International Tech News:

1. Kioxia and SanDisk announced that their advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant — Fab 2, located in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan — has officially begun operations.

2. Samsung’s preliminary financial report shows that its operating profit for the third quarter reached 12.1 trillion KRW, a surge of 31.81%!

3. Microchip Technology Inc. has released the new Switchtec Gen6 switch series — the industry’s first switch manufactured with a 3-nanometer process and compliant with the PCIe 6.0 standard.

4. Ibiden officially opened its new factory in Ōno, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, which will focus on manufacturing IC packaging substrates. The first batch of products will be exclusively supplied to NVIDIA.

5. OpenAI has established a strategic partnership with Broadcom to jointly deploy 10-gigawatt-scale AI accelerators designed by OpenAI.

6. Salesforce, the cloud software provider, announced that it will invest US$15 billion in San Francisco over the next five years to support AI innovation and local workforce development.

Domestic Tech News:

1. Tiancheng Semiconductor has successfully developed 12-inch high-purity semi-insulating silicon carbide (SiC) single-crystal materials, achieving an effective crystal thickness of over 35 mm for 12-inch N-type SiC single crystals.

2. The SiC product designed by Li Auto and mass-produced by Chiplink Semiconductor has entered mass production and delivery, and will be equipped in the Li Auto i-series pure electric vehicles.

3. Mr. Zhou Jiguo, Chairman, and Ms. Xiong Yuhong, Secretary-General of the Electronic Components Application and Supply Chain Branch (ECAS) of the China Information Industry Chamber of Commerce, visited the new headquarters of Kinghelm(www.kinghelm.net) / Slkor (slkormicro.com)!

4. Bright Semiconductor Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its expansion project, which aims for an annual output of 6 million high-precision wafer substrates.

5. TCL CSOT (TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology) has completed the full acquisition of LG Display’s China operations for RMB 11.088 billion.

6. The China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) issued a statement strongly opposing the discriminatory measures imposed by the Netherlands against Wingtech’s subsidiary, Nexperia.

Song Shiqiang (far left) with Mr. Zhou Jiguo and Ms. Xiong Yuhong