International News:

1. On August 5, 2024, the Fortune Global 500 list was announced, with 10 companies from Shenzhen making the list, including Huawei, BYD, Vanke, Shenzhen Investment Holdings, China Electronics, and Luxshare Precision, among others.

2. SK hynix plans to complete preparations for mass production of 400+ layer stacked NAND by the end of 2025, with full-scale production scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2026.

3. Microsoft officially listed OpenAI as a competitor in the artificial intelligence and search domains in its 10-K filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

4. Infineon Technologies initiated a 337 investigation against InnoSai Corp, accusing them of patent infringement and seeking a permanent ban on importing and selling InnoSai Corp's products in the U.S. market.

5. On the afternoon of August 6, Song Shiqiang, General Manager of Kinghelm, and SLKOR lectured on social practice activities for undergraduate students from Tsinghua University at Huaqiang North, Shenzhen, discussing the past, present, and future of Huaqiang North.

6. On August 1, the EU's "Artificial Intelligence Act" officially came into effect, marking the world's first comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence.

China News:

1. The list of China's top 100 electronic information enterprises for 2024 was released, with the top ten companies including Huawei, BYD, Lenovo, Haier, Xiaomi, TCL, Hisense, BOE Technology, Tianjin Lishen, and ZTE.

2. Peng Lianmao and Zhang Zhiyong's team at Peking University made a significant breakthrough in the field of next-generation chip technology, successfully developing the world's first tensor processor chip based on carbon nanotubes.

3. The Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology announced the list of provincial champions in manufacturing for 2024, with 357 companies selected. Shenzhen had 100 companies on the list, ranking first in the province.

4. BYD held a ceremony for the completion of its Thai factory and the rollout of its 8 millionth new energy vehicle in Loei Province, Thailand, marking a new chapter in BYD's globalization efforts.

5. Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and MassPhoton jointly launched the inauguration ceremony for Hong Kong's first ultra-high vacuum "third-generation semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial wafer pilot production line."

6. TSMC has notified several customers since late July that prices for its advanced 5nm and 3nm processes will continue to rise in 2025.