The United States has quietly tightened export restrictions on chip equipment to China: 14nm and below are banned, or spread to TSMC
Bloomberg reported on July 30 that Lam Research and KLA, two U.S. chip equipment companies, have confirmed that the U.S. crackdown on Chinese chips has expanded from 10nm to 14nm, and the new regulations will affect the scope. It may not be limited to SMIC, but also includes other chip manufacturing companies investing and operating in China, such as TSMC in Taiwan. Wallace, Klei’s president and chief executive, said the company had received a notice from the U.S. Department of Commerce asking them not to supply China with equipment used in chip manufacturing at 14 nanometers and below.
In the past two weeks or so, all U.S. equipment makers have received letters from the U.S. Commerce Department asking them not to supply China with equipment used to make chips of 14 nanometers or less, according to people familiar with the matter. The remarks of Fanlin and Ke Lei are only the earliest disclosed concrete examples of the further suppression of China’s chip industry by the United States.
Bloomberg recently reported that the United States is pushing hard for allies such as the Netherlands and Japan to ban ASML and Nikon from selling to China the mainstream technology necessary to make most of the world’s chips. The new rules cover a wider range of semiconductors across many industries and are likely to affect many more companies than the usual restrictions on SMIC.
It is reported that the United States has previously prohibited the export of chip equipment of 10nm and below technology to SMIC without permission, but has not yet explicitly restricted the export of chip equipment of 14nm and below technology.
Domestic News
“Second Uncle Coin Crash” topped the hot search list, and the issuer ran away after being accused of defrauding $1.3 million
Recently, a video “Three days back to the village, the second uncle cured my mental internal friction” became popular on the Internet, followed by the release of a virtual currency called second uncle coin (SUC). A user nicknamed “second uncle dao” posted on foreign social networking sites that a group of caring people who aimed to help the second uncle launched the second uncle dao, and passed the love through the blockchain, and the marketing wallet will be donated to the second uncle, relying on everyone. The power of the second uncle provides security for the old age of the second uncle, so that the second uncle’s life will no longer have any regrets. The user also attached the contract address of the virtual currency at the end of the tweet.
On the evening of July 28, a netizen nicknamed WhoCareNews posted a question about Erjicoin, saying that a Rugpull (pulling the carpet) occurred in the Erjicoin pool, and the promoter had cleaned the stolen money and swept away $1.3 million, equivalent to nearly $8.77 million. Yuan Renminbi. The current price of the token SUC is only $0.0000000004682, and the price has dropped by 99.7%.
But soon second uncle dao responded to the remarks about running away, saying: “The team has not Rugpull nor withdrawn from the pool. Where is the so-called expert Twitter, can you show me the way?” At noon on July 31, the entry “Er Jiu Coin Collapse” once rushed to the top of the hot search list, attracting the attention of netizens. At present, the digital currency trading website has been unable to query the second uncle coin through internal search, but it can still directly access the relevant interface through Google Chrome.
Tencent’s stock price fell back to 5 years ago, and its market value evaporated by 3.7 trillion yuan
As China’s largest Internet company, Tencent has always been in the spotlight. In the past five years, Tencent Holdings’ share price has fluctuated wildly, especially on July 29, which ushered in a sharp drop. On the last trading day of the week, Hong Kong stocks fell across the board, with the Hang Seng Technology Index plummeting nearly 5%.
Among them, Tencent Holdings fell by 4.36%, and its stock price is approaching the HK$300 mark again, which means that Tencent has almost fallen back to the stock price of 5 years ago. Compared with Tencent’s historical peak stock price of nearly HK$750 more than a year ago, it has fallen by nearly 60%. The market value has evaporated by about 4.4 trillion Hong Kong dollars (about 3.79 trillion yuan), and now Tencent’s total market value is only 2.95 trillion Hong Kong dollars (about 2.54 trillion yuan).
Tencent’s financial report shows that in 2021, Tencent’s game revenue in the local market will increase by 6% to 128.8 billion yuan, but the game revenue in the international market will increase by 31% to 45.5 billion yuan. In the first quarter of this year, Tencent’s game revenue in the local market was 33 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1%, and the international market game revenue was 10.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%. 2008 was called Tencent’s “first year of games”. Game revenue has always been an inexhaustible “gold mine” for Tencent. However, the output of this gold mine seems to have stagnated. (Securities Times)
Zhou Hongyi: 360 is the most hated company by hackers in the world. Microsoft copied the 360 security model, so it has become the largest security company in the United States
On July 30, at the 10th Internet Security Conference of ISC 2022, Zhou Hongyi rebuked Microsoft for stealing the 360 security model. Zhou Hongyi said that I have rarely dissed my peers, and now I have changed from a red-clothed cannon to a red-clothed uncle, but today I still can’t help but slap a colleague. Microsoft has completely copied the 360 model when it comes to security, so he It quickly developed into the largest security company in the United States.
