South Korean semiconductors have been decoupled, and Chinese chips have grown steadily!
South Korean chips are gradually withdrawing from the Chinese market due to Samsung's withdrawal from the Chinese market and the declining market share of Korean car brands, including Hyundai and Kia. Now, China's chip industry is growing rapidly and gradually freeing itself from its dependence on the ** chain, while South Korea is with it"Decoupling"。
According to the figures released by South Korea, the total shipments of chips exported by South Korea in 2023 will fall by 30 due to the rapid decline in the proportion of chips exported by South Korea to the Chinese market6%。Many experts in the Korean semiconductor industry say that in 2024, Korean semiconductor companies will face an even more embarrassing situation.
According to figures previously released by the Korea Chamber of Commerce, the share of South Korean companies in China's chip exports fell to 63%, compared to the previous 10%, which was the highest level since 1993, a record.
This means not only that cheap producers in South Korea, such as Samsung and SK hynix, but also the semiconductor industry in South Korea as a whole, and that Korean companies are gradually losing the Chinese market.
Chips are a global industrial chain, involving many companies, and South Korea occupies a large proportion of them. South Korean semiconductor companies Samsung and SK Hynix are both world-renowned chip makers. Among these companies, Samsung occupies about 30% of chip contracts, only behind TSMC.
In the two fields of memory and memory chips, Samsung and SK hynix have done very well, basically monopolizing most of the world's markets, and have strong expertise in many aspects.
However, South Korea's semiconductor industry has been tepid in terms of semiconductor equipment, core technologies and semiconductor materials, relying on shippers such as ASML and Nikon for equipment, and most of the semiconductor raw materials are imported from Japan. In terms of advanced process, although Samsung already has a 3nm process, its yield and process level are still slightly inferior to TSMC.
At the same time, some U.S. technologies have been adopted by Samsung and SK hynix, which makes it necessary for South Korean semiconductor companies such as Samsung and SK hynix to comply with major U.S. restrictions. The core ban on high-end chip exports by the United States is clear.
However, South Korean semiconductor companies account for nearly half of the Chinese market, and their annual shipments contribute a huge amount of traffic to the Chinese market. The point is that famous Korean semiconductor companies, such as Samsung and SK hynix, have set up many factories in Chinese mainland.
SK hynix's ARMD memory chip factories are located in Wuxi and Dalian, while Samsung has established several NAND flash memory chip factories in Xi'an and other places. Major U.S. bans also limit their use of advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography techniques.
It should be noted that there has been no significant increase in chip exports to China, although Samsung and SK hynix will receive a permanent exemption in November 2023. In fact, the development of Chinese chips is very fast, and many domestic chips have been replaced by domestic chips, and South Korea has also begun"Decoupling"。
The two companies, Samsung and SK hynix, export to Huaxia, that is, memory and memory chips. In fact, the 7 nm process does not have high requirements for chips. It can be said that in this field, domestic chip manufacturers are in the midst of rapid development.
YMTC is the first company in the world to exceed 232 layers, while Changxin has made great strides in ARMD memory chips. Prior to this, many domestic companies have chosen Samsung and SK hynix's memory, the reason is that their production speed has not been able to keep up.
But some time ago, our country already had 42 such factories, and in 2024 there will be 37 new ones. It can be said that the domestic chip production capacity is gradually expanding, and the domestic proportion is also increasing. Memory chip manufacturers, including YMTC and Changxin Storage, have also increased their production scale, among which Changxin Storage has not only completed the construction of factories, but also obtained a large number of semiconductor equipment.
And now, we can already make it ourselves, and our technology and technology, are all the same, who will buy Korean ones? It is clear that South Korea's chip shipments have fallen sharply, with Japan"Decoupling"。
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