Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1、The strike at Samsung's factory in India has entered its second month, with employees refusing to negotiate.

2、Foxconn's Indian subsidiary has received approval for an investment of 11.1 billion to build a display module assembly plant, which is expected to create 14,000 jobs.

3、A South Korean AI chip developer, previously manufacturing chips at Samsung's foundry, is shifting to TSMC for its next-generation chip production.

4、MediaTek has released the first smartphone chip in the Android ecosystem built on a 3nm process—the Dimensity 9400.

5、STMicroelectronics has partnered with Qualcomm to develop next-generation industrial and consumer IoT solutions based on edge AI.

6、Microsoft has acquired NVIDIA's GB200 superchip for AI servers, becoming the first global cloud service provider to utilize the Blackwell architecture.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1、A student team from Wuhan University of Science and Technology has extracted a semiconductor material—nano-silicon carbide—from rice straw and husks, achieving a purity of 99.99% and particle sizes as small as 30nm.

2、Beidou Starlink has launched the UM981 series full-system, full-frequency high-precision RTK/INS positioning modules, compatible with high-precision antennas developed by Jinhangbiao.

3、The Sichuan-Chongqing Semiconductor Association's 2024 Annual Gala will be held on December 28 at the Shenzhen Wuzhou Hotel, sponsored by outstanding companies such as SLKOR, LCSC Electronics, Qingshang Weiye, Ruicai Electronics, and Shangge Industrial, with Wang Lei and Wang Hui serving as the main directors!

4、Jinghe Integrated Circuit has announced that its 28nm logic chip has passed functional verification and successfully powered on a TV.

5、Due to surging demand for AI chips, TSMC's revenue soared nearly 40% in September.

6、Vivo has officially launched a kilometer-level offline communication technology based on Bluetooth, enabling communication up to 1500 meters.