Zhou Hongyi pointed out that Microsoft copied 360 to make free security, and recently even wanted to be a security housekeeper. Then, through free security, we get all the security big data in the global terminal into our own hands, and then we have the ability to perceive the security situation of the entire global network. He also said that 360 uses the data processing capabilities of Double Eleven to solve cyber attacks, and 99% of national-level cyber attacks are independently discovered by 360. 360 may be the most hated company by hackers in the world. It tries to kill us every day. Instead, it has sharpened the strongest white hat army in the Eastern Hemisphere. Its main job is to fight against other countries’ cyber army.
But then, Zhou Hongyi posted on Weibo to clarify that I am not bombarding Microsoft, but essentially sympathizing with each other. 360 and Microsoft have chosen the same route, both are future-oriented companies. (Sina Technology)
Tesla responds to the owner’s drink and the co-pilot using the auto-assisted driving function to hit the street lights: the main driver’s seat has gravity sensing
On July 31, according to the Southern Metropolis Daily, on the evening of July 29, a traffic accident occurred near Fudi in the Xixi Wetland Scenic Spot in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. According to the owner of the car, he drank alcohol while eating in Xixi Wetland, so he was going to ask a driver to drive. However, the driver could not enter at the north gate of Xixi Wetland, so the owner sat in the passenger seat and drove to the north gate using Tesla’s automatic driving function. While driving, the vehicle ran off the road, knocked over a light pole and hit a roadside seat.
Regarding whether the owner can sit in the passenger seat to activate the autopilot function, Tesla responded: “According to Tesla’s gravity sensing settings, the vehicle cannot be started without a person sitting in the main driver’s seat.” Tesla personnel noticed that someone on the Internet activated the automatic assisted driving function by placing heavy objects on the main driver’s seat and other extreme methods. In this regard, the officer said: “We do not recommend doing this, because when the car enters automatic assisted driving, if the vehicle has an accident, it is still the person’s full responsibility, and according to the relevant provisions of the “Road Traffic Safety Law”, the driver should be in the vehicle. in the driver’s seat”.
In addition, Tesla said that the standard basic version of the automatic driving assistance system enabled by Tesla includes four functions, namely, keeping the center of the lane, keeping the distance from the car in front, following the car, cruise control and lane assist steering. , all require human intervention to observe the surrounding road conditions, and this function is not suitable for all road sections, and must have clearly marked road sections before it can be used.
The Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court ruled to allow the withdrawal of the “China Knowledge Network Anti-monopoly Case No. 1”, the plaintiff: the core demands have been fulfilled
On July 31, Red Star News learned from Guo Bing, the plaintiff of the “China Knowledge Network Anti-monopoly Case No. 1”, that on July 27, the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court had ruled to approve its application for withdrawal on the 20th.
According to a previous report by Red Star News, due to CNKI’s abuse of its dominant market position and charging individual users for services of the open academic misconduct document detection system, Guo Bing, a special-appointed associate professor at the School of Law and Politics of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, submitted a report on “China Knowledge Network” in December last year. The indictment materials for “abuse of dominant market position” were formally accepted by the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on March 21 this year.
Guo Bing introduced that since his core demands have been realized, he applied to the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on July 20 to withdraw the lawsuit. On July 27, the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court ruled to allow the plaintiff to withdraw the lawsuit. Previously, this case was considered by a number of academic and industry experts as “the first anti-monopoly case of CNKI”. The plaintiff’s withdrawal of the lawsuit means that the case has come to an end. But for CNKI, this may only be the first step in its anti-monopoly rectification. (Red Star News)
Henan University of Technology renews CNKI in full: 970,000 yuan per year, saying resources are irreplaceable
It was reported on July 30 that recently, Henan University of Technology has announced that it will continue to subscribe to CNKI services for 970,000 yuan a year. The school said that CNKI resources are irreplaceable. On April 26 this year, the library of Henan University of Technology conducted an opinion survey to the teachers and students of the whole school on the three plans for the renewal of CNKI in 2022:
Option 1: Renew CNKI in full, including: all academic journals (including individual journals), all doctoral and master thesis databases and other 20 services, with a total amount of ￥970,000. Option 2: Only order the individual journal packages of CNKI. Other academic journals that are not individual journals, as well as doctoral and master theses can be searched and browsed through Wanfang, VIP and other databases, with a total amount of ￥270,000. Option 3: Stop subscribing to all CNKI products, and CNKI’s 683 Chinese periodicals can guarantee the download of some of the content through document delivery and other means.
