International Tech News:

1. According to reports, AMD and Intel are considering raising server CPU prices by up to 15%, as existing inventories for the remainder of the year have already been sold out at both companies.

2. Micron has announced it will discontinue the production of DDR4, with the phase-out plan mainly targeting the PC and data center markets.

3. According to the latest DRAM spot price trend report released by TrendForce on January 18, general-purpose DRAM prices rose by more than 10% week-on-week in the second week of January.

4. Vietnamese telecom company Viettel has officially launched the construction of Vietnam’s first semiconductor manufacturing plant. The facility will adopt a 32-nanometer process technology and is expected to begin pilot production in 2027.

5. Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASM stated that driven by a rebound in orders from China, the company’s preliminary orders for the early fourth quarter of 2025 exceeded market expectations, with quarterly orders growing to approximately €800 million.

6. Elon Musk announced that following the completion of the AI5 chip design, Tesla will resume development of its Dojo 3 supercomputer project.

Domestic Tech News:

1. The China Institute of Atomic Energy has successfully achieved beam extraction from its independently developed tandem high-energy hydrogen ion implanter (POWER-750H), with key performance indicators reaching internationally advanced levels.

2. On the 19th, Hurun Research Institute released the Hurun China Top 50 Artificial Intelligence Companies 2025. AI chip company Cambricon ranked first with a valuation of RMB 630 billion, representing a 165% increase compared with last year.

3. SLKOR (www.slkormicro.com) 2026 Spring Festival Holiday Notice:
The holiday period will be from February 10 to February 22 (13 days in total). Operations will resume on February 23 (the seventh day of the Lunar New Year). Customers are kindly requested to arrange inventory in advance. We will make every effort to schedule shipments before the holiday.

4. AMEC Semiconductor has launched its first non-volatile memory chip, the CMS25Q40A, a 4Mbit low-power SPI NOR Flash device.

5.  ‌Innosilicon announced that its independently developed LPDDR6/5X combo IP has been successfully commercialized and shipped to multiple customers, marking the first commercial deployment of domestically developed interface IP in the LPDDR6 generation.

6. Yunjixin Optoelectronics has completed and brought online its first self-built 6-inch MEMS chip production line in Zhuhai.

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