International Tech News:

1. The 2026 China Advanced Semiconductor Packaging & Testing Conference and the China International Semiconductor Packaging Conference will be held on March 22–23 next year in Pudong, Shanghai.

2. Recently, NOR Flash has seen price increases of up to 30%, driven by growing demand for high-capacity and high-performance memory in AI servers, smartphones, tablets, and wearables.

3. Chinese companies have become the absolute leaders in the global energy-storage battery cell market, with the top five enterprises accounting for more than 78% market share, showing a strong head-concentration effect.

4. Global humanoid robot sales are expected to reach 12,400 units in 2025, with a market size of 6.339 billion yuan; by 2035, China’s humanoid robot market size is projected to exceed 300 billion yuan, representing a 62.6% CAGR.

5. Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology (SZIIT) and Slkor Semiconductor jointly inaugurated an off-campus training base. Dr. Li Shiguo, Dean of the SZIIT Microelectronics School, attended the plaque-awarding ceremony together with Song Shiqiang, General Manager of Slkor (www.slkormicro.com), and He Junju. The two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in technical research, industry-academia-research transformation, specialized training, and student employment.

6. The wafer foundry industry is expected to grow about 20% in output value in 2026. Driven by high-performance computing (HPC) demand, advanced process node output will grow 31%, becoming the main growth engine.

Domestic Tech News:

1. YEESTOR Microelectronics won the 20th “China IC” Outstanding Market Performance Award for its YS8297 storage controller chip, which has achieved over 100 million cumulative shipments.

2. C*Core Technology’ AI MCU chip CCR4001S has achieved mass production and shipment in the commercial air-conditioning sector.

3. Heshun Petroleum plans to acquire no less than 34% equity of Shanghai Kuixin Integrated Circuit Design Co., Ltd., with a final transaction value not exceeding 540 million yuan.

4. A-share listed storage-module companies — Biwin Storage, Longsys, Mason Technology, Techwinsemi Technology, Netac, and TOYOU FEIJI ELECTRONICS — are currently strictly controlling shipment pace, as the market has entered a “inventory is king” high-visibility period.

5. The 12-inch high-end analog IC manufacturing line project of Xiamen Silan Microelectronics, with a total investment of 20 billion yuan, has officially entered the preliminary phase.

6. United Nova Technology (688469.SH) released its new SiC G2.0 technology platform, adopting a more advanced 8-inch manufacturing process, reaching a globally leading level.

SZIIT & Slkor Off-Campus Training Base Officially Unveiled

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