SMIC announced that foreign media observed Zhang Zhongmou's reaction
Some time ago, China's science and technology developed rapidly in China. With the increasing white-hot world economy, the development of high-tech enterprises has become the focus of countries around the world to seize the market highland. The United States has also gradually realized the importance of its "scientific and technological hegemony" in the world, so it can be said that it has spared no effort against China in the past two years, especially in the field of science and technology.
First, the United States signed with the Netherlands"Chip ban", ban some semiconductor companies from exporting to China, and then Biden proposed the "FDP Act", which imposes comprehensive restrictions on all equipment related to the United States, with the aim of preventing Chinese companies from obtaining any type of lithography machine. In addition, the United States has also fully implemented comprehensive economic sanctions against Chinese high-tech companies such as Huawei and SMIC, and American companies have also included them in the "Entity List". Obviously, the United States has also put a lot of effort into China's semiconductor industry.
But as globalization accelerates, no one escapes. What kind of people can be free from outside influences and interference?If the United States attacks China, it will not only have an impact on the rest of the world, but also cause some damage to itself. It was at this moment that another large American company suddenly changed its sanctions against the United States. What the hell is going on?Let's read on.
According to related reports, Su Lifeng, chairman of chip giant AMD, recently announced that AMD will officially release a special version of the chip in China. However, this is not the first time that American companies have done so. This is another American chip giant, with the help of Nvidia and Intel, "custom chips" to the Chinese market. Foreign ** said that Biden's heart was broken this time.
As the Biden administration continues to increase its suppression of Chinese chips, some American companies have also begun to become restless, and their interests have been greatly harmed. Originally, with the rise of artificial intelligence technology, the demand for processors and GPUs in the U.S. market is also growing, and the semiconductor giants in the United States should have reaped the benefits, but Biden ordered to suspend the production of some semiconductor companies in the United States. The move was tantamount to cutting off the income of American companies, which caused the outrage of other companies. The CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, the core American companies, have come to Washington to negotiate with the United States and the legislature to try to persuade Mr. Biden to lift the ban on the import of new semiconductor products against China. Nvidia, Intel and other companies have issued opposition to the United States with practical actions.
Nvidia downgraded the computing power of the A800 and replaced the A100 with a domestic manufacturer. Moreover, the custom graphics processor chips of the A800 and H800 are also available in China. Intel's chairman, Intel, also traveled to Sichuan last month, saying he would build a new data center "fit for China." These companies intend to produce "special editions" for China that would bypass U.S. controls. This also shows the importance it attaches to the Chinese market in one aspect.
American semiconductor giant AMD has taken similar steps to compensate for the impact of the U.S. crackdown on its chips.
The full name of AMD (AMD) in the United States is "Supermicro" (Chinese name).Since its establishment in 1969, it has been committed to serving the fields of computers, communications, consumer electronics, etc., as well as the research and production of various innovative microprocessors (CPUs, GPUs, etc.), as well as providing customers with flash memory and low-power processor services. Since its establishment, the company has been known all over the world for its good service, high quality quality. However, such a company, after being restricted in the United States, is not doing well.
Earlier in August, AMD officially released its second-quarter earnings report. The figures released by the company indicate that AMD's total revenue is only 53$5.9 billion, a decrease of 18% from the same period last year;At the same time, the company's net profit fell 94% to $27 million. In addition to this, all of the company's business took a hard hit, and the whole company became languishing. Not only the performance of core companies has declined, but also the performance of game companies, and even customers.
In this case, AMD had to do something. As a result, the company has set its sights on the Chinese market. China is a very developed country, and the demand for chips is also very huge, especially in the past few years, including AMD, the revenue of American companies has exceeded 30%, of which China is the best example. American chip giant AMD sold 22% of its revenue in Chinese mainland, reaching 520.7 billion US dollars, ranking behind the 34% of the United States. It can be seen from this how important its status and status in China is.
However, in mid-June, AMD's two products, the Mi300A Mi300X, could not be exported to China due to their performance exceeding the output control rules of the United States, which is bound to seriously impact AMD's revenue in China's huge AI chip field. As a result, AMD is ready to follow in the footsteps of Nvidia and Intel and legally export chips to China, with CEO Lisa Su saying that AMD is considering a strategy to launch a China-only version of its Mi300 and older model Mi250, a move that may help AMD get out of the slump in performance.
In the process of diversifying the world, countries are becoming more and more connected, and the actions of each country can have adverse consequences for themselves. It is impossible for any country to completely block a technology, and American companies do this both to protect their own rights and interests, and to warn the United States that if they continue to suppress it, it is likely to cause a bigger ** and make things more complicated.