6 years ago, was Malaysia Airlines disappearance related to chip competition?

Mondo International Updated on 2024-03-08

The 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines was once a matter of global concern, and there are now various versions of speculation about the cause of the disappearance. Some people believe that the plane was hijacked, others believe that the plane malfunctioned, and there are even rumors that the United States may have wrecked the plane. However, as for the specific reason, it is not clear, after all, the flight has been missing for six years, and the wreckage of the wrecked plane has not been fully found, let alone the black box.

Recently, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines has once again become a hot topic of discussion on the Internet. It is reported that there were more than 20 Chinese chip experts on Malaysia Airlines that year, and 4 of them have achieved extraordinary scientific research results. Therefore, some people speculate that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines was a deliberate destruction of Chinese talent by the United States in order to suppress China's chip development. Is this possible? Let's start by learning about this catastrophe that happened six years ago. At 00:42 on March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines aircraft MH370 flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. There were 224 passengers on the plane, 154 of whom were Chinese. Half an hour after the plane departed, it suddenly lost contact with the control tower, and the Kuala Lumpur aviation side said that "at that time, they thought it might be a communication failure, and they didn't pay much attention to it". After some effort, the flight was not contacted. However, Kuala Lumpur did not take this seriously, they thought that the news would come after the flight arrived in Beijing, but there was no news until 8:00 in the morning, so Kuala Lumpur announced the news of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines at 9:00 in the morning.

After Malaysia Airlines lost contact, what everyone was most concerned about was what happened to this plane? Combined with the information scanned by the military radars of Thailand and Vietnam, it is known that the plane did not follow its original route after losing contact, but suddenly turned around and completely deviated from the course and flew towards the Indian Ocean (the loss of contact and the sudden change of course are manifestations of hijacking). After the plane was confirmed to be missing, China and Southeast Asian countries sent search and rescue teams to help search for the flight, among which China made the greatest effort - at that time, in order to improve the search surface, many of our satellites in service had to be temporarily rerouted, which seriously shortened the normal service life of these satellites. But despite all the efforts, there was still no news about Malaysia Airlines. Why is the spearhead pointed at the United States? As Malaysia Airlines turns to the Indian Ocean, the United States is conducting military exercises in the Indian Ocean region. Judging from the level of science and technology in the United States at that time, if an aircraft entered the airspace of the military exercise, the United States would definitely be able to detect it.

However, the United States said that "it has not found any aircraft itself", and the United States, which has always been "warm-hearted" and particularly likes to join in the fun, has not shown enthusiasm during the search and rescue period of Malaysia Airlines, knowing that other countries have been busy and crazy. Moreover, there are even reports that in the process of search and rescue in other countries, the United States is still obstructing in disguise. For example, the international community asked the United States to release the radar information of the military exercise within the corresponding time, but the United States refused to release it in the name of national defense, so many people felt that the United States had a big problem with this matter. However, although the United States is suspected all over the world, there is no way to fully accuse the United States because there is no conclusive evidence.

The chip incident was the fuse, and now the Malaysia Airlines incident will be pushed to the hot search again, mainly because after the deterioration of Sino-US relations, the United States restricted China's chip imports - although China's science and technology in some fields have been quite developed, but the chip manufacturing industry is still relatively backward, and the United States' restrictions on the import of chips will directly affect the research and development of China's high-end technology products. The United States is relying on chip technology barriers as a killer weapon to contain China. And it just so happened that there were many Chinese chip experts on Malaysia Airlines, which disappeared that year, so everyone felt that the United States was trying to prevent China's chip technology from surpassing the United States, so it led to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines. Such a skepticism, while it may seem absurd, is not unreasonable. At that time, there were four Chinese on the plane, who were top chip engineers, and they worked at Freescale.

Freescale is a U.S.-based chip company with an R&D center in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to the Malaysia Airlines accident, Freescale commissioned the four engineers to develop a chip called KL02. At that time, this chip was the most high-tech chip in the world. According to Freescale's rules, the patent for this chip is jointly owned by Freescale and these four engineers, that is, these four Chinese occupy 80% of the invention rights. The most important thing is that the key points of the research and development of this chip are all in the hands of these four Chinese engineers. In 2014, China was preparing to start researching domestic chips in an all-round way, and if these four top engineers returned to China for research, it was equivalent to bringing the chip development technology back to China. Prior to the Malaysia Airlines accident, Freescale had already registered a patent in the United States. According to the regulations, if the four engineers died, Freescale would have 100% control of the chip. Therefore, some people believe that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines is a conspiracy negotiated between Freescale and the United States, and its purpose is to curb the development of China's chip industry.

Because from the American point of view, although those 4 engineers worked at Fisca, they were Chinese after all. It just so happened that at that time, China was vigorously carrying out chip research, and the four of them mastered the core technology, and their return to China was naturally not conducive to the United States' plan to suppress China. If these 4 Chinese return to China, lead the domestic team to scientific research and development. Then the gap between China and the United States will be greatly shortened, and the unique chip technology barriers of the United States will not exist, which is naturally not conducive to the long-term game between the United States and China. And it is reported that in addition to these 4 senior chip engineers at that time, more than 60 senior engineers from telecom and Huawei were also on the plane. Therefore, to a certain extent, it was "very cost-effective" for the United States to hijack its own plane at that time. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that the United States killed a plane in order to suppress China. For example, the black box of the missing plane has not been found so far, and theoretically the black box itself will emit signals outward, and it is impossible to find it. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to suspect that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines is "the work of the United States", but this is always only a suspicion, and it has not yet been confirmed.

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