Do you remember Locke's latest thought-provoking remarks?" It would be better for China not to produce cutting-edge chips on its own, because this is something that the United States does not want to see. These remarks have sparked heated discussions and controversies, what is the reason why the United States does not want China to produce cutting-edge chips, and should China give up independent research and development? Let us find out today.
First of all, we must acknowledge the fact that the independent research and development of cutting-edge chips is crucial to China's scientific and technological development. Chips are known as the "heart of modern industry", and without advanced chips, they cannot support the development of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G communications, and electric vehicles. It can be said that the chip level has become a vane to measure a country's scientific and technological strength.
In the past few decades, China has been stuck in the chip industry due to historical and technical reasons. From the 90s of the 20th century to the present, China's annual cost of importing chips is as high as more than 300 billion yuan, accounting for more than a quarter of the global chip imports. You must know that the price of a high-end chip can be as high as thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, which undoubtedly increases the pressure on China's fiscal and trade surplus.
Therefore, it is of great significance to realize the independence and controllability of chips and break the technological blockade of the United States to maintain China's industrial security and national security. As Chen Genfang, a professor at Tsinghua University's Department of Electronics, said: "If you can't even make chips, China's development will always be controlled by others." "
The fundamental reason why the United States does not want China to independently produce cutting-edge chips is that it does not want China to rise in key scientific and technological fields, thereby shaking its position as a global technological hegemon. The United States has always regarded China as its number one strategic rival, and has been trying to contain China's development in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and 5G communications, including technology blockade, talent restrictions, and capital control.
For example, the U.S. government has ordered sanctions against Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime, prohibiting it from acquiring U.S. chips and software. In another example, the United States imposed a record fine of more than $1 billion on ZTE, which almost bankrupted the company. These practices fully illustrate how frenzied and resolute the US is in suppressing China in the high-tech sector.
Obviously, the chip industry is affected by the whole body. If China continues to be dominated in this area, it will affect all aspects of the country's development. From the civilian field, China's smartphones will have no chips available, the Internet will be paralyzed, and 5G communication and cloud computing will be impossible. In the military field, China is also unable to develop modern weapons such as missile weapons, new fighter planes, and aircraft carriers, and this will undoubtedly endanger national security.
It is unacceptable that China, the world's second-largest economy, is being constrained in the field of science and technology. Therefore, in the current environment, it is urgent for China to accelerate the independent research and development of chips. Many experts and industry insiders have pointed out that only by increasing important investment in chips, accelerating the training of integrated circuit talents, and developing an independent and controllable chip supply chain, can China truly achieve independent and controllable in this most critical field.
Of course, China's chip development path is not achieved overnight. To solve the shortcomings of funds, talents, equipment, technology and other aspects, we need the joint efforts of the government, enterprises, universities and all sectors of society. However, as long as we maintain strategic focus and patience, I believe that in the near future, China's chip industry will be able to achieve corner overtaking.
In short, it is of great significance for China to develop the chip industry. We should be firm in our faith and not give up easily. Only by self-reliance and independent innovation can China's scientific and technological undertakings usher in a new spring in the east of the world. Let's look forward to the day when China's chips take off!