Wei Shaojun, China Semiconductor Industry Association: The domestic chip design industry has returned to the double-digit high-speed development track. At the Shanghai IC Industry Development Forum 2024, Wei Shaojun, chairman of the IC Design Branch of China Semiconductor Industry Association, said that it is estimated that the domestic chip design industry sales in 2024 will be 646.04 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9% compared with 2023, returning to the double-digit high-speed development track, and the proportion of the global IC product market will be basically the same as last year. In terms of the distribution of industrial cities, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing continue to occupy the top three cities in the scale of design industry this year. Among them, the scale of chip design industry in Shanghai has reached 179.5 billion yuan, which is further widened compared with that in Shenzhen. The scale of design industry in Wuxi has reached 67.82 billion yuan, surpassing Hangzhou and ranking fourth. In 2024, the number of chip design enterprises with sales exceeding 100 million reached 737.The whole link and the whole chain cracked down on the case of sneak shots and stealing photos. The case of selling videos in hotels was sentenced to 10 years. Today, the Supreme People's Court released four typical cases of punishing illegal production, sale, use of eavesdropping equipment and stealing photos according to law. In the first case, the defendant installed a sneak shot device in the hotel room to sneak a shot of his human behavior and made it into a video for profit. The people's court fully considered the illegal gains and other circumstances, and determined that the actions of the five people were "particularly serious" and "serious". The court sentenced Shimou, Wu Mou Dong, Wu Mou Hua, Luo Moujing and Tian Moujun to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 10 years to one year and six months for making and selling obscene articles for profit, and fined them ranging from 300,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan. According to the Supreme Law, in the next step, the court will strengthen cooperation and cooperation with relevant departments, continuously improve the quality and efficiency of cracking down on crimes of illegal production, sale and use of eavesdropping and photo stealing equipment, and resolutely cut off the industrial chain of stealing black ash.The first demonstration in China! Seiko Technology's high-performance PAN fiber technology has made key progress, and Seiko Technology's high-performance fiber precursor (polymerization process) "The first demonstration of safety and reliability of chemical process used in China" has successfully passed the evaluation of the expert group, which indicates that Seiko Technology's carbon fiber precursor preparation technology can be applied to industrialization on a large scale. On December 7th, Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association, entrusted by Zhejiang Emergency Management Department, organized and held the review meeting of "Demonstration of Safety and Reliability of Chemical Process Used for the First time in China" for high-performance PAN fiber in Hangzhou. Seiko Technology received a reply letter on December 10th.
Argentine President Millay: Negotiations on a free trade agreement with the Trump administration will be launched next year. Argentine President Millay said in a national televised speech on December 10 local time that he plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with the newly appointed Trump administration of the United States next year, and promised to make Argentina more independent from MERCOSUR. After the historic trade agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Union last week, he criticized that MERCOSUR has become a "prison" for member States. "Our ultimate goal in MERCOSUR is to improve the autonomy of the members of this group to the rest of the world." Millay said, "In this spirit, our primary goal will be to start a free trade agreement with the United States next year." He also mentioned on the same day that Argentina plans to cancel capital controls next year.The three major stock indexes opened lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 0.19%, the Shenzhen Component Index down 0.29% and the Growth Enterprise Market down 0.15%.FTSE China A50 index futures opened 0.04% higher, and closed down 0.05% in the last session.
IBM's new optical technology can greatly speed up the training of AI models. IBM announced the development of a new optical technology, which can train AI models at the speed of light and save energy greatly. The company said that by applying this breakthrough to the data center, the energy saved by training an AI model is equivalent to the energy consumption of 5,000 American families in one year.The concept of consumer electronics fluctuated higher than the daily limit of Tianjian and Yingtong Communication, while Tianjian and Yingtong Communication fluctuated higher than the daily limit. Zhongke Lanxun rose more than 8%, followed by Rambler, Guoguang Electric, hivi Technology and Zhuoyi Technology.Most gold stocks in Hong Kong stocks strengthened, and Zhaojin Mining rose by over 5%. As of press time, Zhaojin Mining (01818.HK) rose by 5.47%, Lingbao Gold (03330.HK) rose by 5.09% and Shandong Gold (01787.HK) rose by 2.26%.