Guo Taiming responded to the fraudulent use of photos by virtual currency fraud advertisements: solemnly condemned, investigation has been initiated
On July 31, Terry Gou, the founder of Hon Hai Group, issued a statement on social media saying that some unscrupulous businessmen have recently used the photo of Terry Gou’s founder to put virtual currency and other related fraudulent advertisements. The competent authorities have been contacted to initiate an investigation, and those with conscientiousness should not try the law by themselves. Guo Taiming’s office also appealed to the public that Guo Taiming is an industrialist who has never invested in the virtual currency industry, and never recommends investment commodities.
Previously, Guo Taiming said in an interview with the media that in the popular metaverse, everyone is playing games, but when it comes to decentralization of virtual currency, it is a fake issue. Compared with virtual currency, decentralization is required in the real economy. In addition to the production side of factories, health testing is also an industry that must be decentralized. It is expected to become more convenient. (Interface News)
In the first half of the year, 8 marriage and love platforms were interviewed for vulgar pornographic information, etc.
According to the “Internet Information China” official account on the 31st, the national network information system has accumulatively interviewed 3,491 websites and platforms in accordance with the law in the first half of the year.
Among them, 8 marriage and love platforms, including Netease Huatian, Lily.com, Century Jiayuan, Zhenai.com, Same-City Dating, First-Line Marriage, My Lord Liangyuan, and Marry U, have the problem of vulgar pornographic information destroying the network ecology. , Chongqing Internet Information Office interviewed 8 platforms respectively, ordered them to comprehensively clean up and investigate illegal information, and imposed administrative penalties of fines respectively. (China News Network)
China Academy of Information and Communications Technology: The number of 5G base stations in my country has reached 1.854 million, and the world’s largest network infrastructure has been built
On July 31, the 2022 China Computing Conference revealed that China has built the world’s largest and technologically advanced network infrastructure. According to the calculation of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, in 2021, the scale of the core computing power industry will exceed 1.5 trillion yuan, and the scale of related industries will exceed 8 trillion yuan. Among them, the cloud computing market scale exceeds 300 billion yuan, the IDC service market scale exceeds 150 billion yuan, and the artificial intelligence core industry scale exceeds 400 billion yuan.
As of the end of June 2022, the number of 5G base stations will reach 1.854 million, the number of 5G mobile phone users will exceed 450 million, all prefecture-level cities will be fully built into optical network cities, and the number of gigabit fiber users will exceed 61 million. “Shuxi” trunk optical cable. As of the end of June 2022, the total scale of data center racks in use in my country exceeds 5.9 million standard racks, the scale of servers is nearly 20 million, and the total scale of computing power exceeds 150 EFLOPS (15,000 floating-point operations per second). 2nd.
In terms of storage, in 2021, the total storage capacity of my country’s data centers will reach 800EB (1EB=1024PB), and the use of advanced storage in the country will account for about 14%. Advanced storage in first-tier cities with high data storage performance requirements will account for up to 17%. The total scale of data center racks in use exceeds 5.9 million standard racks, the scale of servers is about 20 million, and the total scale of computing power exceeds 150 EFlops.
international News
Amazon announces it will shut down Amazon Drive cloud storage service after 11 years
July 30 news, on Friday, Eastern Time, Amazon Drive sent an email to users saying that the company will shut down its cloud storage service by the end of next year. It is understood that the Amazon Drive app for Android and iOS will be shut down on October 31, 2022.
Amazon said that photos and videos in Amazon Drive accounts will be automatically saved to Amazon Photos, and for files that are not pictures or videos, users will need to download them locally before the service shuts down. Users can view and download files until December 31, 2023, after which they will be inaccessible and deleted. As of January 31, 2023, Amazon will no longer support uploading files. Users can also cancel their Amazon Drive subscription and potentially receive a refund if they don’t plan to use Amazon Photos. It is reported that the Amazon Drive cloud storage service was launched in March 2011, and it has been 11 years.
