Intel CEO complains that Chinese chips are 10 years behind: existing equipment produces up to 7nm chips!
Some time ago, a number of ** reported that Intel CEO Patrick Greener criticized China at the World Economic Forum in Davos"core"After that, it was praised again"American Core"。Compliments"American Core"。
He ridiculed Chinese wafers and said that the 14nm to 7nm process jointly blocked by the United States, Japan and the Netherlands can only produce a 7nm process at most with China's current technical level, while the United States will soon launch a 2nm process, which is why China's semiconductor industry lags behind the world for more than a decade.
He praised"American Core", and said that thanks to chip subsidies, 50% of the world's wafers will be produced in the United States in the next decade.
For a while, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet, and many people attacked each other. Actually, there is no need to be so angry: Intel is the CEO of Intel Corporation in the United States, and it is normal to pat the American ** on the back.
In addition, there are some netizens who have different opinions:
1) Some say impossible, five years at most.
2. The technological blockade of us by the United States is not once and for all, we will break it soon, and the 7nm process will definitely not stop.
3, Intel will boycott, Chinese will not buy, then see what Intel can do.
So, are these three meanings reasonable?
First, China is still a decade behind the world's lead. The best TSMC process in the world is the 3nm process, and our 7nm process is only two generations behind, with a difference of 5 years, so they are 10 years behind.
Benjamin Lin says that deep UV lithography can theoretically reach 5 nanometers, but the cost is too high, and we already have a lot of deep UV lithography technology that is almost impossible to achieve.
Whether we oppose it or not is another matter. Intel is telling the truth, except that our chips can't replace Intel's chips, let alone compete with them, so we don't need to make a fuss.
I think that while the CEO of Intel has given a lot of help to the United States, he also realizes that the shortage of Chinese chips is inevitable and must be solved by ourselves.
What's more, whether we want to accept it or not, we can't just rely on words, and the best way to deal with it is to develop more advanced chips.