International News:

1. Chip manufacturer Nexperia (Nexperia Semiconductor) will invest $200 million to expand its main production site in Hamburg, Germany.

2. Silicon Valley semiconductor startup Astera Labs plans to expand its operations to India, with a research and development center set to open later this year in Bangalore.

3. The "2024 Global Unicorn Enterprises Top 500 Development Report" has been released. The dual dominance of China and the US is established, but the percentage of global unicorn enterprises in the Top 500 owned by China and the US has decreased from 81.8% in 2020 to 74.6% in 2024.

4. According to Korean media reports, Samsung Electronics' largest-scale union, the National Samsung Electronics Union, held a total strike on the 8th, with 6,540 people participating despite the rain.

5. Song Shiqiang, General Manager of Kinghelm and SLKOR, stated at the 2024 Munich Shanghai Electronics Fair that the company has booked booth space and plans to send more than 20 people to exhibit next year.

6. Samsung Electronics has released its unaudited preliminary financial report for the second quarter, showing operating profit of 104 trillion Korean won (approximately $75 billion), a year-on-year increase of 1452.2%.

China News:

1. Lei Jun announced, "Xiaomi's Changping smartphone factory has invested 2.4 billion yuan, with a construction area of 81,000 square meters and an annual capacity of 10 million flagship smartphones, achieving 'National Intelligent Manufacturing Benchmark Enterprise' certification."

2. The new energy vehicle industry received a major announcement, "Tesla has entered the Jiangsu Provincial Government vehicle procurement catalog," trending hotly. This marks Tesla's first entry into a provincial government procurement system.

3. BYD faces a high tariff of 27.4% for exports to the EU. However, exporting via Turkey to the EU would significantly reduce the tariff rate.

4. On July 11th, the chip industry TV drama "Hot" released a scheduling trailer, announcing that it will debut on CCTV-8's prime time starting from July 14th.

5. NIO's self-developed intelligent driving chip "NIO 9031" has been taped out and is currently undergoing testing. According to the plan, the 9031 chip will debut in the first quarter of 2025 on NIO's flagship sedan ET9.

6. XPeng Motors' self-developed smart driving chip has been taped out and is expected to return in August. The chip project, codenamed "Schumacher" at Ideal, is scheduled to complete taping by the end of the year.