Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Nissan has canceled plans to build an electric vehicle battery factory in Kitakyushu, Japan.

2. Ford plans to lay off workers across Europe, and employees at two factories in Cologne, Germany, will hold a strike on Wednesday (May 14).

3. Sharp has sold its LCD display plant (Kameshima Second Plant) to its parent company, Foxconn.

4. The global top ten IC testing companies in 2024 have a combined revenue of $41.56 billion, with the top three being ASE Technology, Amkor, and Chang An Technology.

5. Samsung Electronics has raised DRAM prices for the first time this year, with DDR4 prices increasing by around 20% and DDR5 by about 5%.

6. NVIDIA will supply "hundreds of thousands" of chips to Saudi AI company Humain over the next five years.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Xiaomi wins in a business defamation case! The court ruled that Juhokan Company must post a statement on the “Vidda Official Weibo” account’s top position for seven consecutive days and pay Xiaomi a compensation of 550,000 yuan.

2. Beijing Xinchi Semiconductor has released its high-performance chip—SoC D9 Max.

3. On the afternoon of May 16, a semiconductor industry forum titled "AI-Driven, The Future of Core Link" will be held on the 5th floor of the Beifang Building in Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen, jointly organized by Longwei Commercial Software and Xinchian Internet. Song Yuanming from King Helm’s overseas division (www.kinghelm.com.cn) will attend, and industry peers are welcome to register!

4. CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited) is expected to list on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 20, with an upper limit of 263 Hong Kong dollars per share.

5. World Semiconductor-KY will begin mass production of its 3nm chip next year and is also entering the 2nm chip market.

6. Guangdong Xinsaiwei Technology Co., Ltd. has begun mass production of its SDC Easy Reconstruct™ (Software Defined Controller) optical image stabilization driver chip, the SFM8801.