SpaceX: Working with the astronomy community to reduce the brightness of Starlink satellites
On July 31, SpaceX released a document titled “Brightness Mitigation Best Practices for Satellite Operators,” outlining its work with the astronomy community to reduce light pollution and reduce the brightness of Starlink satellites. SpaceX noted that by working together, it has identified and mitigated key causes of satellite brightness. The company is working to make the satellite “invisible to the naked eye” at its standard operating altitude.
According to reports, SpaceX has strengthened the mirror design on its Starlink satellites to avoid diffuse reflection of light. SpaceX also points out that not all materials are highly reflective, and some can absorb or make reflected light less bright. In addition, SpaceX has also used designs such as sun visors and radio frequency transparent mirror films to reduce the problem of sunlight scattering. In addition to this, SpaceX has also developed RF clear mirror films as an alternative to sun visors. The film scatters most of the sunlight away from the earth. SpaceX says it has been improving its mirror coatings to reduce the amount of light reflected back to Earth.
Compared to the first-generation satellites, SpaceX has also improved the support material between its batteries. Simply put, change the white material to a dark red material. The downside is that dimming the material increases the temperature of the solar array, which reduces performance. (IT House)
Apple Watch S7 official replica is on the shelves: up to 800 yuan cheaper
It was reported on July 31 that the official version of Apple Watch S7 has been officially launched in the store, priced from 2549 yuan.
Specifically, the price of the refurbished Apple Watch S7 (GPS) 41mm sports strap is as low as 2549 yuan, which is 450 yuan cheaper than the original price of 2999 yuan; the 45mm version is 2719 yuan, which is 480 yuan cheaper than the original price of 3199 yuan; 41mm The cellular version is priced at 3,229 yuan, which is 570 yuan cheaper than the original price. It is worth mentioning that the honeycomb version with the top 45mm stainless steel case is priced at 4499 yuan, which is 800 yuan cheaper than the original price. The refurbishment price is even cheaper than the 618, which is very conscientious. However, the official replica does not provide engraving and gift wrapping services, and it is a limited supply. (Fast Technology)
Intel CEO Henry Kissinger responded that the market value was surpassed by AMD: the stock price fell is self-inflicted
On July 31, Taiwan’s “Economic Daily” reported that AMD’s stock price, the world’s second largest microprocessor factory, has continued to climb recently. It closed up more than 3% on July 29, and its market value climbed to US$153 billion, surpassing the stock price of the day. Plummeting Intel.
Intel CEO Pat Kissinger said in an interview on the same day that the stock price drop was self-inflicted, and the stock price should have fallen, but he reiterated that this is Intel’s bottom, which means that it will prepare for a rebirth next.
U.S. Department of Commerce: Will limit the scale of government subsidies to chip companies
According to a Reuters report on July 30, the U.S. Department of Commerce said it would limit the scale of government subsidies for semiconductor manufacturing, and would not allow companies to use funds to “bottom out.” The Commerce Department told local chip companies that subsidies would be “no more than the amount generated to ensure that projects operate within the United States,” adding that the department would prevent “competitive subsidies between states and localities.”
The Commerce Department also pledged to prioritize among subsidies companies that “commit to invest in the development of the domestic semiconductor industry in the future” over companies that engage in share buybacks. The legislation does not prohibit companies receiving government funding from repurchasing stock, but it prohibits the use of subsidized funds for buybacks.
NASA accuses China of not sharing information on the wreckage of Chang 5B
On the 30th local time, NASA administrator Nielsen criticized China for not sharing the details of the rocket crash as irresponsible and dangerous. According to The New York Times, Nielsen said that all countries should try to share this type of information to accurately predict potential debris impact risks, especially heavy vehicles like the Long March 5B, which have significant life and Risk of property damage.
The official platform of the China Manned Space Engineering Office’s WeChat public account “China Manned Spaceflight” announced on the 31st that at about 0:55 that day, the wreckage of the last stage of the Long March 5B Yaosan carrier rocket had re-entered the atmosphere, and the landing area was located in the east longitude 119.0°, the surrounding sea area at 9.1° north latitude, most of the devices are ablated and destroyed during the re-entry process.
According to the inquiry, from July 27 to 30, “China Manned Spaceflight” issued four announcements on the parameters of the wreckage of the last stage of the Long March 5B Yao-3 carrier rocket, and announced the end of the Long March 5B Yao-3 carrier rocket at different time points. information on the perigee height, apogee height and inclination of the wreckage parameters. (Global Times) (Leifeng.com)
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