Analysis of the development prospects of China's chip industry in 2018

My country's chip industry is highly dependent on foreign sources. Chips are the core and most important part of the information industry. The chip generally refers to the carrier of the integrated circuit, and is also the result of the integrated circuit design, manufacturing, packaging, and testing. The industry usually refers to "integrated circuit" as "chip". The chip is called the "cornerstone" of the information age. It is one of the important indicators to measure a country's high-end manufacturing capacity and comprehensive national strength. Due to the rapid development of the information industry, my country's demand for chips is very large. Since 2013, my country's annual import of chips has reached more than 200 billion U.S. dollars (approximately more than 13 trillion yuan). In 2017, it reached more than 250 billion US dollars. In 2017, the annual sales of my country's domestic chip industry were more than 500 billion yuan. In addition to direct sales, a large number of chips are used for assembly and processing into various types of electronic products, which enter the market indirectly.

The high dependence of my country's chip industry on the international market has brought too much uncertainty to the safe and stable operation of my country's social economy. At the same time, many hidden dangers have also been planted for my country's modern military and national defense construction. Among all kinds of chips, my country has the largest import scale of processors and control chips, and the degree of dependence is also the highest. In this context, it is very necessary and urgent to research and develop processor chips with independent intellectual property rights to realize independent control of key links.