Telecommunication development: Chinese 14nm chips will enter large-scale mass production in 2022

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Developing Telecoms reports that changing trends in semiconductors will see 14nm microchips reach full-scale production in China as early as next year.

According to Wu Hanming, dean of the College of Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics of Zhejiang University, in the post-Moore era, the development of industrial technology has slowed down. However, the space and opportunity for industrial technology innovation has increased in China. Domestic enterprises have invested a lot of resources in manufacturing technology, providing equipment with the capabilities needed in large-scale chip production lines.

In the context of the rise of the Internet of Things, the transfer of the semiconductor industry and the end of the Moore’s Law era, self-sufficiency in 14 nm chips will mean a lot since chips 14nm have become the focus of demand across a range of industries. In China, the development of 14nm chips has successfully overcome many technical problems, and breakthroughs have also been made in process research and development. Wu believes that the four cores for the technology development of the whole IC industry are small size, multiple functions, low power consumption and low cost. Given the increasing demand for transistors and unit cost, 14nm process technology will remain the mainstream process for most mid to high-end chips, and it is currently one of the most popular process technologies. .

As a country with production capacity, where the growth rate is higher than the global average growth rate, Wu suggests that China should focus on localization and establish an industry-oriented technology culture. Developing Telecoms believes that China can use 14nm chip technology to meet general chip needs and, at the same time, create new development opportunities in the domestic chip manufacturing industry supply chain.

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