Therefore, Yi Anguo hoped that in the future, Hua Xin would not only produce chips with more advanced process nodes but also manufacture the advanced equipment required, such as photolithography machines, etching machines, and packaging equipment.
If we can make our own chips, then making phones should be possible too, right? Developing smartphones, as well as operating systems and computers—we can do all of that! Just building wafer fabs for contract manufacturing while being at the mercy of others for equipment would be rather pointless.
