1. In 2023, the combined revenue of the top ten IC design companies globally reached approximately $167.6 billion, with a 12% annual growth rate. NVIDIA saw a staggering 105% increase in revenue.

2. According to industry rumors, Samsung and SK Hynix plan to cease the supply of DDR3 niche DRAM in the second half of the year, sparking a buying frenzy in the market with prices soaring by as much as 20%.

3. Onto announced its financial performance for the first quarter of 2024, with a revenue of $229 million and an operating profit of $43 million.

4. A report by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) indicates that the United States has made significant strides in the production capacity of advanced chips below 10 nanometers. It is projected that by 2032, its global capacity share will rise to 28%.

5. SK Hynix System IC is selling 49.9% of its stake in its Wuxi wafer foundry to the Wuxi Industrial Development Group for $349.3 million.

6. AMD reported a revenue of $5.473 billion in the first quarter of this year, a 2% year-on-year increase, with a net profit of $123 million, a 188% year-on-year increase.

7. According to foreign media reports, the United States is considering imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, which is expected to target key industries such as electric cars, batteries, and solar equipment.

China News:

1. Huali plans to establish Taiwan's first neon gas purification plant in the Pinnan Industrial Park, with trial production scheduled for the fourth quarter.

2. MediaTek collaborates with NVIDIA to develop AI PC processors based on the AnMou architecture, marking the first collaboration between NVIDIA and MediaTek in the PC processor field.

3. The joint team of the National Optoelectronic Innovation Center (NOEIC) and the Pengcheng Laboratory successfully developed and verified a 2Tb/s silicon photonic interconnection chip. They also achieved the first domestic verification of a 3D silicon-based photonic chip architecture, achieving a single-chip maximum unidirectional interconnect bandwidth of up to 8×256Gb/s.

4. Empowerment through training! Mr. Song Shiqiang, General Manager of SlkorMicro Semiconductor/Kinghelm Electronics(www.kinghelm.net), conducted training on "Project Management" for employees to build a learning-oriented enterprise.

5. Recently, Midea Group once again filed for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Since its listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2013, the group has been striving for a Hong Kong IPO. The first attempt failed to pass the hearing, and now they have initiated the second Hong Kong IPO listing plan.

6. On May 8th, the construction of the Smart Manufacturing Incubation Park for the annual production of 600,000 8-inch new energy semiconductor wafers officially commenced in Shizuishan City, Ningxia. The project plans to invest 1.52 billion yuan, with an annual output value of over 3 billion yuan.

7. In recent days, the research team of the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, made breakthrough progress in the field of lithium tantalate heterogeneous integration wafers and high-performance photonic chips, successfully developing a new type of "optical silicon" chip that can be mass-produced.