Swiss media: chip sanctions in the United States to promote China's anti -wind forward

Switzerland's "New Zurich" July 11 article, the original title: "That is just public relations, forget it." Beijing hopes to greatly expand its semiconductor production. According to the market research company's IC Insight data, China only met 16.7%of its own chip demand in 2021, but it should reach 70%by 2025. Because of this, since 2014, the two sovereign wealth funds have invested about $ 50 billion in the Chinese chip industry. Many cities and provinces in China also compete for subsidies.

Chip data map source Visual China

Since 2019, the sanctions of Washington have further indirectly promoted the development of the industry in China. Huawei no longer obtains 5G chips. China ’s largest chip manufacturer SMIC no longer has the best lithography machine, which has prompted China to move forward. The country now hopes to grasp as many technologies as possible, especially chip technology.

Even if the global chip shortage in the past two years has a positive side for China. Because Chinese customers are more and more dare to use the chip of local newcomers instead of short -term foreign chips. For many customers, even if it is an imperfect product, it is always better.

Data from the company's investigation show that there are "semiconductors" of nearly 16,000 companies in China, of which more than 6,000 were established in the past three years. According to data from the market research company Preqin, the Chinese chip first -founded enterprise received a total of $ 8.8 billion from venture investors last year, while the financing amount of similar American companies was only 1.3 billion US dollars.

Of course, not all chip companies will succeed. The person in charge of a startup company in Shenzhen should be Jianjian (sound) believes that there are many reasons for failure. The first is personnel issues. It is estimated that the Chinese chip industry lacks at least 250,000 employees. Startups like him cannot compete with large chip companies. At the same time, it is difficult for startups to meet financing standards. Finally, "we did not get enough wafers." (Author Mattias Sandr, translated Aoki)

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