Biden announced that China's supply of gallium and germanium had failed, and the foreign media made a big fuss
Not long ago, due to the pressure of the United States and the "tripartite agreement", Japan, the Netherlands and other countries have stated that they want to strictly control the import of semiconductor devices, while Japan has included 23 kinds of products, including **, tempering, etc., into a strict control list, and reduced the production process to 45nm. The Dutch side has also said that they will put more control on lithography instruments.
However, this does not satisfy the United States, Biden intends to use the FDP bill to prohibit Chinese companies from buying ASML's low-end deep ultraviolet lithography machines, and bring all products related to the United States into the monitoring of the United States.
Under the pressure of the United States, China's Ministry of Commerce also responded by announcing import restrictions on gallium and germanium, two of the most important semiconductor materials. In short, you don't sell noodles, and you don't want to eat with us.
Since August 1, China's import control policy on gallium and germanium has officially come into effect
If there is no gallium salt, the United States' position in this war will plummet, the United States simply does not have enough gallium as a raw material, and will be at an absolute disadvantage in the competition with the United States semiconductor industry.
According to relevant information, the total reserves of germanium in the world are about 8,600 tons, of which the United States' germanium reserves exceed 3,870 tons.
But gallium is a key material for integrated circuits, and once the United States loses its grip on it, it will lead to the collapse of the entire semiconductor industry.
Therefore, when China announced restrictions on gallium and germanium, both Japan and the Netherlands "exploded" at the first time, because they are the world's largest semiconductor companies and one of the largest countries in the world. Therefore, in order to avoid a full-scale "tearing face" with China, they all proposed to Biden to relax restrictions on Chinese semiconductors.
However, Biden is obviously not a person who gives in so easily, and in order to appease the "military heart", Biden has proposed cooperation with the US Department of Commerce and large companies in the industrial field, hoping to find a way to alleviate the shortage of gallium elements as soon as possible.
Ultimately, the only way for American development companies to get their hands on gallium as soon as possible is to "collect scrap."
In short, it is to extract gallium-containing waste, such as metal residues, from existing scraps, and further refine and process them, so as to obtain enough gallium in a short period of time to avoid relying on foreign resources.
A foreign ** commented: "This is a big trouble!."He also said that cutting off the ** against gallium and germanium did not play any role, but the United States found a solution to the problem, then China will be more severely restricted.
But what is the truth?The answer is already obvious, and not to mention whether the "garbage disposal" technology is feasible, even if gallium is extracted, the resulting gallium is only a drop in the bucket.
This method is only suitable for the waste of semiconductor production and gallium-containing devices, and the metal content in the United States is much less than that in the United States.
Therefore, China's export restrictions on gallium and germanium have made the United States' semiconductor raw materials "stuck", and "garbage disposal" cannot solve the dependence of the international market on gallium and germanium. Therefore, the best practice for the United States and Europe should be to remove China's chip controls and deal with them at a collaborative level.
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