International News:

1. Mitsui Chemicals of Japan will mass-produce a new photolithography film to support ASML's next-generation lithography machine, with an expected annual capacity of 5,000 sheets.

2. Several A-share semiconductor companies have reported promising performance, with the highest expected net profit growth of nearly 280%. The specific areas involved include storage chips, power management chips, and packaging and testing.

3. NVIDIA surpasses Microsoft and Apple to become the world's most valuable listed company! On June 18th local time, NVIDIA's stock price rose by 3.51%, with a total market value of $3.34 trillion.

4. Due to the rise in chip prices, the price of the top-end model of the iPhone 16 series may exceed 20,000 RMB.

5. Professor Zhou Zucheng from Tsinghua University will edit the book "Igniting the 'Chip' Fire—Exploring the Autonomous Cultivation of Chip Talents" and present it to Jinhangbiao (www.kinghelm.net) and Mr. Song Shiqiang, General Manager of Slkor Micro.

6. With the upsurge of new energy vehicles, automotive chips, as the core components of electrification and intelligent technology, have become a new growth point for the booming semiconductor industry.

China News:

1. The largest domestic inductive position sensor factory has commenced production in Optics Valley. Wuhan Lyan has completed the localization of self-developed inductive chips, marking a significant step in the domestication of inductive position sensors.

2. The 6th SEMI-e 2024 Shenzhen International Semiconductor Exhibition will grandly open at Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center (Bao'an New Hall) on June 26-28 in Halls 4, 6, and 8!

3. From January to May of this year, Shenzhen's total import and export value reached 1.81 trillion yuan, including 652.54 billion yuan in imports, a 29.4% increase. Among them, the import of semiconductor manufacturing equipment reached 19.3 billion yuan, a 250% increase.

4. On June 18th, the construction of the Sollan Ji Hong 8-inch silicon carbide power device chip production line project started in Haicang, with a total investment of 12 billion yuan to be completed in two phases.

5. On June 18th, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Beijing Times Battery Plant project, jointly invested and constructed by CATL, BAIC Group, State Power Investment Corporation, and Xiaomi Group, was held.

6. In 2023, the global sales volume of Chinese automotive brands reached 13.4 million vehicles, ranking third in sales, surpassing American brands for the first time and second only to Japanese and European brands.