International News:

1. Intel's €30 billion wafer fab construction project in Magdeburg is facing difficulties, with the original plan to start construction of two factories in 2023 further delayed.

2. Sharp announced that its subsidiary SDP factory will cease production of large LCD panels by the end of September, seeking early retirement for around 500 factory employees.

3. AMD recently announced a $665 million acquisition of the European AI laboratory Silo AI.

4. LG Energy Solutions plans to build the most advanced battery production line at its Ochang plant, employing smart factory technology to produce pouch-type batteries.

5. OpenAI has been accused by a whistleblower who filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging OpenAI illegally prohibited employees from disclosing AI technology that could pose serious risks to humans.

6. Samsung Electronics has released its latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6, both featuring Galaxy AI technology for the first time.

China News:

1. In the first half of 2024, MediaTek accumulated NT$260.73 billion in revenue, an increase of 34.5% compared to the same period last year.

2. Tsinghua Unigroup officially renamed itself as "New Tsinghua Unigroup" and established companies such as New Tsinghua Unisemiconductor.

3. Song Shiqiang, General Manager of SLKOR and Kinghelm, visited Rongjiang County, Guizhou to learn about the success of "Village Super".

4. The team led by Academician Pan Jianwei successfully constructed a supercold atomic quantum simulator to solve the Hubbard model of fermions, validating for the first time the antiferromagnetic phase transition in this system.

5. Xiaomi's profit in the fiscal year 2023 in India plummeted by 77%, with a 32% decline in revenue.

6. The Integrated Circuit Summit (ICS2024 Summit) will be grandly held in Shenzhen on August 16, 2024.