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1-8 #SameOld #CES2022 : Qualcomm, Intel, Nvidia, AMD series of announcements; Samsung Display is showcasing a few foldable display concepts; Samsung Electronics has set out its own “Tiger” strategy to seek a more aggressive push in the North American market; etc.

1-4 #BackToWork : Teslapredicts that an economic crisis (or a financial crisis) will occur within a year in 2022; realme aims to be the 5G leader and democratizer in India; TSMC has decided to build a 100-hectare factory in the Zhongke Park in Taichung; etc.

12-31 #ComingNewYear : Huawei allegedly intends to build a fab in Shenzhen in conjunction with SMIC; LGD has unveiled its next generation of OLED technology; Xiaomi intends to take on the global leaders in the smartphone industry; etc.

12-28 #Freezing : TSMC plans to begin commercial production of chips built on its 3nm process in 4Q22; HiSilicon has unveiled the new image signal processor (ISP), Yueying ISP; Samsung allegedly expects to release about 80M orders for smartphones and tablets to ODM manufacturers in 2022; etc.

12-25 #Christmas : Xiaomi has announced its third self-developed chip Surge P1; AMD will acquire about USD2.1B of silicon wafers from GlobalFoundrie in 2022-2025; TSMC has entered into an energy purchase agreement for 1.2GW of wind energy; etc.

12-24 #ChristmasEve : Intel and Italy are intensifying talks over investments expected to be worth around EUR8B; CATL is reportedly planning to build a EUR2B worth of battery plant in Poland; Apple has filed a lawsuit against cellular technology company Ericsson; etc.

12-20 #Sweat : MediaTek will be launching the first 5G mmWave mobile SoC in 2022; Samsung will manufacture Tesla’s next-generation hardware 4 (HW 4.0) chip; Google has announced Android 12 (Go edition) for the entry level smartphones; etc.

12-17 #Angel : TSMC has unveiled N4X pecially tailored for use in high-performance computing (HPC); Tianma has signed an agreement with Xiaomi; India has approved a USD10B (roughly INR76,090 crore) incentive plan to attract semiconductor and display manufacturers; etc.

12-14 #Gym : Intel will invest USD7.10B to expand its manufacturing capabilities in advanced semiconductor packaging technology in Penang; IBM and Samsung have unveiled a new design for stacking transistors vertically on a chip; OPPO has announced its MariSilicon NPU based on the 6nm manufacturing process; etc.

12-12 #Monday : TSMC is in early talks with the German government about potentially establishing a plant in the European country; BMW has signed an agreement with INOVA Semiconductors and GlobalFoundries; Xiaomi has revealed a new battery tech the R&D team has been working on;

12-10 #DamnCold : 50% of the top 10 automotive OEMs may design their own chips by 2025; Stellanis to work with Hon Hai Technology Group for the design of 4 new families of automotive chips; OPPO is teasing a self-developed retractable rear camera module; etc.

12-7 #Nose : TCL CSOT has showcased a prototype of the “Fold’n Roll”; Samsung has announced the merger of its two consumer-facing businesses into one; Samsung is developing its first ISOCELL camera with an RGBW color filter pattern; etc.

12-4 #Icecream : Samsung Group has decided to invest USD1,00B over the 3 years from 2021; Samsung Display is reportedly planning to add 3 more foldable module lines at its factory in Vietnam by 2022; Square is renaming itself Block as it focuses on technologies such as blockchain; etc.

12-1 #Sleep : Samsung is reportedly aiming to secure a share of 21.9% in the global smartphone market for 2022; At least 4 Samsung Galaxy A models will feature water-resistance in 2022; Nissan will invest JPY2T (USD17.6B) over the next 5 years developing new EVs and battery technology; etc.

11-29 #Work : Samsung will reportedly increase the production of its Exynos for Galaxy smartphones; AMD, Intel, Nvidia are seeing eye to eye on when the global chip shortage could finally end; Reliance Jio has announced up to 21% hike in its prepaid tariffs from Dec 2021; etc.

11-26 #ThanksGiving : Samsung has announced that it would build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas; Samsung reportedly wants to launch more than foldable phones in 2022; Samsung has allegedly completely removed the Note series from its product planning for 2022; etc.