Huawei P50 Pro 5G communication protective case will be released soon; Japanese silicon wafer manufacturer Goldman Sachs plans to raise prices by 30%.

Chuan fujifilm will vigorously expand the field of chip materials

Fujifilm will invest 90 billion yen (about 4.4 billion yuan) in the field of chip materials within two years. Earlier, in August last year, the same Nikkei News reported that fujifilm would invest about 70 billion yen (about 3.5 billion yuan) in its semiconductor materials business in the three years to March 2024.

It is reported that most of these investments in fujifilm will be used to manufacture extreme ultraviolet resists for chips based on 5 nm or more advanced technology, and some other types of semiconductor materials, including chemical mechanical polishing slurry, will also be involved. At the same time, Fuji hopes that the sales of its chip materials business will increase by at least 30% after investment.

Sichuan Samsung Vietnam mobile phone production line only works three days a week.

Samsung Electronics recently shortened the working days of employees in Vietnam's mobile phone factory from five days to three to four days according to different product lines, and encouraged Vietnamese employees to take more vacations. It is reported that Vietnam is Samsung's largest mobile phone production base in the world, responsible for producing more than 60% of Samsung's smartphones. This news seems to confirm the previous rumors of production reduction, and Samsung may have officially invested in mobile phone production reduction.

The industry believes that Samsung will release the fourth-generation Galaxy folding machine in August, which is quite unusual for reducing employees' working hours. In addition to Vietnam, India and Brazil, Samsung's second and third largest smartphone production bases, may also reduce production speed. It is roughly estimated that factories in India and Brazil account for 20-30% and 10- 15% of Samsung's global smartphone production respectively.

Later this year, TSMC mass-produced the Apple M2 Pro chip.

Apple released a new M2 chip in WDCC in 2022, which is the first upgrade of Apple's self-developed computer chip. Jeff Pu, an analyst at haitong international, said that TSMC will continue to be Apple's chip supplier, and it is expected to start mass production of Apple's new M2 Pro chip later this year. In addition, according to sources, Apple is developing a new Mac mini with M2 Pro chip.

Japanese silicon wafer manufacturer Goldman Sachs plans to raise prices by 30%.

Affected by strong market demand and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to tighten upstream raw materials, Japanese silicon wafer manufacturer Sumco plans to increase the long-term contract price of wafer manufacturers by about 30% between 2022 and 2024. The company also decided to invest a total of 350 billion yen (US$ 2.6 billion) to build new factories in Japanese and Taiwan Province provinces to increase production capacity.

Goldman Sachs previously said that the supply of semiconductor silicon wafers continued to be tight and could not be supplied to customers outside long-term contracts. Its 6-inch silicon wafer production capacity has been fully booked in the next five years, and long-term orders for 6-inch and 8-inch silicon wafers are not accepted at present.

Insiders pointed out that before the opening of the new Goldman Sachs plant, the supply of semiconductor silicon wafers was limited. According to Goldman Sachs' price increase plan, it is expected that the silicon wafer market will still be in short supply in the next two to three years.

Intel responded by freezing recruitment in PC chip department.

On June 9, it was reported that in order to reduce costs, Intel's desktop and notebook computer chip departments have frozen recruitment, and some recruitment may be restarted within two weeks at the earliest. In this regard, Intel China said today, "We are at the beginning of the long-term growth cycle of the whole semiconductor industry, and paying more attention to the key points and priorities of expenditure will help us resist the macroeconomic uncertainty.

SAIC-GM-Wuling DJI United Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

On June 9, according to the official news of Wuling Automobile, SAIC-GM-Wuling and DJI officially announced that the first global strategic cooperation achievement between the two parties officially landed, and the world's first new energy production vehicle equipped with DJI in-vehicle system will be listed soon.

According to the official introduction, SAIC-GM-Wuling and DJI started deep strategic cooperation planning as early as 20 19. Over the years, the two sides have invested billions of dollars, gathered many top scientific and technological talents in the field of intelligent driving at home and abroad, formed a joint development team, and combined with the complex domestic traffic conditions, focused on the field of intelligent driving, and completed successful road tests of more than/kloc-0.0 million kilometers.

The European Parliament voted to formally ban the sale of fuel-powered vehicles in 2035.

On June 9th, the European Parliament held a meeting in Strasbourg, France on June 8th, and voted a proposal of the European Commission to stop selling new fuel vehicles, including hybrid vehicles, in the EU from 2035.

It is reported that the proposal was formulated by the European Commission in July 20021within the framework of its "green package". In order to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050, the European Commission proposed that the carbon dioxide emissions of new cars should be reduced by 55% compared with the level of 202 1 from 2030 and by 100% from 2035. This is actually equivalent to only authorizing the sale of pure electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles using hydrogen energy from 2035.

Huawei P50 Pro 5G communication protective case will be released soon.

On June 9th, China Unicom announced that Huawei P50 Pro 5G communication protective cover will be pre-sold on June 10, and officially put on sale on June 17, with a price of 799 yuan, which was first launched by China Unicom. China Unicom said that during the listing period, those who purchase the 5G communication shell and activate Unicom's eSIM can also enjoy the preferential service fee of eSIM.

It is reported that the 5G communication shell realizes the upgrade of the mobile phone network from 4G to 5G by embedding the eSIM chip and the 5G modem in the mobile phone shell, which is developed and produced by Soyealink. According to official configuration data, the weight of the product is about 52g, the thickness of the large surface is about 3.2mm, and it is matched with light gray and leather materials.

Midea enters the home service robot market

On June 9th, Midea officially released a new brand of home service robot-Wishug, and launched a new product-Xiao Wei home service robot, which is planned to be officially launched in the second half of the year.

Renesas announced the acquisition of Reality AI.

Renesas Electronics announced on Thursday (9th) that it has decided to acquire Reality AI, a start-up company engaged in machine learning model development in the United States, and will use the cash on hand to make the acquisition, and the acquisition plan will be completed by the end of the year.

Reality AI's strength lies in the analysis of sensor data other than sound and vision. Renesas will combine its own MCU products and provide them to industries that promote AI applications and automotive applications.

At present, although Renesas has developed its own MCU for machine control, the AI-related application software is purchased from external partners.