South Korean chip maker SK Hynix Inc. (SK Hynix Inc.) reported Q3 earnings for the third quarter of 2018 on Oct. 25: revenue rose 41% (quarterly increase 10%) to 11.417 trillion won, a record high; revenue increased 73% (quarterly increase 16%) to 647.2 trillion won; earnings increased 11 percentage points (quarterly increase 3 percentage points) to 57%; net income increased 54% (quarterly increase 8%) to 4.692 trillion won Trillion won.

Core technology news, two years of good prospects for the semiconductor industry, this encounter is probably not small. According to The Street, the semiconductor giant Texas Instruments and Italian-French semiconductors have confirmed that part of the chip industry has been facing a cyclical pullback.

Looking ahead to the data center outlook, Micron Technology (Inc.) announced Thursday (Oct. 18) after the U.S. stock market, the joint venture IM Flash Technologies, LLC's Intel Corp. (Intel Corp.) stake, Meguiar intends to buy up.

According to Nikko Industries, Japan's MLCC Major Factory, Murata, is planning to build a new factory in Okayama Prefecture at 10 billion yen ($89 million) after investing 40 billion yen to build a new plant in Shimane Prefecture late last month. The factory will be responsible for the production of ceramic materials for laminated ceramic capacitors, and Okayama and Shimane adjacent counties, may be set up for the raw materials of the Shimane plant.

From the second half of last year to this year, AI chips blossomed everywhere. Many AI start-ups in China have introduced their own AI chips, but Victor Peng, president and CEO of Cellings, the world's largest FPGA manufacturer, poured cold water on them, saying that start-ups should not start making AI chips from scratch.

On October 12, Beijing time, people familiar with the matter said that the U.S. authorities have begun to investigate whether the shares of Broadcom and CA Technologies have become targets of market manipulation plans.

Semiconductor organizations in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau have formally joined hands to form an alliance. In the future, they will build up a synergistic semiconductor industry ecosphere with Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

As supply of 12 inch silicon wafers continues to be tight, major wafer manufacturers around the world, including Japan's Shenggao, Germany's Silitronic and Universal Wafers, have begun to expand production plans. In contrast, the mainland is also accelerating the development of 12 inch large silicon wafers. According to the current planning of domestic enterprises, it is estimated that the domestic 12-inch silicon wafer production capacity will reach 1.45 million wafers per month by 2020, covering domestic demand.

Sino-US trade war situation is steep, coupled with U.S. naval exercises in the Taihai Sea and South China, Sino-US conflict extends from trade to military, investors feel uneasy, coupled with foreign reports to reduce the target price of 11 semiconductor stocks, and the forecast revision period is as long as half a year, Taiwan's leading forecaster, Taiwanese stocks accumulated electricity, jumped short and began to weaken. TSMC, which made up for the decline, fell 61 points yesterday, contributing 52 points to the decline in Taiwan's overall market.

Today, Bob Swan, Intel's CFO and interim CEO, issued an open letter on Friday on the company's official website, in response to a series of recent capital market queries about Intel. However, this open letter can dispel the market's doubts, for Intel to bring long-term good, remains to be tested.