With the continuous development of the economy, the importance of chips is becoming increasingly prominent. Many industries produce products that require chips, such as cars people drive, refrigerators and washing machines that everyone has at home, etc. In addition, chips play a very important role in smartphones that everyone has. Many companies have successfully obtained the market and obtained hundreds of billions of yuan in revenue due to chip production. The chip manufacturers that the people in my country are more familiar with are TSMC in Taiwan Province.
According to relevant data, TSMC's chip order cuts have reached 32.6 billion yuan, and they have shown up. What's going on? In the field of chip production, TSMC's position is unshakable. The chips it produces account for 55% of the total global chip volume, making a great contribution to the chip industry in the global market.
It can be said that TSMC's position is unshakable worldwide. They developed an 8mm chip in 2018. As time goes by, TSMC's achievements in chip research and production are also increasing. By 2020, they have launched 5mm chips, and in 2022, they may launch 3mm chips.
As TSMC's chip production is becoming more and more achievements, many countries hope to cooperate with TSMC. After all, under this situation, the demand for chip production will continue to increase, and the process of industrial production can also drive local economic development. In addition to the country's hope that TSMC can build factories and produce, there are also many high-tech companies that hope to cooperate with it. After all, manufacturing chips is very profitable now.
After many invitations from the United States, TSMC also went to the United States to build a factory, but Zhang Zhongmou, the head of TSMC, was unwilling to be restricted by TSMC to be restricted by any country. Even if it is built in the United States, it will only produce 5mm chips in the United States and will not move 3mm chips to American factories for production.
This ensures that TSMC controls 3mm chip production technology. However, after TSMC cooperated with the United States to build a factory, they also introduced chip restrictions on mainland my country. Due to chip restrictions from Western countries such as the United States, my country has been greatly affected, and all walks of life are trapped in the chip shortage.
For mainland my country, the development of many companies has been severely restricted, such as the crisis that Huawei has suffered is something that many ordinary people know. In order to limit my country's economic development, many Western countries have jointly boycotted Huawei's 5G, and Huawei has had to withdraw from the Western market.
However, when other countries boycott Huawei, TSMC has also canceled cooperation with Huawei. However, most of the production technologies of high-end chips are controlled by TSMC and some Western countries, which means that Huawei's use is restricted, which directly leads to their constraints in the research, development and manufacturing of high-end products.
So from the current situation in our country, the mainland should still improve its R&D and manufacturing capabilities in the field of high-end chips. Only by firmly grasping the technology in its own hands can it not be restricted by anyone. While TSMC does not provide high-end chips for Huawei, chip research and development and manufacturing efforts in mainland my country are also constantly strengthening.
In 2021, 359.43 billion chips were developed and produced in mainland my country. The production of independent chips is increasing. In terms of chip imports, my country only imported 279.7 billion pieces in the first half of this year, a decrease of 32.6 billion pieces. This also means that TSMC has also suffered a lot of losses after making this decision.
believes that with the continuous increase in R&D efforts in the mainland, more achievements will be made in the research and development and production of high-end chips, and at that time, it will not be restricted by others. Of course, TSMC's current approach will also be slapped in the face. Previously, what they said was unwilling to be restricted by anyone, but now they are in charge of the United States and suppress my country's Huawei. When my country's chip industry is rising, TSMC will also pay the price for it.