Global Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. NVIDIA plans to launch a modified version of the H20 chip in July.

2. Morgan Stanley released a new research report stating that by 2050, the global humanoid robot market is expected to reach $5 trillion, with the stock surpassing 1 billion units.

3. Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division reported a first-quarter revenue of 25.1 trillion Korean won (approximately 51.7 billion RMB), a 17% decline compared to the previous quarter.

4. India is currently focusing on the self-manufacturing of intermediate products in the semiconductor value chain, particularly in chip manufacturing.

5. On the afternoon of May 21, Mr. Qiu Huilin, Director of Overseas Business at Slkor (www.slkoric.com), will be a guest speaker at the 144th "Outstanding Manager in Electronic Components" Salon event at Huaqiang, where he will deliver a speech titled "How to Break Through in Sales and Become a 'Valuable' Salesperson?"

6. NVIDIA's ARM-based "super chip" GB10 Grace Blackwell has entered the critical testing phase.

China Semiconductor Industry Updates

1. Alibaba will focus on developing two core strategic areas: "E-commerce and Cloud + AI," and plans to integrate AI technology into all business segments within the next three to five years to break through the limitations of internet entry points.

2. The 2025 Fourth-Generation Semiconductor Technology Seminar will be held in Hangzhou on May 15-16, focusing on three core materials: Gallium Oxide, Diamond, and Aluminum Nitride. Over 400 organizations have already registered to attend.

3. OptoChat AI has officially been unveiled, marking a new stage in the intelligent development of photonic chips.

4. Alibaba has open-sourced the next-generation Tongyi Qianwen model, Qwen3, with Arm becoming the first platform vendor to support the model.

5. Wang Xingxing from Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. stated, "In the next two to five years, the focus of intelligent robotics technology will be on completing the end-to-end intelligent robot model, with breakthroughs needed in low-cost hardware mass production and access to computing power."

6. The Pujiang 8-inch semiconductor silicon wafer project is nearing completion, with an expected production capacity of approximately 8.64 million 8-inch polished silicon wafers for integrated circuits annually when fully operational.