China leads in basic research on next-generation semiconductors, producing more than twice as many papers as the United States
US agencies have analyzed that China is leading in basic research to support the next generation of computers. If these studies are commercialized, some people are worried that export controls imposed by the United States to maintain its advantage in semiconductor design and production may become ineffective.
The Georgetown University Emerging Technology Observatory (ETO) research team released their findings on March 3, analyzing semiconductor design and manufacturing-related papers published worldwide from 2018 to 2023. The research team expanded the scope to include new semiconductor architectures (design methods) as well as existing computer chips and artificial intelligence (Al) optimized graphics processing units (GPUs), using Al machine learning algorithms to analyze research trends.
The number of papers including Chinese researchers is 160,852, more than twice that of the United States (71,688). India (39,709), Japan (34,401) and South Korea (28,345) follow closely behind. It is worth noting that from 2018 to 2023, the growth rate of semiconductor-related papers in China reached 41%, much higher than India (26%), the United States (17%) and South Korea (6%).
China not only excels in the number of papers, but also in research influence. Among the top 10% of the most cited papers, Chinese researchers wrote 23,520 papers, accounting for nearly half of the total. It was followed by the United States (10,300 papers), South Korea (3,920 papers), Germany (2,716 papers) and India (2,706 papers).
I already posted the original source in this thread yesterday.