With the development of China in the field of space, the faces of the Americans are becoming more and more "green", and the "Starlink", which was originally proud, has gradually lost its former hegemony in this war.
1. China Space Center ushered in good news.
Recently, Hong Kong's ** "South China Morning Post" broke a strong news.
With the breakthrough of China's space program again and again, China once again used the "Tiangong" space station to test different types of chip processing systems, and gained a new technological leadership.
As for the 250-nanometer process used in the aerospace field in the United States, as early as decades ago, China had more than 20 high-performance integrated circuits with 28-nanometer to 16-nanometer processes, and many manufacturers are conducting space experiments.
China's commitment to developing high-performance integrated circuits that can work in orbit for a long time and work stably and reliably for a long time is a challenging topic at present.
The report notes that China no longer sees NASA as the number one competitor, but instead has become a major competitor for private space companies such as SpaceX.
As for the "Starlink" that the Americans are proud of, China will also have plans to build "Starlink" around the earth in the next few years, according to relevant people, the global demand for high-performance, low-cost space chips for aerospace will surge.
China is now able to test more than 100 computers at the same time, and has developed more than 20 new types of chips with independent intellectual property rights, which are much higher than those of other space equipment.
In addition, China also has a large number of deep UV** equipment, which can make cheap chips on a large scale.
2. NASA's chip, something from 30 years ago.
It is said that NASA is now using technology that is more than 30 years old, such as the James Webb Space Telescope, whose RAD750 processor uses the old 250nm process.
China's "Tiangong" is a national space laboratory with independent property rights, which provides great convenience for our space research.
And in space, even in space, relevant experiments can be carried out, and a large number of people are also "dissuaded".
According to the requirements of the International Space Station, all countries that conduct experiments on the space station need to publish all the information they have obtained in space, after all, those who can conduct experiments on the space station are highly confidential, and once leaked, it will affect their research.
This is the influence of the United States in the field of space, stealing the research results of other countries. But NASA is no longer a threat to China, because its Starlink satellites employ many cheap commercial chips, and they often have short life cycles.
In order to improve the sophistication and robustness of technology, China's space engineers also want to use artificial intelligence to obtain more advanced computing functions needed in space.
In addition, the greater the number of transistors on a semiconductor wafer, the more sensitive it is to energy radiation in space, which will also have a certain impact on data storage and computing power.
In short, China has become one of the most powerful countries in the world with the continuous advancement of semiconductor technology, but the United States has not done so.
3. The United States is gambling, but is China afraid?
In order to deal with China's "chip war", the U.S. Department of Commerce will formulate a series of policies next year to impose a comprehensive blockade on China's semiconductor industry.
The intention of the United States is obvious, that is, to use the "chip war" to contain the development of China's high-tech industry, so as to maintain the dominant position of the United States in high technology, so as to sit firmly on the hegemony of the United States.
During his administration, Biden has repealed many policies of the Trump era, except for waging a "chip war" against China, which is even more ruthless than Trump's.
After the outbreak of the "chip war", the United States and Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands signed a "more than one" treaty to jointly carry out a comprehensive attack on China's chip industry in order to curb China's semiconductor industry.
Obviously, the United States is sure that China will not fight back.
But why is this happening?
It wasn't until July that China officially announced an import ban on GE-GA, a key semiconductor raw material that is now fully controlled by China, and can even be said to be a dominant one.
Therefore, in the United States, it is not easy to avoid this, because this series of restrictions has put many manufacturers in the United States in a difficult situation, which makes them know that the pain of being restricted.
4. See who wins.
Since 2014, China has vigorously supported the semiconductor industry, and 5G communication technology has ranked among the international advanced ranks
Since 2018, the United States has imposed a series of restrictions on Chinese companies, including the "**ization" of Chinese chips and the procurement of high-performance GPUs.
The U.S. export control policy against Chinese mainland has shown a gradual upward trend.
First, the U.S. Department of Commerce banned China from acquiring graphics processors with high computing power, which is to crack down on the artificial intelligence industry. For China's leading semiconductor companies, more drastic measures have been taken.
However, although the U.S. legal system is complex, it is not airtight, and Chinese companies can use the exceptions, exemption periods and other provisions in the regulations with the help of specialized personnel to ensure that they will not be harmed on a legal basis.
In addition, in the first half of this year, driven by the "outward expansion" of China's industry and investment, ASEAN surpassed Europe and became China's largest partner, and China will also introduce a large number of equipment to meet its industrial development needs.
Eventually, China's integrated circuits will form a complete industrial chain around the world, and the United States is determined to start a "chip war" with China, so we will wait and see which side wins.