1. Recently, the US government announced a $11 billion investment to establish a dedicated research and development center aimed at advancing research in the semiconductor field.

2. Global semiconductor production capacity is forecasted to reach a record-breaking 30 million wafers per month in 2024.

3. On April 25th, STMicroelectronics disclosed its financial report for the first quarter of 2024, with quarterly net revenues reaching $3.465 billion.

4. Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales are expected to reach a new high of $124 billion in 2025.

5. In the first quarter, Huawei ranked first in the Chinese mainland smartphone market, with shipments reaching 11.7 million units, representing a staggering 70% year-on-year growth and increasing its market share to 17%.

6. Recently, NVIDIA announced the acquisition of Run:ai, with the exact acquisition price reportedly being $700 million.

7. Micron Technology plans to establish a "super wafer factory" in the city of Croydon, New York, comprising a batch of large-scale chip production facilities.

8. Haobo, NVIDIA, and Desay SV signed a trilateral strategic cooperation agreement to jointly develop and promote the accelerated deployment of next-generation cockpit integrated and central computing platforms based on NVIDIA's new generation chip, DRIVE Thor.

China News:

1. According to an estimated annual compound growth rate of 20%, the market size of China's intelligent hardware industry is projected to reach 2 trillion yuan by 2026.

2. Xiaomi Group released its financial report for 2023, revealing total revenue of 271 billion yuan, with smartphone revenue reaching 157.5 billion yuan and a historic high smartphone gross profit margin of 14.6%.

3. TSMC's system-level wafer technology is expected to undergo a significant breakthrough, with its chip stacking version using CoWoS technology expected to be ready by 2027.

4. MediaTek has released three Tianji automotive chips, with the CT-X1 adopting a 3nm process, and the CT-Y1 and CT-Y0 adopting a 4nm process.

5. Recently, Mr. Song Shiqiang, General Manager of Kinghelm Electronics (www.kinghelm.net) and Slkor Semiconductor, conducted a training session for new employees on "Company Strategy and Industry Trends".

6. On April 25th, the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone's Pan Semiconductor Industrial Park (Phase IV) was officially opened, with the current occupancy rate approaching 70%.

7. SK Hynix Semiconductor achieved first-quarter sales of 12.43 trillion Korean won (approximately $9 billion), representing a 144% year-on-year growth.