectronics or the Chinese Academy of Sciences, these good news have been reported one after another. After the development of society, our country's economic level has also improved, and the degree of independent innovation of domestic technology companies has also been strengthened. In many fields, it has actually achieved very good achievements.
Although there is still a big gap compared with some top technologies, once domestic technology companies continue to increase their R&D investment, they believe that they will achieve better results and continue to narrow the gap. The greater the R&D and investment in
, the more hope there will be. In the chip field and the lithography machine field, there will be more R&D and creation experience. Therefore, the R&D and investment must not be ignored.
Third, domestic related policies should be more inclined to the semiconductor field. The exposure of shortcomings in the chip field can be said to be very large. Whether it is from the influence of Huawei companies being affected by chip supply cut policy or SMIC being named by entity blacklist, it is enough to see that the development path of domestic technology companies is very difficult and bumpy.
The support of relevant national policies can give these technology companies more development momentum and hope for development. Otherwise, when domestic technology companies do not see hope, they will easily give up, which will also be detrimental to the development of domestic semiconductor fields.
In short, China is still unable to independently develop this lithography machine, which is more difficult to manufacture than an atomic bomb. , but I believe that as long as you give enough Chinese technology companies, a certain amount of development time, and give them more confidence, the distance between them will continue to narrow the gap with giant technology companies, and the manufacturing of lithography machines will be just around the corner.
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