Source: WeChat Moments of Song Shiqiang, General Manager of SLKOR

International News

1. Apple will open its NFC payment chip to third parties, requiring developers to sign a commercial agreement with Apple and apply for NFC and SE authorization, along with paying associated fees.

2. Foxconn plans to establish a battery storage business in India, having invested a total of $10 billion in the country to date.

3. The Japanese Ministry of Finance has stated that it will implement export regulations on semiconductor manufacturing equipment to ensure a stable supply chain.

4. UK chip giant Arm is developing a GPU in Israel, aiming to compete with Nvidia and Intel.

5. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association of America, the global semiconductor market size reached $150 billion in Q2 2024, reflecting a significant year-on-year growth of 18.3%.

6. General Motors has been sued by the state of Texas for illegally collecting driver data from over 14 million vehicles and unlawfully selling that data to insurance companies and other firms.

China News

1. China will implement export controls on certain antimony products, including antimony ore, antimony ingots, and antimony oxides, starting September 15.

2. Weipai Technology has adopted Infineon's CoolGaN transistors to create a DC-DC converter with leading power density.

3. Song Shiqiang, General Manager of SLKOR and Kinghelm, attended the preparatory meeting for the 2024 Shenzhen-Chongqing Basketball League.

4. A research team from the Shenyang National Materials Science Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences collaborated with Peking University to invent a new type of "thermionic" transistor.

5. TSMC has invested NT$17.14 billion to purchase the Innolux factory in the Southern Science Park for operational and production purposes.

6. Shanghai Micro Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd. has formally filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court against the U.S. Department of Defense for designating it as a Chinese military enterprise.

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