It is difficult for us to break through the chip technology of the first two generations for a long time, so we can only find another way to start research and development on the third generation chip, because the third generation chip technology has not progressed in all countries, and it is even more impossible for western countries to block our technology, so it is slightly less difficult for us to carry out research and development, which is our best opportunity to achieve overtaking in the chip field.
At present, the research of the third generation chip is mainly based on silicon carbide, and relevant enterprises and academic institutions in Hefei are ahead of the whole country, because it plans to become the second largest chip base in our country. It is understood that China University of Science and Technology in Hefei has reached a preliminary cooperation with Hungarian scholars, and realized the manipulation and readout of the electron spin of a single silicon carbide double vacancy color center at room temperature, which is very helpful for us to develop silicon carbide into a semiconductor material.
In addition to the research of relevant enterprises and academic institutions in Hefei, the field of new energy vehicles is also trying. BYD is equipped with silicon carbide components on the high-performance four-wheel drive Korean EV, which is BYD's first attempt at silicon carbide materials. Tesla is also equipped with a silicon carbide inverter on the latest model. With the continuous attempts of new energy vehicles and silicon carbide materials, we will be more confident to apply silicon carbide to chip material suppliers in the future.
Because most of the third-generation chip materials are used in photovoltaic, new energy vehicles and 5G networks, and the market in these fields happens to be in China, it is said that China will be the place with the most concentrated silicon carbide materials in the future, which is also the most conducive to promoting the progress of silicon carbide research in our country.
Some netizens wonder why the third-generation chip material is silicon carbide? The third generation chip material is required to have the characteristics of silicon, and at the same time, it must meet the application of new equipment. Compared with other materials, silicon carbide is the most suitable.
As a substitute material for silicon, silicon carbide not only has all the advantages of silicon, but also fills the shortcomings of silicon, and also has the characteristics of high pressure resistance, high temperature resistance and even high frequency resistance. It is particularly worth mentioning that under the same performance, the size of silicon carbide is smaller and the energy loss is much smaller than that of silica gel wafer, which makes the working efficiency of silicon carbide much higher.
It is precisely because the advantages of silicon carbide are far greater than the second generation chip materials that countries attach great importance to the research of silicon carbide. If the application of silicon carbide is successful, it will make the chip manufacturing level by going up one flight of stairs.
When we finally realized the importance of chip technology, western countries began to block our technology and even did not provide chips to our country. For example, in 19, Huawei was cut off from the United States because the 5G network overtook the United States. And our country wanted to buy mask aligner of ARM, but it didn't get a response.
Now the chip field can be said to be monopolized by western countries. Because western countries have mastered many patents of the second-generation chip materials, it is difficult for us to circumvent these patents, so we can only make a breakthrough in the third-generation chip materials as much as possible, and it is possible to end the situation of technology blockade before the western countries have no patents.
The research of silicon carbide is not only related to the field of chips, but also related to the development of many industries in China. If we can't catch up with other countries in the third generation of chip materials, then we will continue to face the situation of technology blockade, and we will still be restricted by other countries if we catch up in other fields in the future.