The United States asked the Netherlands to ban the export of lithography machine technology to China and curb China’s scientific and technological progress. The foreign ministry described it as “typical technological terrorism”. In fact, the United States and the West have not lost their ruthlessness for hundreds of years. For the sake of profit, there are several wolves.
The US chip manufacturing advantage has been caught up by the technologically backward China, so the sanctions need to be increased. Bloomberg said that what the United States wants to block this time is not just high-end lithography machines, but to expand to the mainstream technology level, referring to the deep ultraviolet lithography machine (DUV) that is one generation behind the most advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography machine (EUV). ). “Although this lithography machine is older, it is still widely used in the manufacturing of automobiles, phones, computers, robots, etc.”
According to the latest figures of the International Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Association (SEMI), China has ranked the world’s largest purchaser of semiconductor production equipment for two consecutive years, reaching US$29.6 billion in 2021. Although the equipment imported by China is not the highest, it aims to create advantages in the field of low-end and mid-end chips, greatly expand production capacity, and occupy the global chip industry supply chain. In the past 30 years, China has actively engaged in independent chip manufacturing. During this period, 32 semiconductor super factories have been built. Other countries have only built 24, and the United States has not built one. In addition, there are more than 70,000 upstream and downstream companies in China’s entire semiconductor industry. The above figures are from South Korea. They call it China’s “semiconductor human sea tactics”. It is worth noting that South Korea’s semiconductor manufacturing is so strong, it is expected that there will be more Import more related products from China.
Analysts pointed out that China’s chip “technology” is not as good as that of the United States, but it knows how to use a strategy like Go to surround American chips. “Voice of America” quoted Korean economic expert Keun Lee as saying that the status of leading companies in the semiconductor industry is not static, and Korean companies such as Samsung have successfully surpassed Japanese companies such as Toshiba. “It is very difficult for China to replicate the leapfrog strategy of South Korean companies under U.S. sanctions, but this does not mean that China does not have the opportunity to develop an advanced, even world-leading semiconductor industry.” For example, car companies do not need to Using state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, using low-end processes at 20nm, or 30nm, prior to this type of technology transfer (mainly DUV lithography machines) has not been strictly controlled. So China uses this window to actively produce, and manufacturers make huge profits, which can be used to invest in advanced or next-generation chips. It is conceivable that if the United States does not kill China, Chinese chips will catch up. It is estimated that China will be able to upgrade to the ranks of high-end chip manufacturing in 2030.
No matter what China’s righteous condemnation of the United States is, the United States and its Western allies will continue to fight against China’s peaceful rise. Andreklin, Russia’s ambassador to the UK, said recently that London has the opportunity to unilaterally impose sanctions, or outright confiscate Russian state-owned assets. However, this move will destroy London’s reputation as the world’s financial capital.
The rise of the British Empire relied on “robbing” Spain’s merchant ships that were loaded with gold and silver wealth from South America. In the 16th century, Britain openly supported its sea rogue organization, the sea looting operation. The British king issued a “private license” and recruited a group of “royal pirates” to fight the hegemony of Spain. Since then, the British national strength has greatly increased, laying the foundation for the industrial revolution. . Europeans all know the “brilliant” history of the United Kingdom. How surprising is it that the United Kingdom confiscated Russian state-owned assets in order to make up for the high inflation and high oil prices affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war?
As for the United States, it is in the same line as British culture. In 2020, The National Interest quoted a retired soldier as suggesting: “The United States can follow the example of Britain in the 16th century and support the “Privateer” of civil organizations looting the merchant ships of rival countries. ”, robbing Chinese merchant ships at sea, with the aim of recovering the gains from China’s “plundering” of the world economy. Do you think China is Spain back then? Do you have to? The editor of the magazine was also a little embarrassed to publish the article under the title “A retired U.S. Marine Corps officer had an idea, but it wasn’t a good one.”
The United States and the West are pirates, but they have been decorated with free markets, democracy and human rights. They have long used the image of “romantic” pirates to show people. It is more appropriate to say that the United States is “tech pirateism”. Gentlemen don’t have to be polite to this group of villains.