Chip unicorn breaks out of Wuhan; Samsung worker falls to death from chip factory丨A quick overview of the week
Latest update time：2024-03-09
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A week has passed, and earth-shaking changes have taken place in the electronic world. We have gathered the information worth paying attention to this week and read the major events of the week in one article. If you have any suggestions for the "Weekly Quick Facts" column or what you would like to see, please feel free to make your suggestions.
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Wuhan breaks out of chip unicorn
According to Qichacha, Wuhan Xinxin Company has recently undergone industrial and commercial changes. The list of new shareholders includes 30 shareholders including Wuhan Optics Valley Semiconductor Industry Investment, Bank of China, Hubei Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, Hubei Science and Technology Investment, and CITIC Securities Investment. The lineup is luxurious.
According to the official website, Wuhan Xinxin is located in Wuhan East Lake High-tech Zone, the "Optics Valley of China", and provides 12-inch NOR Flash, CIS and Logic wafer foundry and technical services in 40nm and above processes to global customers.
Wuhan’s “core” territory is growing. As one of the earliest cities in China to develop the chip industry, it has not only attracted many chip start-up companies to settle here in recent years, but has also quietly given birth to a group of chip unicorns.
Samsung worker falls to death from chip factory
In January 2024, an employee fell and died at the P4 factory in Samsung's Pyeongtaek Industrial Park in South Korea. The Pyeongtaek Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, said on March 3 that it was investigating Samsung Engineering Company employees and subcontractor officials for suspected negligence of duty, which indirectly led to the death of a worker.
At 9:45 am local time on January 2, 2024, an accident occurred at the construction site of the Samsung P4 semiconductor factory complex. The building where the accident occurred has eight floors (82 meters). It is currently being constructed by Samsung Engineering Company, and pipeline connections were in progress at the time. A worker fell from a height of 7 meters and died. Due to the nature of the semiconductor factory, each floor is very high. The employee who died was working on the sixth floor and fell from a height of 7 meters.
According to the investigation by the South Korean police, the number of people involved in the case is increasing. Police said safety managers may be responsible for the accident given regular safety training, site management supervision and whether safety facilities are in place.
Samsung Pyeongtaek P4 wafer fab plans to start operations as early as 2024. It will be equipped with wafer foundry and DRAM and NAND chip production lines. The project has been mostly completed. Currently, Samsung has decided to postpone the construction of PH2 clean room and prioritize the construction of DRAM, etc. PH3 clean room for production line preparation. In addition, Samsung is also accelerating investment in P5 and P6 factories.
Electronic product applications
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GigaDevice Innovation launches the GD32F5 series Cortex-M33 core MCU, providing new options for industrial high-performance applications;
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Infineon uses Qt graphics solution to enhance the Traveo T2G MCU series to implement intelligent rendering technology;
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STMicroelectronics launches flexible synchronous rectification controller to improve the energy efficiency of silicon-based or gallium nitride power converters;
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STMicroelectronics expands its 3D depth sensing layout and launches a new generation of time-of-flight sensors;
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Ceva launches next-generation low-power ultra-wideband IP for FiRa 2.0;
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Vishay's new surge current-limiting PTC thermistor can improve the performance of active charge and discharge circuits;
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Nanocore launches vehicle-grade temperature and humidity sensor NSHT30-Q1;
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Nexperia launches new range of 4- and 8-channel analog switches dedicated to monitoring and protecting 1.8 V electronic systems;
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Micron mass-produces HBM3E high-bandwidth memory for NVIDIA H200 shipments in the second quarter;
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AMD launches 16nm Spartan UltraSacle+ FPGA series;
Chip weathervane
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Moore Thread: "We would like to clarify that Moore Thread MUSA/MUSIFY does not involve the relevant terms of NVIDIA EULA, and developers can use it with confidence";
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SK Hynix will invest US$1 billion this year to develop high-bandwidth memory technology;
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AMD Su Zifeng won the imec Lifetime Innovation Award.
Create new trends
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Vish has successfully completed the acquisition of the wafer manufacturing facilities and operations of Nexperia BV of the Netherlands in Newport, South Wales, UK;
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Tower Semiconductor responded to the factory shutdown: it will still fulfill its wafer delivery commitments as planned;
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Texas Instruments: Transitioning the GaN semiconductor production process to 8 inches;
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UMC and Power Semiconductor won orders for CoWoS silicon interposers;
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The world's first 8-inch silicon photonic thin film lithium niobate optoelectronic integrated wafer has been rolled off the production line recently.
primary market
primary market
According to the Qichacha Venture Capital database, there were a total of 6 financing events worthy of attention in the field of electronic engineering in the first week of March 2024. Among them, the following financing information is worthy of attention:
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Erui Micro Semiconductor received seed + round financing this week. Official information shows that the company is a technological innovation enterprise focusing on the development and manufacturing of integrated circuit front-end process quantity testing equipment.
Secondary market
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U.S. stock market: Nvidia hit a record high, with a market value that once exceeded US$2.2 trillion. Within ten years, Nvidia’s share price has doubled 200 times. On the other hand, Apple’s market value has dropped by US$600 billion. Nvidia’s overtaking of Apple is just around the corner.
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