International Tech News:

1. The United States is requiring Intel and TSMC to form a joint venture to jointly own and develop multiple semiconductor foundry projects in the U.S.!

2. JX Advanced Metals, a major global semiconductor materials supplier, is seeking to raise approximately 460 billion yen (3 billion USD) through an Initial Public Offering (IPO), which will be the largest IPO deal in Japan since 2018.

3. NXP has acquired the U.S. SerDes startup Aviva Links, Austrian automotive software developer TTTech Auto, and U.S.-based edge AI chip startup Kinara from December 2024 to February 2025.

4. The UK is requiring Chinese companies to immediately sell their 80.2% stake in Scottish chip design company FTDI.

5. Kinghelm Electronics (www.kinghelm.com.cn/www.kinghelm.net) is globally recruiting partners, including channel distributors, application solution providers, and business platforms, to build a five-in-one ecosystem of "technology + products + channels + applications + services." We welcome ecosystem partners to join us in developing a mutually beneficial cooperation. Contact us Email:kinghelm666@kinghelm.net

6. Data storage company Seagate intends to acquire hard drive equipment manufacturer Intevac for a total cash deal of $119 million.

Domestic Tech News:

1. The central government emphasizes that, in the new era and on the new journey, the prospects for the development of the private economy are broad and full of potential, making it the right time for private enterprises and entrepreneurs to shine.

2. SMIC Beijing focuses on producing 28nm and above integrated circuit projects, with a total investment of about 49.7 billion yuan, which will be built in two phases.

3. DeepSeek is extensively recruiting chip design talents to accelerate its self-developed chip layout, with unclear applications for its chips on the edge or cloud side.

4. Dongfeng Motor and Changan Automobile may merge, with a total combined sales of 4.5789 million vehicles for these two major domestic automotive industry giants in 2024.

5. On February 18, Sun Gaofei, the Market Director of Slkor Semiconductor (www.slkormicro.com), conducted product training for agents at Aigelin. General Manager Song Shiqiang encouraged all employees to "go out," strengthen in-depth communication and connections with customers, gain insights into market trends, understand industry movements, and drive high-quality company performance growth!

6. On February 17, semiconductor equipment leader North Huachuang increased its investment by 510 million yuan in its wholly-owned subsidiary Huachuang Venture Capital.

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