International News

1. ASML has announced plans for a new lithography tool that will push the limits of chip design with the highest transistor density.

2. Micron will be the first to launch large-scale production of LPCAMM and MRDIMM memory modules in Xi'an, China.

3. The 2024 (6th) "Science Exploration Award" winners have been announced, with 49 young scientists receiving the award. Notably, 7 of the awardees are female scientists, making up over 14% of the total and setting a record high.

4. Yole forecasts that by 2029, the global gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor market will reach $2.2 billion, driven by the consumer electronics, data centers, and electric vehicle sectors, with a compound annual growth rate of 29% over the next five years.

5. Kinghelm Electronics (www.kinghelm.com.cn) in the Beidou GPS antenna production base in Luozhai County, Guangxi, conducted fire safety training for frontline employees and held a joint fire drill with the local fire brigade to enhance fire awareness and escape skills.

6. According to Gartner, by the end of 2025, at least 30% of generative AI (GenAI) projects will be abandoned after the proof-of-concept stage due to poor data quality, inadequate risk control, and rising costs.

China News
1. Recently, Wogue Optoelectronics and PolarChip have reached a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly tackle core technological challenges in glass-based high-performance computing chip packaging and large-size chip interconnection.

2. Several 12-inch production lines in China have recently made progress, including the arrival of the first batch of photolithography machines at the second phase of Huahong Wuxi's 12-inch production line.

3. To further advance the high-quality development of the integrated circuit industry, the Zhuhai Municipal Government has issued new policy measures to promote the growth of the semiconductor industry.

4. TSMC’s 2nm process technology is progressing smoothly, with the new process scheduled to start mass production at the Hsinchu Baoshan plant next year, with Apple being the first to use it.

5. BYD has released its financial report for the first half of 2024, showing total revenue of 301.127 billion RMB and a net profit of 13.631 billion RMB, reflecting a significant year-on-year growth of 24.44%.

6. TSMC plans to initiate a new round of CyberShuttle services in September this year. CyberShuttle, or "wafer sharing," involves placing chips from different customers on the same wafer for testing.

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