Since the advent of silicon-based chip technology, American companies have dominated the global semiconductor industry with their huge patent libraries and leading underlying technologies, and pushed their development to the peak. Businesses such as Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm are among the best in terms of contributions and outcomes. China has been advocating international cooperation in the field of chips, for example, Huawei has been deploying in the European and American markets for many years and sharing its own research results of 5G technology with them, but it has encountered the fate of refusal. The United States believes that Huawei's technological breakthrough has caused it to lose control of the communications field, so it has taken a series of repressive measures. The United States, together with its allies, launched the toughest "chip rule" in history, imposing unwarranted sanctions on Chinese companies, which has prompted Chinese companies to resolve to seek breakthroughs. A large number of high-quality semiconductor companies have emerged and risen, among which companies such as Loongson Zhongke, Huawei HiSilicon and SMIC have attracted much attention. Loongson Zhongke has built a completely independent chip system in China, all links can be completed in China, and has achieved global recognition, ranking second in the world's chip contribution list. Does this mean that China's chip dilemma is about to be solved?
Loongson Zhongke has made great achievements in the field of chips with its outstanding performance. At first, Loongson adopted the overseas authorized MIPS architecture, but after recognizing the true face of European and American countries, they accelerated the launch of the self-developed LoongArch architecture. At the end of November last year, Loongson released the LoongArch architecture equipped with a new generation of Loongson 3A6000 processor, and each research and development link of the architecture was completed independently, which marked a new milestone for domestic chips. According to the actual performance test, the overall performance of Loongson 3A6000 can be comparable to that of Intel Core 10th generation chips, which means that China has reached the threshold of high-end chips. Loongson processors not only have excellent performance, but also low power consumption, and have been widely used in computers, servers, and the Internet of Things. With this achievement, Loongson Zhongke won the second place in the 2022-2023 World Chip Contribution List, and was selected into the World Chip Achievement List and Institution List, and the company's chairman Hu Weiwu was also selected into the World Chip Contribution List. The authority and fairness of this list are undoubted, and only 97 representative technologies are selected among tens of thousands of chip achievements every year, which fully demonstrates the importance of Loongson Zhongke's breakthrough, and it can be said that in China's semiconductor field, Loongson Zhongke deserves to become the leader.
Loongson Zhongke obviously has the strength to change the status quo of domestic chips, and the LoongArch architecture alone can occupy a place in the global high-end chip pattern. Moreover, this technology will be open to other domestic enterprises to use, and it can be used permanently with only one license, unlike the ARM architecture, which charges high technology licensing fees every year. An important problem of domestic chips lies in the information technology platform, and Loongson Zhongke perfectly solves this problem. Domestic companies can accelerate their integration into this platform, although there is still a three-generation gap with the top chips, but at least we have touched the threshold of high-end chips. Another good news is that Huawei's Kirin 9000S chip not only uses the 7nm process, but also comes entirely from domestic independent research and development, which once again proves that China has the ability to independently build 7nm chips. Although it has been questioned by Japan and South Korea before, thinking that its performance is too outstanding because it uses a special process, but even so, what does it matter?The most important thing is that we have high-end chips to use, and this world chip contribution list has fully explained everything. So, what do you think about this?
As we all know, domestic chips have been in trouble for a long time because they are subject to technical barriers and patent issues. In the field of chips, American companies have a monopoly on core technologies and patents, which makes it difficult for companies in other countries to make breakthroughs. As a global technology powerhouse, China has suffered repeated setbacks in the field of chips. The restrictions imposed by the "chip rules" of the United States on Chinese companies have exacerbated the difficulty of China's domestic chip research and development.
However, the independence of domestic chips is very crucial. At present, the global competition in science and technology is becoming increasingly fierce, and chips are the infrastructure that supports the development of the digital economy and information society. Mastering core chip technology can enhance the country's economic competitiveness and security capabilities. There is no doubt that the development of domestic chips is crucial for China.
The development of domestic chips is not only related to the upgrading of China's technology industry and the competitiveness of domestic enterprises, but also an important guarantee of information sovereignty. Relying too much on foreign chips will make our country subject to others at critical moments. Therefore, cultivating and developing the domestic chip industry has become a top priority.
As a representative enterprise in the domestic chip industry, Loongson Zhongke has made remarkable breakthroughs through independent research and development of LoongArch architecture processors. Loongson Zhongke has independently completed all R&D links and built a completely independent chip system, which is known for its high performance and low power consumption.
Loongson Zhongke ranked second in the international chip contribution list, fully demonstrating the strength and potential of China's chip industry. Its LoongArch architecture processor is comparable to Intel Core 10th generation chips, representing that China's chip technology has reached the world's advanced level. This is of great exemplary significance for the development of domestic chips.
At the same time, Loongson's breakthrough has also had a positive impact on China's domestic chip industry. Its open LoongArch architecture provides opportunities for other Chinese companies to grow, accelerating the pace of domestic enterprises to integrate into high-end chip manufacturing. In addition, the breakthrough of Loongson Zhongke also solves the problem of domestic chips on the information technology platform, so that domestic manufacturers can better integrate into this platform.
Loongson's breakthrough is not only a technological progress, but also a model and incentive for domestic chips to get out of trouble and achieve independent controllability. Its success marks a new step in China's chip industry and provides a guarantee for China's competitive position in the global chip field.
To sum up, the breakthrough of Loongson Zhongke and the development of domestic chips are of great significance to China. Although there are still some challenges and gaps, this achievement indicates that China's domestic chips are moving towards independence and are expected to gradually rise as an important force in the global chip field.