As the "food" of modern industry, chips occupy a pivotal position in global scientific and technological competition. However, for a long time, the United States has firmly grasped the global semiconductor market with its strong semiconductor technology and industry discourse. However, the rise of emerging technological powers such as China poses a serious challenge to the technological hegemony of the United States. In recent years, a competition and confrontation between China and the United States in the semiconductor industry has broken out, which has become the focus of attention in the global science and technology community.
Due to the pursuit and control of scientific and technological hegemony by the United States, the achievements of Japanese companies such as Toshiba in the field of semiconductors have been carved up by the United States, and since then they have fallen to the bottom of scientific and technological hegemony. However, with the rise of Chinese high-tech companies such as Huawei, the United States has intensified its crackdown and blockade of Chinese companies, trying to exclude China from the semiconductor industry chain. The U.S. technology blockade and sanctions on Chinese companies such as Huawei have forced Chinese companies to seek independent research and development. However, what Biden and others did not expect was that Chinese companies showed more tenacious vitality and made major breakthroughs under the technological blockade.
As a representative of China's semiconductor industry, Huawei has not only successfully completed the independent research and development of 5G communication equipment, but also launched the world's leading HarmonyOS operating system, making up for the gap in the domestic operating system. At the same time, Huawei's Kirin 9000S chip has become a representative of Chinese chips, and its performance surpasses that of the American Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 processor. In the semiconductor war between China and the United States, South Korea has become the biggest victim, and its main semiconductor company, Samsung, has not been spared. China has taken the same countermeasures against U.S. companies, such as expelling Micron from selling products with safety concerns in China. As a result of these measures, the market share of South Korean semiconductor companies such as Samsung has shrunk significantly, and their performance has declined significantly.
According to South Korea's Ministry of Commerce, South Korea's chip exports increased by 12 percent year-on-year in November due to the impact of the U.S. lockdown9%, and the export value reached 66.5 billion. However, some Korean media and South Korean netizens expressed arrogant remarks about this, claiming that the Chinese market is inseparable from South Korean chips. Although China's Yangtze River Storage and other companies have risen, there is still a certain gap with imported chips in terms of production capacity. Therefore, in the context of the rise of China's chips, domestic companies still need to import foreign chips to meet market demand. However, we must always be vigilant and keep in mind the warning of the people, only through independent innovation and mastery of core technologies can we truly get rid of our dependence on imported chips.
The semiconductor industry is an important area of modern scientific and technological competition, and in the semiconductor war between China and the United States, the momentum of China's chip counterattack is getting stronger and stronger. The successful breakthroughs and independent innovations of Chinese high-tech enterprises such as Huawei have enabled China to gradually gain an important position in the field of semiconductor technology. At the same time, South Korea, as an important player in the semiconductor field, is also beginning to feel the pressure and challenges. However, we cannot paralyze ourselves because of the rise of Chinese chips, and Chinese enterprises still need to strengthen independent innovation and scientific and technological research, and constantly improve their core competitiveness in order to occupy a more important position in the global semiconductor industry chain. Only in this way can we truly get rid of our dependence on foreign chips and realize the independent development of the semiconductor industry.
In the development of the semiconductor industry, there is a long way to go. We expect that the rise of China's chips can bring new hope and opportunities to the global development of science and technology. Let us be firm and confident, move forward bravely, and work hard to realize the dream of becoming a powerful country in science and technology!