The Emerging Technologies Observatory (ETO) at Georgetown University in the United States released a report on its website on the 3rd, saying that between 2018 and 2023, the number of papers published worldwide on chip design and manufacturing related papers by Chinese researchers far exceeded that of other countries, and China also performed well in highly cited papers.

The report data shows that between 2018 and 2023, about 475,000 papers related to chip design and manufacturing were published worldwide. Among them, 34% of the papers had authors from Chinese institutions, 15% had authors from the United States, and 18% had authors from Europe. Overall, China is the largest producer of research papers on chip design and manufacturing, ahead of other high-yield countries such as the United States. Among the top ten institutions in the world that produce chip research papers, nine are Chinese institutions.

China also tops the list in terms of high-quality papers on chip research. Among all the highly cited papers related to chip design and manufacturing, 50% of the papers have authors from Chinese institutions, 22% have authors from the United States, and 17% have authors from Europe. After China and the United States, South Korea and Germany rank third and fourth, but the gap with the top two is large. Among the papers related to chip design and manufacturing, the papers with the top 10% of annual citations can be counted as highly cited papers.

The Emerging Technology Observatory is hosted by the Center for Security and Emerging Technologies at Georgetown University. The website of the British magazine Nature quoted Zachary Arnold, chief analyst of the Emerging Technology Observatory, as saying on the 3rd that although the research results do not mean that China is currently leading in the chip field, "it can be said that it shows us the future development trend."

Jacob Feldgoys, a data research analyst at the Center for Security and Emerging Technologies at Georgetown University, told Nature that China is experimenting with many next-generation technologies in some emerging hot areas of chip research, and "if China can commercialize some of these technologies, they will not be catching up but will have the potential to leapfrog."