At present, China''s semiconductor equipment industry is characterized by low cost. The entry of Chinese semiconductor equipment into the market helps reduce the cost of the entire industry. This is the contribution of domestic equipment to the development of the entire industry, and it is also a development opportunity for domestic equipment. Shanghai Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.''s packaging lithography machine, Beijing North Microelectronics'' 8-inch polysilicon etching machine, Shengmei''s cleaning equipment, and China Micro''s 12-inch etching machine are very competitive equipment. Many products have been Go abroad. These are the highlights of China''s semiconductor equipment industry in recent years. Of course, these achievements are only the initial development of domestic equipment, and it takes a lot of effort to enter domestic and international markets for domestic equipment.

Objectively speaking, China''s semiconductor equipment industry still has a long way to go before it can make a big breakthrough. Especially the combination of equipment and technology has been one of the main bottlenecks restricting domestic equipment from entering large production lines. Improvements in equipment hardware and process software are sometimes inseparable. Foreign equipment manufacturers, especially key, front-end equipment manufacturers that are closely related to the process, have invested heavily in processes, and they generally have corresponding process research and development production lines. China has almost no semiconductor equipment manufacturers with its own process R & D and production lines. We still have a certain distance to solidify the process into the equipment. The importance of national major projects on semiconductor equipment and technology is a great development opportunity for the domestic equipment industry.

The growth of the equipment industry depends on two factors: First, the foundation of the electronics industry, which is the level of the basic components that make up the equipment. At present, the basic components of China''s vacuum rods, mass flow meters, stainless steel joint valves, plasma sources, etc. are far from foreign countries. Although we can buy it, the cost advantage of domestic equipment will be greatly reduced. Therefore, the development of China''s semiconductor equipment industry must start with the basics and start with the parts. The second is to have its own unique technology and innovative ideas, and at the same time equipment must be closely integrated with the process. "Tracking" has no future, and "catching up" may not survive. China''s semiconductor equipment industry can only develop if it surpasses it.

The development of the semiconductor equipment industry depends on the development of the parts industry and more on the process technology of semiconductor manufacturing enterprises to achieve the leap from technology tracking to technology leadership. A rational view of the performance of the domestic equipment industry, and a correct analysis of existing gaps and problems, can make domestic equipment usher in a more rapid and gratifying development.

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