## This Week's Semiconductor Industry News ##
Hua Hong Semiconductor released its financial report for the second quarter of 2025: profits doubled
On August 7th, Hua Hong Semiconductor released its financial report for the second quarter of 2025, showing impressive performance.
② Infineon, Wolfspeed, and others announce progress in SiC technology
Recently, "Expert Insights: Three and a Half Generations" observed that several SiC companies, including Infineon, Wolfspeed, Pinnacle, Tyco Tianrun, Xinzheng, Founder Micro, Zhejiang University, and Guochuang Center, have successively announced innovative technological advancements, covering SiC JFET, trench superjunction, top-side cooling packaging, and more.
③ NVIDIA's H20 chip has obtained US export license to enter China, but doubts about the Chinese market still exist
On August 10th, according to a report by the Financial Times, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has officially approved NVIDIA's application for a license to export H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, marking a breakthrough in export control restrictions for this chip specifically tailored for the Chinese market.
④ Tianyue Advanced: Initiates IPO on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, plans to raise approximately 1.8 billion yuan net
On August 11, Tianyue Advanced officially announced the global offering of its H shares, with an expected commencement of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on August 19.
⑤ ASMPT business strategy adjustment, closing Shenzhen Bao'an factory
On August 11, ASMPT, a major semiconductor equipment manufacturer, announced that on August 8, 2025, the shareholders of Advanced Semiconductor Equipment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. ("AEC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary indirectly controlled by the company, had passed a resolution to establish a liquidation committee to liquidate AEC ("voluntary liquidation").
⑥ Chips have backdoor risks! Chinese automakers are collectively accelerating the replacement of NVIDIA chips!
According to a report by Nikkei Asia on the 6th, in order to prevent the United States from tightening export restrictions and hindering the development of local autonomous driving and other technologies, Chinese automakers and chip companies are stepping up efforts to develop and adopt domestic products or solutions to replace the on-board semiconductors of foreign chip giants such as NVIDIA.
⑦ Minxing Automobile obtained a patent for a double-head polishing machine, reducing equipment footprint
On August 12, 2025, information from the China National Intellectual Property Administration showed that Jiangsu Minxing Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. obtained a patent named "A Double-Head Polishing Machine", with the authorization announcement number CN223211116U, and the application date was September 2024.
⑧ SK Hynix accelerates the advancement of six-layer EUV technology, striving to take the lead in the high-end memory market
SK Hynix has recently advanced its 1c (sixth-generation 10-nanometer) DRAM process technology, successfully achieving large-scale integration of six-layer extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology, making it one of the leading manufacturers globally.
⑨ Declared invalid! Latest news on DuPont's patent for polishing pads
Recently, according to the news from China National Intellectual Property Administration, a patent named "Polyurethane Polishing Pad" (patent number: ZL201410448504.X) owned by DuPont Electronic Materials Holdings Co., Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary DDP Specialty Electronic Materials USA, LLC, was declared invalid in its entirety due to lack of inventiveness.
⑩ DEEPX collaborates with Samsung to launch the world's first 2nm generative AI chip, with mass production scheduled for 2027
On August 13th, DEEPX, a leading AI chip company in South Korea, announced that it had signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics and GAONCHIPS, a Korean chip design service company, to jointly develop the world's first 2nm edge-side generative AI chip, DX-M2.
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