The next 10 years is a critical historical window for chip development

On November 30, the Chinese Journal of Science published an article by Wu Hanming, an academician at the Department of Information and Electronic Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, titled "Integration of Production and Education in the Cultivation of Integrated Circuit Talents".

Academician Wu Hanming mentioned in his article that integrated circuit industry is not only an essential weight of national economic competition, but also one of the industries with the fiercest international competition and the most thorough global resource flow and allocation, and the next 10 years is a critical historical window period for chip development.

In recent years, the Chinese government has attached increasing importance to the integrated circuit industry. The industry has achieved rapid development in design, manufacturing, closed test and other links, and its technical level has been considerably improved, initially forming a relatively complete technological innovation system and strong industrial competitiveness.Here we have East-Electronics-SFM-1341-05.

At present, Chinese IC has made certain breakthroughs in key products and core technologies, and its equipment and materials have partial supporting capabilities, which lays a foundation for the establishment of a relatively independent and controllable domestic manufacturing system. At the same time, the talent team in the field of integrated circuits is also developing and expanding.

However, it is undeniable that in the last 10 years, our country's integrated circuits have encountered various challenges and risks coming on the heels of unprecedented complexity and severity.

Academician Wu Hanming pointed out that universities have become carriers that integrate science and technology, education and talents, and are an essential part of China's strategic power. Guided by the national strategic needs, universities and colleges should build large public platforms for science and technology, adhere to the development path of integrating production and education and coordinating science and education, gather forces to tackle leading scientific and technological problems, resolutely win the battle of key and core technologies, accelerate the construction of a strategic, overarching and forward-looking national public R&D platform for integrated circuits, and adhere to the policy of opening up to the world. We will improve our capacity for indigenous innovation.

As the internal driving force of industrial upgrading, talents occupy the primary position in the development of integrated circuit industry. At present, it is urgent to train local top-end IC talents. However, integrated circuit is a field with strong engineering and practice, especially in the field of integrated circuit manufacturing. The materials and experimental equipment involved are costly, and teachers with industrial experience are very scarce in domestic colleges and universities. As a result, a talent training system integrating industry and education cannot be formed, so that talent training cannot meet the needs of industrial development either in quantity or quality. It is also well behind the national strategic development needs.

Therefore, it is particularly vital and urgent to build a public platform for collaborative innovation in the field of IC manufacturing with the coordination of science and education, the integration of industry and education and the cultivation of talents as the core as soon as possible.

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