Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Intel plans to produce 70% of its Panther Lake chips at its own fabs, reducing its reliance on TSMC.

2. OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom and TSMC to develop a new artificial intelligence chip specifically designed to run trained AI models.

3. The U.S. government has announced an $825 million investment to build a flagship facility for the National Semiconductor Technology Center in Albany, New York.

4. Texas Instruments will expand its gallium nitride semiconductor manufacturing capacity at its factory in Japan.

5. Samsung Electronics is undergoing an unprecedented four-round voluntary retirement program, which will reduce its wafer fabrication team by more than 30%.

6. Siemens will acquire Altair Engineering Inc., a leading U.S. industrial simulation software company, for $10 billion.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Xiaopeng Motors is being sued by steel giant ArcelorMittal due to materials provided by its suppliers.

2. Alchip Technologies has announced a major technological breakthrough—successfully tape-out a 2nm test chip.

3. The article "The Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Supreme Court Speak Out Together: The End of the Line for 'Fishing for Rights' Masters Yang Haijun, Liu Bo, and Chen Hongyu" by Sang Shiqiang has sparked heated discussions on major platforms like Global Digital Economy and Global Consumption Network.

4. Taiwanese manufacturers are leading the world in next-generation panel technology with microLEDs, and Samsung is investing in Taiwanese firms to stabilize its supply chain.

5. Goertek Microelectronics has achieved the top position, earning the "Top Ten MEMS Companies in China" honor awarded by the MEMS branch of the China Semiconductor Industry Association.

6. TSMC is expected to receive its first batch of the world's most advanced chip manufacturing machines from Dutch supplier ASML by the end of this year.