In response to the ban, Huawei suppliers agreed to deliver semi-finished products

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1. Agree to deliver semi-finished products! Huawei suppliers are urgently looking for delivery before September 15

According to Nikkei, sources revealed that Huawei is working hard to stockpile 5G mobile processors, Wifi, RF and display driver ICs, as well as other devices from key chip developers MediaTek, Realtek, Novatek, Richtek, etc. With less than three weeks left before the deadline of the new ban on September 14, some chip suppliers even agreed to deliver semi-finished products or wafers that have not yet been tested and assembled.

2. Huawei HiSilicon 9000 will be released next month: size and stock quantity revealed

According to industry insiders, the world's first Kirin SoC and 5nm mobile phone chip HiSilicon 9000 with integrated 5G modem will be released next month. The information revealed that the die size of the Kirin 5nm chip is larger than the Apple A14 chip without integrated modem, and the stock quantity will be at least 8 million by the end of the year.

3. TSMC Luo Zhenqiu: 3nm performance is 10-15% higher than 5nm, and will enter mass production in 2022

The 2020 World Semiconductor Conference was successfully held in Nanjing. Luo Zhenqiu, general manager of TSMC (Nanjing) Co., Ltd., said that TSMC's R&D investment this year will exceed US$3 billion. Luo Zhenqiu revealed that the 5nm yield rate is better than 7nm, and the 4nm process with increasing area and power consumption will become the next generation technology of the 5nm node. 4nm will start mass production next year. In addition, the performance of 3nm is improved by 10-15% compared with 5nm, and the power consumption will be reduced by 25-30% at the same performance, and the area is 1/1.7 of the original. In 2021, 3nm products will appear on the market and will enter mass production in 2022.

4. Meng Wanzhou’s request to release all documents related to the case was rejected! The court: It has nothing to do with the arrest

According to Reuters, documents released on Tuesday local time showed that a Canadian court rejected Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's request to release more documents related to her arrest in 2018. It is reported that Canada has released some documents requested by Meng Wanzhou and her team, but the Canadian Attorney General's lawyer refused to release all the documents, claiming that if these documents were made public, it would threaten national security. The Canadian federal judge also agreed with the Canadian government's lawyers that the information requested was not related to Meng Wanzhou's arrest.

5. Japan's largest IPO this year! The former Toshiba Memory Kioxia will be listed in October

According to Japanese media reports, Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory), the world's second largest NAND flash memory manufacturer, will be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as early as October. Its market value is expected to exceed 2 trillion yen (US$18.9 billion), making it Japan's largest IPO in 2020.

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