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The struggle for the markets of semiconductors and microcircuits is escalating in the world

The struggle for the markets of semiconductors and microcircuits is escalating in the world

Igor Ashmanov: "For a long time, during the Soviet period, we were the undisputed leaders in the field of computer science and AI"

General Motors reported, which will suspend the work of three plants in Kansas, Ontario and San Luis Potosi and to halve production at South Korea plant amid global semiconductor shortage. Production plan 2021 years can be thwarted, the company warned.

The struggle for the markets of semiconductors and microcircuits is escalating in the world. It mainly goes between the US and China., but now Europe is also joining the Chip War. According to the Italian Newspaper, The European Union is developing a cost plan 30 billion euros, to double the European chip market share with 10 to 20%. Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron recently held talks on this issue.

Merkel fears, that some of Germany's most important industrial sectors, widely used semiconductors, primarily automotive, may be paralyzed by the fierce competition between the US and China. Brussels approached Taiwan with a proposal to invest in the production of semiconductors of the EU member states, to achieve technological autonomy in the microchip sector. Taiwan's Global Wafers Co offered 4,4 billion dollars to buy German Siltronic with the intention of creating the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer by turnover.

The struggle for the markets of semiconductors and microcircuits is escalating in the world

Semiconductor manufacturing plant in Taiwan

Who will prevail in this fierce competition, it will take a leading place not only in the production of smartphones and personal computers, but also in such areas, how to create artificial intelligence and deploy networks 5G.

London The Еconomist notes, that for decades the chip industry has evolved according to Moore's law (Moore’s law), according to which the performance of processors of a given size doubles every two years. However, this law has practically exhausted itself.. Manufacturers are moving to new technologies - from quantum computing to specialized chips, and in this situation, China gets a chance to catch up with the United States.

After Trump launched a trade war with China, a ban was introduced for American companies to sell to the Chinese the components necessary for production. Biden, looks like, not in a hurry to change anything in this. However, China has given 32 billion dollars for the purchase of related equipment and became the world's largest manufacturer of equipment for the production of semiconductors.

What's in Russian? The Soviet microelectronics industry remained advanced until the end of the 1970s. Serial production of transistors in the USSR and the USA began almost simultaneously, at 1949 year. Among the Soviet successes were the world's first satellite, launching a man into space, nuclear icebreaker, computer with a capacity of more than one million operations per second. However, during the period from 1990 by 2005 year, Russia's share in the world semiconductor market fell to a meager 0,23%. Technological gap with the leading industries for these 15 years has grown to four technological generations, to the already existing backlog added at least 15-18 years. The use of imported components in the Russian industry has grown to 2005 godu to 95%.

The struggle for the markets of semiconductors and microcircuits is escalating in the world

Modern semiconductor manufacturing plant

true, Russia does not stand still. If in 2010 g. backlog was estimated at 20-25 years, then later, according to experts, it has been reduced to 5 years. High-tech production in the field of semiconductors launched in 2019 year in the Novosibirsk region. According to the chairman of the board of directors of the Novosibirsk plant "Screen-optical systems" (EOS, asset “RATM Holding”) Valeria Guguchkina, the new enterprise will be the first in the country, which commercially produces semiconductor heterostructures for electronics. Products, produced on the basis of gallium arsenide and gallium nitride plates, is now actively used in quantum electronics devices, at Microwave-technique, in phones, in technology for communication systems and lighting engineering. According to the developers, total investment in production 2025 year will be 2,8 billion rubles.

Last year, the Bryansk company Kremniy EL launched mass production of microcircuits and transistors., designed for laptops, digital cameras and smartphones. Other enterprises are designed and launched. The state “Strategy for the development of the electronic industry of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 of the year".

At the same time, According to experts, Russia should not pursue mass production of microelectronic components for electronic consumer goods. Need to focus on those areas, where we have traditionally been, if not the best, it's definitely not the worst. Production of components for space technology, industrial automation, transport and energy - these are the directions, developing which, our country will be able to take its rightful place in the world.

The struggle for the markets of semiconductors and microcircuits is escalating in the world

The team of Moscow State University is the world champion in programming

IT security specialist, Igor Ashmanov, member of the presidential council for the development of civil society, says: “We have every reason to participate in the fight for leadership in the field of AI - as a military, and peaceful ... For a long time, during the Soviet period, we were the undisputed leaders in the field of computer science and AI. We have very good programmers and mathematicians. A large number of AI programs and search engines, social networks in the States are “written” by Russian programmers, who left Russia. And if Indians are considered cheap mediocre labor, then Russian guys are the coolest in IT!»

It’s not bad to add to Ashmanov’s words, that this problem lies not only in the field of high technologies, but also in politics, when that, who provided the Soviet Union with the position "the undisputed leader in computer science and AI", after the collapse of the USSR, they preferred to leave for the USA.

Vladimir Malyshev

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