Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < / P > < p > on February 12, the European Union announced the European chip act on Tuesday local time. EU parliamentarians expect to significantly increase EU chip production with the help of relevant plans and take the lead in the chip industry. But analysts said that given the EU's lack of technology in key areas such as manufacturing, to achieve this, the EU needs key enterprises from other regions to invest heavily in the European continent < p > on Tuesday, the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, announced the introduction of the EU chip act, a plan with a total amount of more than 43 billion euros, which aims to stimulate the chip industry to increase investment, double the supply of chips in Europe by 2030 and avoid chip shortage in the future. But the bill needs to be approved by EU legislators < p > chips are crucial to a variety of consumer products, including refrigerators, cars and smart phones, but the global shortage of chips has affected all walks of life, leading to factory shutdown and product shortage < p > the European Commission said: "... Europe must give full play to its advantages, establish effective mechanisms, establish a more leading market position and ensure supply security in the global industrial chain." < p > manufacturing challenges < / P > < p > the EU chip act plans to invest 43 billion euros (about US $49 billion) in the chip industry to help the EU become the "industry leader" of chips in the future < p > specifically, the EU hopes to increase the global market share of chip production from 9% to 20% by 2030, and produce "the most advanced and energy-saving chip in Europe" < p > the plan includes reducing "over dependence", but the EU has indicated the need for partnerships < p > as the EU's chip supply seems to be increasingly self-sufficient, it is still heavily dependent on the rest of the world. This is mainly due to the changes in the inherent attributes and industry nature of the chip supply chain < p > in the past 15 years or so, many companies have begun to turn to the fabless mode, only designing chips themselves and outsourcing production to chip foundry < p > in fact, Asian companies currently dominate chip manufacturing. TSMC has a market share of about 50% in terms of chip OEM revenue, Samsung ranks second, followed by Lianhua electronics < p > intel was once a key player in the field of chip manufacturing, but it has gradually lagged behind in recent years. However, Intel is currently focusing on developing OEM business and plans to produce chips for other manufacturers. But Intel's chip manufacturing technology still lags behind companies such as TSMC and SamSung that can make high-end chips for the latest smartphones. Intel said last year that it plans to spend $20 billion to build two new chip factories in Arizona in order to regain the advantage of chip manufacturing < p > however, the EU has never been able to produce the latest chips < p > market research firm Bain chip industry analyst Peter Hambury & nbsp; (Peter Hanbury) said, "the main area in which the EU needs to cooperate is high-end wafer manufacturing. At present, the manufacturing process of EU manufacturers still stays at 22nm. The idea that local EU manufacturers can catch up with 2nm from 22nm is unrealistic." < p > the number of nanometers indicates the size of the transistor on the chip. Smaller numbers mean that more transistors can be accommodated on a single wafer, creating more powerful chips. For example, Apple's latest iPhone uses the most cutting-edge 5-nanometer chip < p > in addition, EU companies may also rely on us chip design tools < p > Geoff blaber, CEO of CCS insights, a market research company, said that increasing the market share of chip production to 20% was "an extremely arduous task" for the EU. "Manufacturing is the biggest challenge," Braber said < p > is the EU attractive enough < p > as the world competes to ensure chip supply, the competition to attract talents and enterprise investment is also intensifying < p > as part of the $2 trillion economic stimulus plan, US President Biden has earmarked $50 billion for chip manufacturing and research, and countries around the world are increasing investment in the chip industry < p > Hambury said, "the main challenge is how to attract new industry participants to join the EU. Specifically, the EU must become a more attractive region than other regions." < p > the EU has been trying to attract the attention of cutting-edge chip manufacturers. Intel is planning to build a chip factory in Europe, but the specific location has not been selected. TSMC is still evaluating how to build production facilities in Europe < p > "the investment of the European Union (or any region) does not need to exceed the expenditure of chip manufacturers themselves, but to affect their expenditure in other regions," & nbsp; Braber said < p > advantages of the EU < / P > < p > although European companies lag behind their competitors in the latest manufacturing technologies, the EU still has some key market participants in the chip industry < p > one of the most important companies is asmai, a Dutch company. TSMC and other companies are using asmai's lithography machine to manufacture the most advanced chips. Apple suppliers STMicroelectronics and NXP are also located in Europe < p > "the EU also has several key assets in the chip industry," Hambury said < p > it is possible to ensure that European companies have sufficient supply of chips and other industries. Chips used in the automotive industry are usually less advanced and do not require the latest manufacturing technology < p > Braber said: "considering some industries that need this technology in the next few years, the automotive industry is a huge market opportunity in Europe. I think this is an area that the EU will focus on." (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >