Chip is indispensable in information society

With the rapid development of information technology, chip applications have been extended to every corner of society and integrated into all aspects of life. From mobile phones, computers and washing machines used in people's daily life, to machine tools and engines in the industrial field, to navigation and satellite borne equipment in the aerospace field, chips are indispensable.

In the military field, advanced weapons and equipment, command information systems, and chips are indispensable. For example, acquisition chips can make weapons and equipment have "clairvoyant eyes" and "ears to the wind", information processing chips can equip weapons and equipment with "intelligent brains", communication chips can connect various equipment and combat units for system confrontation, and memory chips can store various battlefield data for combat effectiveness and damage assessment, etc. Chips have become an important factor affecting the outcome of war.

The wide application demand promotes the rapid development of chip technology. With the adoption of better processes and the progress of systems on chip, MEMS and other technologies, chips begin to enter the era of "self-assembly" nano circuits, and the competition is increasingly fierce.

If it is widely used, the market will be large. According to the statistics of the semiconductor industry association of the United States, from January to February 2017, the chip market size shares of China and the United States were 33.10% and 19.73% respectively. Although China is the world's largest and fastest-growing chip market, many high-end chips need to be imported.