In the wave of rapid development of global digitalization, the role of "industrial food" by a chip as big as a thumb is becoming increasingly prominent. Whether it is smartphones, PCs, cloud computing , aerospace, or even Qatar World Cup football, there is a chip. In fact, regarding chip , my country has developed a layout on manufacturing equipment in the 1970s. Unfortunately, the idea of " comprador " allowed the West to occupy the high ground in the chip manufacturing process.
. With the continuous improvement of my country's technological strength, the signals released by the United States in the past two years are extremely unfavorable to my country: on the one hand, it invites key chip ASML and TSMC chip industry chain key companies in the United States to build factories in order to gain the right to speak on chip manufacturing. On the other hand, the acquisition of chip design companies is trying to stumbling the neck of overseas IC companies in the chip design process. What is important is that Chinese companies' assets in , in Western countries may also be forcibly plundered.
This also allows domestic companies to fully see the reality. Only by truly mastering the technology and assets in their hands will there be no problems. For a time, chips are "domesticized" in the chips. Domestic scientific research institutions and enterprises are focusing on chip manufacturing equipment, materials, EDA and other related industries. With the strong support of our country, good news about domestic chips has emerged in recent times.
The first thing I want to talk about is EDA, the mother of chips. Huazhong University of Science and Technology Professor Liu Shiyuan's team successfully developed my country's first OPC software that is completely independent and controllable. This is an extremely important part of the EDA tool. This is to simulate the optical and chemical processes in the chip lithography process through calculations, thereby exploring the minimum resolution and more advanced process technology . For chip manufacturing companies, it is not enough to have lithography machine alone, and the improvement of yield and process are also important.
In terms of OPC, the market has long been completely dominated by three American companies, Synopsys, Mentor, and ASML-Brion. Now my country's first independent OPC software has been born, laying a solid technical foundation for the decline of domestic EDA and chip manufacturing technology.
Secondly, we need to talk about the chip architecture. In terms of chip design, the UK ARM accounts for 90% of the market share in the mobile chip field, and the US local Intel X86 has formed a monopoly situation in the fields of PC and server processors. Therefore, if you want to fundamentally solve the problem of chip research and development, you must bypass the two mountains of ARM and X86. In fact, the early Chinese academician Ni Guangnan has always called for the open source instruction set RISC-V to break the monopoly of ARM and X86, and it is very likely to divide the world with ARM and X86 in the future.
What excites Chinese people is that recently domestic chips based on RISC-V architecture have collectively debuted, such as the world's first Jinghong 8100 suitable for mainstream notebook applications, the world's first full-band wireless SOC AR8030, high-performance automotive-grade MCU Fuxi 2360, high-performance UWB communication positioning system chip NRT82800 series for smartphones/AR/MR, etc. In the RISC-V field, domestic companies have already been at the forefront of the world, which provides strong support for my country's intelligent connection to grasp the initiative in the development of the chip industry.
In addition, in the chip manufacturing process, as the wafer factory with the most advanced foundry technology and the largest production capacity , SMIC has increased the original 32 billion yuan expenditure in 2022 to 45.6 billion, mainly to pay for advance payments for long-term equipment orders. Dutch ASML has also frequently stated: DUV lithography machines are mature technology and do not require authorization, and the Dutch official also expressed that they refuse to copy the US export ban on China.Sufficient DUV lithography machine + 28nm + 14nm process technology have allowed my country to gain a firm foothold in mature processes! Although
high-performance chips are still relying on "made in the United States", my country is vigorously promoting the implementation of photonic chip . According to central media reports, my country's first "multi-material, cross-size" photonic chip production line is under preparation. It is expected to be completed and put into production in 2023. Unlike traditional integrated circuit chips, due to the low resistance of photonics and strong high-speed concurrency capabilities, the speed of photonic chips is 1,000 times faster than that of traditional electronic chips, and the power consumption is only one ten thousandth of that of electronic chips. Moreover, the materials are second-generation compound semiconductors such as InP and GaAS. They are cheap materials, stronger performance, and lower power consumption. They basically meet all the requirements of processors in various industries such as data centers, communications, and cloud computing. Moreover, there is no need for EUV lithography machines in the preparation process.
my country's breakthroughs in chip manufacturing, instruction set , EDA, etc. have sounded the clarion call for the localization of chips. We will create whatever is missing! I believe that in front of diligent, smart and great Chinese, chips will inevitably be able to achieve 100% domestic production!
If you think I'm right, you might as well give it a thumbs up and forward it to like-minded people!
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-