Keep in mind, most household appliances, smartphones, laptops and even advanced weapons like ballistic / cruise missiles don't require anything close to the most advanced microchips. I believe that the average cars use semiconductors with 40-90 nano meters if I'm not mistaken ?
China is capable of producing semiconductors and since the sanctions were imposed a few years ago, they have made it a primary goal to become more self sufficient and competitive in the field.
Since then the Chinese have invested heavily in the industry and they have managed to yield impressive results. However the quality of their chips are still not on par with Taiwan, although currently China does outsell Taiwan.
Global chip sales from Chinese companies are on the rise, largely due to increasing U.S.-China tensions and a whole-of-nation effort to advance China’s chip s
www.semiconductors.org
Taiwan is currently planning on mass producing a 3 nano meter chip in the second half of 2022 but keep in mind that is their cutting edge. I believe that Chinese companies on average mass produce 7 -14 nm chips.
A common, basic smartphone these days uses 14 nm and 10 years ago the processors of average laptops used 32 nm. Recently IBM has produced a 2 nm chip and that's considered state of the art right now.
The semiconductor industry's constant challenge is to make microchips that are smaller, faster, more powerful and more energy efficient — simultaneously.
www.cnn.com
Iran produces some microchips, on a very small scale and obviously nowhere near the level of quality as the top players, but hey you have to start somewhere. It just takes time and patience to make progress.
This video has already been shared but since it's relevant, I'll share it again
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