International News:

1. In the first quarter of this year, global sales of electric vehicles reached 3,216,366 units, up over 25% year-on-year, increasing its market share to 16%.

2. The EU has launched a $463 billion plan aimed at expanding the onshore semiconductor manufacturing capacity in Europe.

3. Germany may become the base for two major semiconductor factory projects in Europe: Intel's wafer fab in Magdeburg and TSMC's wafer fab in Dresden.

4. The head of Microsoft's AI research teams in China, including the C+AI team and the Azure ML team focusing on AI platforms, will be relocated to the United States or Australia.

5. On May 18th, Kinghelm (www.kinghelm.net) and the general manager of SLKOR, Song Shiqiang, were invited to attend Longwei Business Software's 18th anniversary celebration and customer appreciation banquet, as well as the Forum on Semiconductor Internationalization.

China News:

1. On May 15th, the topping-out ceremony for Phase 1 of the Wuyuan Semiconductor project was held in Chengyang District, Qingdao, with a total investment of 2.37 billion yuan.

2. On May 15th, the First Semiconductor Industry Development Conference in Yangzhou-Jiangdu was held, with 12 projects signing on-site.

3. On May 15th, Guochuangxin Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. opened in the Economic Development Zone, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hefei Datang Storage Technology Co., Ltd. in Yangzhou.

4. On May 16th, the Huahaiqingke Integrated Circuit Equipment R&D and Manufacturing Base project signed an agreement to settle in Lingang.

5. Qingyi Optoelectronics has achieved mass production of photomask versions of semiconductor chips at the 180nm process node, advancing the development plan for photomask versions required for 28nm semiconductor chips.

6. MediaTek is deeply involved in the architectural design of the new generation IP "Black Hawk" of Armv9 and is expected to apply it to the upcoming Tianji 9400 chip.