China begins large-scale delivery of gallium chips for space-ground 6G network

China has delivered 5 million gallium-nitride-semiconductors" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="142474" data-entity-type="topic">gallium nitride semiconductors to power smart terminals for a space‑air‑ground integrated 6G network – the first time the cutting-edge chips have been mass-produced and put into commercial use.According to an article in state media, the breakthrough chip was developed by the US-sanctioned China-electronics-technology-group-corporation" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="142476" data-entity-type="organization">No 55 Research Institute of China-electronics-technology-group-corporation" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="43750" data-entity-type="organization">China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) and its subsidiary, Nanjing Guobo Electronics.China is the world’s largest holder and exporter of gallium and currently imposes strict end‑use‑based export controls on the rare metal and its oxides.