International News:

1. ASML reported impressive figures for Q2 2024: Net sales of €6.243 billion, a 18.0% increase quarter-over-quarter; Gross margin of 51.5%; Net profit of €1.578 billion, a 28.9% increase quarter-over-quarter.

2. Subsidiaries under GlobalWafers, including GlobalWafers America (GWA) and MEMC LLC, have signed a preliminary memorandum with the U.S. Department of Commerce under the "CHIP Act," potentially receiving up to $400 million in direct subsidies.

3. The 2024 (5th) Global MCU and Embedded Ecosystem Development Conference, hosted by AspenCore, will take place on July 25th at the 2nd floor of the Jun Yue Hotel in Shenzhen.

4. As of early July this year, Huawei's Intelligent Automotive Solutions BU has achieved revenue of ¥10 billion, marking a doubling in growth.

5. Kinghelm and SLKOR organized a collective summer internship visit to Kinghelm's factory and intelligent warehouse to learn about production processes and warehouse management.

6. Alphabet, Google's parent company, is planning to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for approximately $23 billion, potentially marking Alphabet's largest acquisition in history.

China News:

1. Recently, the Computer School of Beihang University successfully taped out two processors, Lain and EULA, based on LoongArch instruction set architecture developed by Loongson Technology.

2. TSMC Chairman and CEO Wei Zhejia proposed "Wafer Foundry 2.0," encompassing packaging, testing, and other IDM-related industries, expecting a 10% growth in the semiconductor foundry industry under this definition this year.

3. On July 18th, China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lingang New Area Management Committee, unveiling China's first cross-border automotive data innovation center.

4. Beijing University of Science and Technology signed a strategic cooperation agreement with New H3C Group, focusing on advanced process integrated circuit forward-looking technology and key core technology research, and conducting comprehensive cooperation.

5. BYD plans to establish its second production base in Southeast Asia - an electric vehicle assembly plant in Cambodia, welcomed by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

6. Visionox Technology plans to invest 500 million yuan to implement a comprehensive capacity upgrade and technological transformation project for its MicroOLED production facilities.