Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Samsung plans to transform its 5.5-generation production line into a glass substrate-based micro OLED production line.

2. ON Semiconductor has invested $115 million to acquire Qorvo's silicon carbide junction field-effect transistor (JFET) technology business.

3. Nvidia is under investigation by the Chinese government for suspected antitrust violations.

4. Mr. Zhou Zhong of Guangzhou Jiayu Software has compiled the official stance of national authorities on Changsha Mituo's fishing activities, to help Mituo victims in their defense in court. On March 8, Chief Justice Zhang Jun of the Supreme People's Court highlighted in his "Work Report" that "fishing for rights protection" must be curbed. Additionally, Case No. 88 was published on CCTV’s "Legal Online" program and the Supreme People's Court’s Intellectual Property Court’s WeChat account. Mituo and its protectors’ good days are over!

5. Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor Research Institute has successfully completed the development of its groundbreaking 400-layer NAND technology.

6. Google’s newly developed quantum chip, Willow, has achieved a major breakthrough in quantum error correction technology.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. TaiLynx Microelectronics' TLSR9 series SoC Zigbee protocol stack has been certified with ZigbeePRO R23 + Zigbee Direct, making it the first domestic chip company to achieve this certification.  

2. Xinghua Zhang has launched its third-generation FPGA prototype verification system.  

3. Slkor (www.slkoric.com) and Kinghelm have confirmed their product display location at the 2025 Shanghai Munich Electronics Fair will be at N2.729. We warmly welcome all customers to visit and engage in discussions!

4. TSMC's 2nm process trial production results show a yield rate exceeding 60%, with plans to begin mass production of 2nm chips next year.  

5. Yangtze Memory Technologies has publicly clarified that several media outlets fabricated, spread, and disseminated false rumors about the company's alleged "shell listing."  

6. On December 10, Qiu Huilin, Director of the Foreign Trade Department, conducted a one-day product knowledge training session for Slkor's overseas market distributors, creating a strong learning atmosphere on site.