Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. The China Cyberspace Security Association issued a document directly pointing out that Intel has serious problems such as frequent security vulnerabilities, poor reliability, ignoring user complaints, monitoring users in the name of remote management, and setting backdoors that endanger network and information security.

2. AMD launched a new e-book titled "Driving Innovation in the Automotive Industry". You will learn about the current trends driving this transformation and the challenges brought by these trends in technology and manufacturing.

3. The US government has decided to relax export restrictions on US space-related products such as satellites and their components.

4. The new expectation in the industry for the number of transistors that can be integrated on a single chip is that it will reach 1 trillion by 2030.

5. The Changsha Department of Justice has replied to the victims of the MetInfo fishing case. The process of revoking the license of Yang Haijun from Hunan Tongsheng Law Firm and prosecuting him for criminal liability has started!

6. Qualcomm has issued an important security warning, revealing that as many as 64 of its chip sets have a serious risk of "zero-day vulnerability". This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-43047 and has a wide impact.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. TSMC plans to build its second factory in Kikuyo-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The construction is planned to start within 2024 and put into production in 2027.

2. According to the prediction of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, the total demand for talents in the Chinese industry will reach about 790,000 in 2024, and the talent gap in chip design and manufacturing is about 100,000.

3. The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce has released the "2024 China Top 500 Private Enterprises" list. JD Group, Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd., and Hengli Group Co., Ltd. rank in the top three respectively.

4. TSMC has become the eighth largest company in global market value, only after Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Saudi Aramco, and Meta.

5. Hon Hai has issued an announcement. Its subsidiary, Foxconn New Business Development Group, has obtained the right to use a land asset of 28,420.03 square meters in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province for 150 million yuan.

6. An employee of TSMC sneaked into the warehouse of the Pingzhen Factory during the late-night shift, stole 9,980 IC semiconductor wafers and resold them, making a direct profit of 710,000 New Taiwan Dollars.