International News:

1. Ideal Power's CEO, Daniel Brdar, stated, "Our goal is to develop a technology that optimizes high-speed bidirectional switching using silicon and emerging silicon carbide."

2. Pure wafer foundry GlobalFoundries has acquired Tagore's proprietary and production-validated gallium nitride (GaN) power technology and IP portfolio.

3. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released the "Generative AI Patent Landscape Report," indicating that China led global generative AI patent applications with over 38,000 filings from 2014 to 2023.

4. Eight Japanese semiconductor manufacturers announced an investment plan to invest approximately 5 trillion yen between fiscal years 2021 and 2029 to increase semiconductor production.

5. Kinghelm Electronics' official Douyin account exceeded 20,000 followers, with their content receiving 145,000 likes.

6. According to reports from Japanese media, Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing announced incidents of harmful chemical emissions into the environment from their factories, which were not reported externally.

China News:

1. Huada Empyrean released their core product, ALPS-GT®, the industry's first GPU-accelerated SPICE simulator, generating significant attention.

2. The hashtag #Xiaomi's Third Car is Extended Range SUV# sparked discussions on Weibo. Xiaomi's third planned car is an extended-range SUV model aimed at households and set to launch in 2026.

3. On July 9th, TSMC's market capitalization briefly surpassed $1 trillion during US trading hours, reaching a new historical high for the company despite closing at $968.1 billion.

4. Foxconn's Indian factories face contrasting situations: production lines for Apple iPhones need continual expansion, while companies producing Android smartphones are dealing with executive departures and potential factory closures.

5. MediaTek and Qualcomm are gearing up for a new wave of flagship 5G smartphone chipset competition in the fourth quarter, with MediaTek launching the Dimensity 9400 to compete directly against Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.

6. On July 3rd, Hangzhou Zhongxin Semiconductor's Science and Technology Innovation Board IPO was terminated due to outdated financial data that had not been updated for over three months.