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Is this true? In September 2017, US chip development company, Micron, filed a lawsuit against Jinhuahua and Taiwan's UMC。 In January 2018, Jinhuahua countersued Micron in a Fuzhou intermediate court。 The three chip industry giants from two countries, fighting a legal battle across the Pacific, all centered around three chip development engineers, one of whom was the renowned chip tycoon, Chen Zhengkun。 Furthermore, the United States even issued an international arrest warrant for Chen Zhengkun and two other engineers。 What is behind all this? On August 29, 2023, a momentous day in the history of Chinese chip development, Huawei, a leading company in the industry, shockingly put the Mate 60 Pro series on sale without any prior warm-up or announcement, stunning the world。 How abrupt was the release of this Huawei phone? On that day, during OPPO's new product launch event, two companies that were not direct competitors coincidentally collided in terms of timing。 Apart from a few flagship stores in Shenzhen, even major logistics companies like did not have any inventory。 The reason this move caused such shockwaves around the world is because this phone was equipped with chips developed independently by China。 This means that China has not only overcome the chip challenge but has also completed the process from development to mass production。 Moreover, it marks the beginning of the era of 5G led by China。 It is widely known that Huawei's chip development has received strong support from the Chinese government, and it is said that there were also political considerations behind this hasty release。 On August 27, just two days before Huawei announced the release of the Mate 60 Pro, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo visited China。 Raimondo and her delegation still held an arrogant attitude, disregarding China's development in information technology and business。 Furthermore, she publicly proclaimed that chip technology used to be an area where China was bottlenecked and it would continue to be so unless China cooperated with the United States。 Huawei would never be able to develop independent chips。 Two days later, the debut of the Kirin 9000s made a rapid impact。 Raimondo had not left China at that time, and it is unknown what she thought when she saw the release of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro。 However, this event, which brought great relief, indicated that in today's highly informationized era, whoever controls chip technology holds the power of discourse internationally。This is also why China has painstakingly invited research and development teams to study chips。 Huawei's ability to turn the tables at this moment, embarrassing Raymond, is not possible without the efforts of thousands of research and development personnel。 Especially in the field of chip development, there are those who have paid a heavy price。 Take Chen Zhengkun, for example。 Huawei's success today, China's progress today, would not be possible without the hard work of this chip leader who is still carrying a US arrest warrant to this day。 n exporting heavily to the world。 Under the influence of US chip manufacturing, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan gradually invested in chip development in the East Asian region, with Korea's research achievements being particularly notable。 However, it was only China that the United States feared would not be able to contain its development once it mastered this technology。 Therefore, the United States obstructed China's chip development in various fields, including but not limited to technological barriers and disruptive actions regarding personnel。 In order to strike at China, the United States could spare no expense and later imposed a series of sanctions against Huawei, even colluding with Canada to detain Meng Wanzhou。 In such an international environment, Chen Zhengkun's ability to stand out in Taiwan is undoubtedly remarkable。 Initially, he was the Chairman and CEO of Taiwan's Ruijing company, transforming the company from an unknown entity to a leading company in Taiwan through technological advancements in chip development。 However, just when Chen Zhengkun was at the height of his success, in 2008, a global financial crisis hit, which especially impacted Taiwan's ambiguous relationship with the United States。 Its economy and various sectors were also influenced by the United States, with the regions being affected by the economic crisis far more than the mainland。 Ruijing Corporation was on the verge of bankruptcy。 It was at this time that a chip company called Micron in the United States extended an olive branch to Ruijing。
