Chinese companies no longer buy EUV lithography machines, and the United States Think Tank expressed helplessness!
"Stuck neck" is a "key word", starting from 2019, its interpretation is that because of the sanctions of Western countries, most of our country's science and technology are what we don't have, such as operating systems, such as semiconductor chips, such as industrial machine tools, etc.
In particular, the semiconductor lithography machine has been severely sanctioned by European and American countries, TSMC and Samsung and other countries have banned Huawei from producing chips, so the problem of "stuck neck" has been constantly raised, especially the lithography machine, which has been widely valued, after all, this is the weakest part of the country, coupled with the huge industrial chain of the lithography machine, it is also the most difficult to produce, especially the EUV lithography machine.
Therefore, it is rumored that if the domestic EUV lithography machine researches new technology, it may be able to achieve domestic independent production.
Of course, part of this speculation is true, but it may also be false, such as the Kirin 9000 S released by Huawei, which has nothing to do with the research and development of lithography machines, even if no one knows, but it is certain that this is definitely a new product that has nothing to do with European and American technology systems, otherwise Biden and others will definitely be so angry that they "jump to their feet".
While everyone is paying attention to the development of chips in China, the Center for National Policy and International Studies of the United States released a bombshell news, saying that silicon-based optoelectronics will be a new round of war between China and the United States, which will change the future of the semiconductor and artificial intelligence industries.
According to this report, compared with existing electronic devices, photonic chips use photons instead of electricity, and the fusion of optoelectronics and electronics is expected to break through the physical limits of traditional devices and realize high-bandwidth, high-energy-efficiency large-scale computers.
In fact, since three years ago, there have been signs around the world that the performance of silicon has reached a tipping point, and further up, the quantum tunneling effect will occur, which will affect the basic computing of the chip.
Therefore, the search for a new research field has become the consensus of all countries in the world, and optical quantum is one of them, which is mentioned in the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the "2035 Vision Goals", and is considered to be an important means to break through the monopoly of Europe and the United States.
Now Zhongke Xintong Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is building a production line for photonic chips, which means that our company has begun to prepare, and the effect is still very good, otherwise the American think tank would not be so anxious.
If we use the method of photonics, then we will no longer need to produce EUV lithography machines, because Origin Quantum has established a complete production line, and all the processes have been localized, eliminating the possibility of being "stuck".
It's like being in the automotive industry, we admit that we can't compare with the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries, but it doesn't matter, as long as we change the route, we can become the world's leader in new energy vehicles, our car is still the original car, but the technology inside is completely different.
In the same way, we are lagging behind other semiconductor technologies, and it is very difficult to catch up with them, but we can choose another path, because we are standing at the same starting point, so we have the strength to fight.
However, for this achievement, Biden was a little caught off guard, because since 2019, the United States and the West have been at a disadvantage in the field of semiconductors, but they are a big step ahead in the new field.