Chinese Minister said new chip breakthroughs are being made

Yin Hejun, Minister of Science and Technology, said that the country’s science and technology industry has made chip breakthroughs as one of the core advancements in the modern era.

With the evolution in the mobile and electronics industry, chips have become an essential requirement to make new products and deliver important services.

The U.S. has been the pivot of all of the chip supplies due to its close control over the manufacturing equipment. That is also a bad thing for China, which continues to get bans from the United States on accessing these key technologies, a hurdle in becoming self-reliant in chip processing.

However, the past five years have proven to be a major turning point in home-grown technology development. China is reportedly pouring billions of dollars into new chip-related research and development to achieve breakthroughs for higher chip nodes.

For example, Huawei has been a topic of discussion among industry observers since its return with a homegrown Kirin chip. The chip was discontinued in 2021 due to the U.S. ban.

However, many of the observers are still confused about how the Chinese tech maker can print these chips without U.S. technology. The opinions vary on this matter, as some predict that Huawei is using an older chip processing node.

In the meantime, Huawei chose to work behind the curtain and has not published any official information about its Kirin chip.

Despite these efforts, China’s chi p industry is still behind the U.S. technological advancements, but persistent research and development could break through in new chip nodes that would compete with more advanced options that are currently ruling the market.