Global Semiconductor Industry updates

1. ABB Group plans to sell its robotics business to SoftBank Group for USD 5.375 billion.

2. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their outstanding contributions to “the realization of macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy level quantization in circuits.”

3. OpenAI has signed approximately USD 1 trillion worth of compute procurement agreements this year to support its AI model operations.

4. Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is reportedly planning to raise up to USD 20 billion in its latest funding round.

5. Kinghelm (www.kinghelm.net) and Slkor (www.slkoric.com) have officially inaugurated their new headquarters located at 18/F, Building T2, Lijincheng Industrial Park, Donglu, YouSong Village, Longhua Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen. General Manager Song Shiqiang presented bonuses to several outstanding employees for their hard work and contributions!

6. AMD and OpenAI have reached a major agreement to jointly build AI infrastructure.

China Semiconductor Industry updates

1. VeriSilicon Holdings expects to achieve RMB 1.284 billion in operating revenue for Q3 2025, representing a 119.74% quarter-on-quarter and 78.77% year-on-year increase.

2. Contemporary Amperex Technology (Shanghai) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CATL, has increased its registered capital from RMB 2.5 billion to approximately RMB 2.83 billion, an increase of about 13%.

3. Chinese researchers have developed a novel anion regulation technique that addresses the poor interfacial contact between the electrolyte and lithium electrode in all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.

4. The global automotive Bluetooth market is expected to grow to USD 6.4 billion in 2025 and reach USD 14.2 billion by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%. China remains one of the key growth markets for automotive-grade Bluetooth technology.

5. Beijing OnMicro Electronics’ OM6651A, its second automotive-grade low-power Bluetooth chip, has received AEC Q-100 Grade 1 certification (-40°C to +125°C) from CETC Testing Laboratory .

6. On October 15, the “Edge AI Empowering the Future of Hardware Innovation” Forum will be held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center (Futian).

GM Song Shiqiang with Award-Winning Employees