Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Hanmi Semiconductor will launch the 6th generation high-bandwidth memory specialized equipment, the "TC Bonder 4."

2. India's HCL Group and Foxconn have formed a joint venture to build a new semiconductor plant, with a total investment of 37.06 billion rupees (approximately 3.132 billion RMB).

3. SanDisk has released its new SSD, the WD_BLACK SN8100, which boasts sequential read speeds of up to 14.9GB/s.

4. Samsung is set to invest 1.5 billion euros to acquire FläktGroup, a leading company in the European HVAC industry.

5. The South Korean government will build a new supercomputer, equipped with approximately 8,500 advanced GPUs, ranking among the top ten in global computing performance.

6. Renesas Electronics is collaborating with the Indian government to provide semiconductor design and development software to startups and educational institutions.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. The 2024 revenue rankings of China’s local electronic component distributors have been released by *International Electronic Business*. China National Electronics Import & Export Corp. (CNEIE) maintains the top spot with a revenue of 48.639 billion RMB, followed by Te Connectivity, Shannon Microelectronics, Shenzhen Huaqiang, and Weishixin, among others.

2. Xiaomi's self-developed smartphone SoC chip, "Xuanjie O1," is set to be released in late May.

3. Recently, Saco Micro (www.slkormicro.com) and Jin Hangbiao have conducted a series of training activities, effectively enhancing the professional skills and overall capabilities of their teams.

4. Dongshan Precision has announced that its subsidiary, DSBJPTE.LTD, intends to acquire 100% of French automotive parts supplier Groupe Mécanique Découpage for approximately 100 million euros.

5. Biren Technology has announced the completion of training adaptation and optimization for its flagship Qwen3-235B-A22B model, achieving efficient full-stack training and inference support for the Qwen3 series on domestic GPU platforms.

6. On May 14, China successfully launched a space computing satellite constellation equipped with an 8-billion-parameter space-based model.