International News:

1. The US semiconductor industry is facing a severe talent shortage, prompting the government to swiftly launch the Labor Partnership Alliance program aimed at cultivating domestic semiconductor workforce.

2. Nokia announced on its official website a significant investment of $2.3 billion, approximately 16.755 billion RMB, to acquire global suppliers of optical networking solutions and optical semiconductors, Infinera.

3. The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge, which has officially started trial operations, has set ten world records! This project is the world's first integrated cross-sea cluster engineering solution combining "bridge-island-tunnel-underwater passage."

4. France's antitrust regulatory authority has charged NVIDIA with alleged anti-competitive practices, marking the first official antitrust accusation against the graphics card giant.

5. Recently, Kinghelm and SLKOR Headquarters welcomed Professor Li Jianxiong from Tsinghua University, who provided systematic training on power electronics fundamentals for new employees.

6. South Korean backend equipment manufacturer ASMPT has provided demonstration thermo-compression bonding (TC bonding) machines to Micron for the production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM). Both parties have commenced joint development of the next-generation HBM4 bonding equipment.

China News:

1. Electronica China 2024 will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from July 8-10, 2024.

2. Ruili Integrated Circuit, the parent company of Changxin Technology, has acquired 130,000 square meters of industrial land in Pudong and plans to invest at least 17.1 billion RMB to build an advanced packaging plant, expected to start production by mid-2026.

3. Wuxi Synvee Tech. Ltd. announced the completion of pre-Series A financing of tens of millions of RMB, successfully attracting strategic capital from multiple automotive industry players.

4. Left River Technology, once known as a "chip stock star" and a competitor to NVIDIA, with a market value exceeding 30 billion RMB within five years of listing, has announced its delisting.

5. TSMC is preparing to announce price hikes effective January 1st next year, primarily targeting 3/5nm processes while maintaining current prices for other technologies.

6. Taiwan's "Ministry of Economic Affairs Investment Commission" has approved two capital increase projects for TSMC, totaling $5.26 billion to expand its Kumamoto Fab 2 in Japan and $5 billion to expand its second-phase fab in Arizona.