Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Fujifilm has successfully developed an innovative photoresist specifically designed for semiconductor manufacturing processes, which is free of harmful substances like perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

2. Samsung Electronics has achieved a breakthrough in the 10nm-level sixth-generation (1c) DRAM process and plans to introduce the sixth-generation HBM (HBM4) for mass production in the second half of the year.

3. OpenAI has released a universal artificial intelligence agent, the ChatGPT intelligent agent.

4. A Toyota subsidiary will produce pure electric vehicle (EV) batteries for the first time in China, investing 3.7 billion RMB to build a battery factory in Dalian for production.

5. Meta has heavily recruited talent from OpenAI, expanding its Super Intelligence Lab to 44 people.

6. The Novo Nordisk Foundation, together with the Danish State Credit Fund, will invest 80 million euros to build the world’s most powerful quantum computer.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Ningxia Chuangsheng has officially launched the construction of its project to produce 600,000 8-inch silicon carbide substrate wafers annually.

2. ChipLink Integrated has invested 5.897 billion RMB to acquire a 72.33% stake in ChipLink Yuezhou held by 15 trading parties.

3. Zhou Zhaoquan, Director of Sales Division 2 at Kinghelm (kinghelm.com.cn), attended the "Sales Champion’s Customer Insight" offline salon event hosted by "ZhiXin SuGe" in Huaqiangbei.

4. According to the Q2 2025 global smartphone market report, Xiaomi is the only Chinese manufacturer to maintain its market share, ranking in the global top three for smartphone shipments.

5. Huike's self-developed OLED modules were successfully lit up at the Shenzhen Huike Innovation Semiconductor Display Industrial Park.

6. The 2025 China (International) Semiconductor Advanced Packaging Conference and the 2025 China (International) Semiconductor Wafer Manufacturing Conference will grandly open in Suzhou this October.