International Tech News:

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

2. Ford is planning job cuts across Europe. Workers at two of its plants in Cologne, Germany, are set to go on strike this Wednesday, May 14.

3. Sharp is selling its Kameyama No. 2 LCD factory to its parent company, Foxconn.

4. The combined revenue of the world's top 10 OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) companies reached $41.56 billion in 2024. The top three were ASE Group, Amkor, and JCET.

5. Samsung Electronics has raised DRAM prices for the first time this year — DDR4 prices are up by around 20%, while DDR5 prices increased by about 5%.

6. NVIDIA will supply “hundreds of thousands” of chips to Saudi Arabia’s AI company, Humain, over the next five years.

Domestic Tech News:

1. Xiaomi has won a commercial defamation lawsuit. The court ordered JuhaoKan to post a public apology for seven consecutive days at the top of the “Vidda Official Weibo” account and pay RMB 550,000 (approx. $76,000) in damages.

2. Beijing SemiDrive has unveiled a high-performance chip — the SoC D9 Max.

3. On May 16 in the afternoon, a semiconductor industry forum titled “AI-Driven, Chip-Linked Future” will be co-hosted by Longwise Software and CHIPSKONG at the Grand Roadshow Hall, 5th Floor, Beifang Building, Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen. Song Yuanming from Kinghelm’s Overseas Division (www.kinghelm.net) will attend. Industry peers are welcome to register and join.

4. CATL is expected to list on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 20, with a maximum offering price of HKD 263 per share.

5. Alchip-KY’s 3nm chip is set for mass production next year, with plans to enter the 2nm chip segment as well.

6. Guangdong Sifirst has begun mass production of its SFM8801 optical image stabilization driver chip, featuring SDC Reconfigurable™ (Software Defined Controller) technology.

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