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After European and American countries imposed a chip blockade on Russia, Russia is facing a huge challenge. However, although Western chip giants claim to stop supplying Russian chips, chips and components in Russian-made equipment still continue to enter the Russian market. This phenomenon has raised the question of how exactly Russia acquired a large number of Western chips.
As we all know, Russia has a certain network of partners, and the transfer of chips through third-party countries has become a common means. When European and American countries prohibit the direct export of chips to Russia, Russia can use the forwarding companies of these third-party countries to deliver American chips to its own hands. For example, after the establishment of a PC wholesaler called AzuInternational in Turkey, it began to forward American computer parts to Russia, which became one of the typical ways to circumvent the embargo through transit countries. Such a transit method makes it difficult for Western countries to completely prevent the flow of chips into the Russian market.
In addition, the use of shell companies is also a way for Russia to acquire Western chips. Some shell companies exist on paper but don't have substantial staff and day-to-day operations. For example, Pixeldevices, a Hong Kong-registered company, is reportedly a shell company with no employees but has been exporting Intel and AMD products to Russia. For these small distributors and shell companies, it is difficult for the United States to take effective measures, because it is not difficult to register a shell company. These indirect ** chains allow Russia to have access to Western chips.
Through the study of Russian-made missiles and equipment for special forces, a large number of examples of Western chips were found in them. This shows that Russia already stockpiled a large number of chips and components before the conflict in Ukraine. This also suggests that we should strengthen the R&D and manufacturing of independent chips to reduce our dependence on imported chips. As a developing country, we cannot expect to rely on chips from other countries to meet our own needs.
At present, Russia is facing great challenges in the development of chip technology. Even before the advent of the concept of lithography machines and integrated circuits, Russia was already at a disadvantage in chip manufacturing. Now, almost 95% of chips are imported, except for a small number of chips with backward processes that are produced in Russia. This is a wake-up call for our country, we should strengthen the development and manufacturing of domestic chips to reduce dependence on the outside world.
Although European and American countries have imposed a chip blockade on Russia, Russia still obtains a large number of Western chips through third-party countries and the use of shell companies. Russia's stockpiles of chips and components ahead of the conflict in Ukraine also provide it with some resilience to the blockade. We need to recognize the importance of domestic chips and strengthen independent R&D and manufacturing to reduce our dependence on imported chips. Only by maintaining technological autonomy will we be able to gain a foothold in the global technological competition.
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