The friction in the semiconductor field has become the focus of the Sino-US economic and trade field, and in this key area, there has just been a rare good news. American chip giant Micron recently confirmed to ** that the company has reached a global settlement with the Chinese company Fujian Jinhua, and the two sides have withdrawn their respective prosecutions against each other on a global scale, which is equivalent to putting an end to the dispute between the two companies. Looking back, Micron began suing Fujian Jinhua in 2017 for "stealing technology", while Fujian Jinhua began suing Micron for alleged infringement of products sold in China in 2018, and the two have been at loggerheads ever since.
It is worth emphasizing that the dispute between Micron and Fujian Jinhua has almost risen to the national level. In 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Fujian Jinhua would be added to the export control list, which is equivalent to using the power of the U.S. state to crack down on the Chinese company. And in May this year, China also announced sanctions against Micron, banning the purchase of the company's products, which immediately hit Micron hard. It is not difficult to see that behind the dispute between the two companies, it is actually a reflection of the intensifying friction between China and the United States in the field of semiconductors, in this sense, the commercial dispute between Fujian Jinhua and Micron can be called a key conflict case between China and the United States in the field of semiconductors.
After understanding these backgrounds, it is not difficult to feel the significance of the reconciliation between Micron and Fujian Jinhua, which can be called a "boot" for the friction between China and the United States in the field of semiconductors, and reduces the conflict and dispute between the two sides in this key area. For the next Sino-US to further ease the friction in the semiconductor field, this matter obviously has a very positive effect. Although it is still unclear what directly led to the reconciliation of the two companies, if we dig into the deeper reason, it is actually the invisible hand of the market that contributed to the reconciliation of the two companies. In recent years, although the friction between China and the United States in the field of semiconductors has continued, it is mainly a situation created by the United States to curb China's technological development, and the American business community does not want to fall out with China. The reason is very simple, China's semiconductor market is very huge, and American semiconductor giants cannot do without China, such as Micron, which relies on the Chinese market for a quarter of its global revenue.
In fact, on the issue of China, American semiconductor companies have always been on China's side, not because they love China more, or because the market is playing a role, and no one wants to break with their main partners. As Biden tightens restrictions on semiconductor exports to China, complaints from related industries in the United States are everywhere. The U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association has issued a statement openly opposing Biden's further restrictions on chip sales to China. It can be seen that U.S. semiconductor companies have a clear attitude in front of the market, and they are increasingly dissatisfied with Biden's measures to restrict semiconductor exports to China. Even if Biden insists on suppressing China's technological development, he has to listen to the call of American companies to leave room for semiconductor exports to China. What's more, even if he ignores the demands of American companies, he would do well to look at the fact that his ban has really stifled China's technological development.
At the beginning of Biden's strengthening of the ban on Chinese semiconductors, many voices warned Biden, emphasizing that sanctions are a double-edged sword, which may suppress China's technological progress, but may also in turn force China to reduce its dependence on foreign countries, giving birth to a breakthrough in China's independent research and development of technology in this regard. In the new mobile phone released by Huawei in August this year, it used 7nm chips, which shocked the outside world, and directly implied that Biden's ban on Chinese chips has backfired, not only failed to defeat China's semiconductor industry, but also accelerated China's independent research and development. Overall, Biden's continued maintenance of the ban on Chinese semiconductors is really worth the loss, and now, it is time for the United States to let go of its obsession with containing China and cooperate with China in the field of semiconductors.
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