International News:

1. It is reported that Samsung Electronics' latest High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips failed NVIDIA's testing due to heating and power consumption issues.

2. NVIDIA's first-quarter performance in 2025 far exceeded Wall Street's expectations, with revenue reaching $26.044 billion, a year-on-year increase of 262%.

3. According to a report by research firm Counterpoint, global semiconductor foundry revenue declined by 5% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2024, but increased by 12% year-on-year.

4. Computer pioneer Gordon Bell passed away from aspiration pneumonia on May 17th local time at the age of 89.

5. Siwoo Lee, Executive Vice President in charge of DRAM at Samsung, recently stated that Samsung has successfully manufactured 16-layer 3D DRAM.

China News:

1. OpenCore Institute officially released the world's first open-source large-scale Network on Chip (NoC) IP, codenamed "Wenyuhe".

2. Huawei's Yu Chengdong announced that the Huawei MateView M7 Max Refresh Edition will officially launch on May 31st.

3. Slkor (www.slkoric.com) and Kinghelm are committed to improving product cost-effectiveness, competing with international benchmarks, and launching multiple benchmark products.

4. SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation) rose to become the world's third-largest semiconductor foundry in the first quarter of 2024 with a market share of 6%, behind only TSMC and Samsung.

5. On May 22nd, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement announcing retaliatory measures against 12 U.S. companies and 10 senior executives.