International Tech News:

1. The AI chip materials plant built by Germany’s Merck Electronics with an investment of 500 million euros has entered the certification process and is expected to begin mass production in 2026.

2. According to TrendForce’s latest NAND Flash price report released on December 1, prices across various product categories have increased by 20% to more than 60%, and the upward trend is expected to continue.

3. Intel will invest an additional 1.47 billion RMB to establish its global packaging and testing operations center in Malaysia.

4. According to Korean media, while SK Hynix actively expands production of HBM memory next year, it will also make full efforts to increase capacity for general-purpose non-HBM DRAM.

5. NVIDIA has released Alpamayo-R1, an autonomous-driving–dedicated software model, which is a “vision–language–action” AI model.

6. Market research firm IDC stated that, as storage chip price increases push the average selling price (ASP) of smartphones to a historic high, global smartphone shipments are expected to decline by 0.9% in 2026.

Domestic Tech News:

1. China’s National Intellectual Property Administration has revised the Patent Examination Guidelines, further improving examination standards for patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence. The new guidelines will take effect on January 1 next year.

2. Xiangdixian Computing Technology has launched its first mass-produced DXD GPU graphics card, which supports ray tracing and super-resolution technologies.

3. Double celebration! Kinghelm (www.kinghelm.com.cn) has achieved record-breaking month-over-month sales growth and a new high in single-day cash collection. Mr. Song Shiqiang has arranged for bonuses to be distributed to all employees.

4. Chip company Qingwei Intelligent has completed a Series C funding round exceeding 2 billion RMB. The funds will be primarily used for R&D of next-generation reconfigurable chips.

5. VeriSilicon announced that its neural network processor IP, VIP9000NanoOi-FS, has successfully obtained ISO 26262 ASIL-B automotive functional safety certification.

6. Bambu Lab and ‌Winner Technology have formed a strategic partnership and announced plans to build the world’s first ultra-large-scale 3D printing factory in Shenzhen.

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