At present, the world‘s well-known semiconductor suppliers and manufacturers with strong comprehensive strength are mainly distributed in the United States and Japan. Among the world‘s top 10 semiconductor equipment companies in 2022, except for ASML, which ranks second in the Netherlands, and ASM International, which ranks at the bottom of the list (ASM International) in Europe. Among the other 8 semiconductor manufacturers, the United States and Japan each account for 4. U.S. semiconductor manufacturers: Applied materials ranked No. 1, Lam research ranked No. 3, KLA ranked No. 5 and Teradyne ranked No. 8 ). Japanese semiconductor manufacturers: Tokyo Electron in 4th place, Advantest in 6th place, SCREEN in 7th place and Hitachi High-tech in 9th place. Hitachi High-Tech).

In 2020, the new crown virus that crossed the sky has brought huge challenges to China‘s semiconductor equipment industry. The outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war caused a shortage of chips, which also added a test to the industry. According to Jin Cunzhong‘s speech "China Semiconductor Equipment Review and Prospect" in December 2021, my country‘s global and domestic market share has been low in the past two years, and the growth rate has been slow. In the key areas of integrated circuits It still needs to rely on imports. The successfully developed lithography machine has not yet been put into mass production of integrated circuit wafers. There is still a big gap between the equipment that has been put into production lines and similar equipment in the world.

According to the 2021 ranking TOP10 semiconductor chip buyer data released by Gartner, Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, BBK Electronics, Dell, Xiaomi, HP, etc., have increased their spending on chip purchases compared with previous years, and BBK Electronics and Xiaomi have increased their spending in 2020. It is more than 60%. The global epidemic has come and gone, and I don’t know when it will end. It is unlikely that the chip shortage will be effectively solved in a short time. The market is in a state of short supply, and chip prices may increase.