Global Semiconductor Industry updates

1. According to foreign media reports, UK-based Vaire Computing is developing the world’s first “reversible computing” Glacier chip, which can reuse input energy to reduce power consumption.

2. A team of French scientists has developed the first hybrid memory technology, breaking through the long-standing technical bottleneck that has limited efficient learning for edge AI.

3. German automotive supplier Bosch announced plans to cut around 13,000 jobs in its Germany-based automotive division in order to address a €2.5 billion “cost gap.”

4. Russia has released its EUV lithography roadmap, showing that by the end of 2036 it aims to develop an all-new extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine capable of producing advanced nodes below 10nm.

5. Infineon and ROHM will cooperate on packaging SiC power devices for applications in on-board chargers, solar power generation, energy storage systems, and AI data centers.

6. Microsoft, in collaboration with Swiss company Corintis, has successfully developed a revolutionary chip cooling technology called “Microfluidics.”

China Semiconductor Industry updates

1. Founder Technology plans to raise 1.98 billion yuan to build an industrial base for artificial intelligence and high-density interconnect circuit boards for computing power.

2. According to the official WeChat account of Jingcheng Semiconductor Equipment, the first 12-inch silicon carbide substrate processing pilot line has officially begun operations at its subsidiary Zhejiang Jingrui SuperSiC.

3. The Tongxin Youth Team won the championship of the Shenzhen Sichuan-Chongqing Basketball League, with SLKOR Microelectronics (slkormicro.com) representative Song Shiqiang awarding prizes to MVP Zeng Longgang and his teammates.

4. Moore Threads is aiming to become the “first domestic GPU stock” in China, with plans to raise 8 billion yuan to fund multiple chip R&D projects.

5. Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen has released its native multimodal large model, Qwen3-Omni.

6. XPeng Motors has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to jointly research and expand cooperation on post-quantum security algorithm projects.