China wants to boost disruptive semiconductor technologies as Moore’s Law moves towards its limit
- Vice-Premier Liu He led science and technology officials in a meeting to discuss potential advanced technologies in the post-Moore Law era
- China seeks to boost its domestic chip-making capability amid a protracted tech war with the US
China is determined to push forward innovative technologies to advance its domestic chip-making capability, as Moore’s Law – the decades-old notion that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit (IC) would double roughly every two years while the cost would halve – inches towards its physical and economic limits.
Vice-Premier Liu He, who heads Beijing’s central leading group on technological reform and innovative development, chaired a meeting on Friday, where officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology presented its latest work related to the 14th five-year plan.
The meeting stressed the importance of scientific innovation in helping China navigate a fast-changing geopolitical landscape.
“At present, our nation is facing profound changes in the domestic and international environments,” said a statement posted on the government website. “It is necessary to keep positioning innovation as the core of our nation’s modernisation and develop a deep understanding of the role of innovation in promoting high-quality development.”
“Potential disruptive IC technologies in the post-Moore Law’s era” were also discussed in the meeting, according to the statement.