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On November 13, at the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation's Q3 2026 earnings conference, Co-CEO Zhao Haijun stated that the development of AI is currently flourishing, and the demand for computing power exceeds supply. The industry consensus believes that 2027 will be a year of significant shortage in semiconductor foundry capacity, with shortages expected to continue until mid to late 2028.Zhao Haijun pointed out that after mid-2028, the demand for memory related to AI may reach a basic supply-demand balance, but computing power and other supporting chips may still be in short supply. From the perspective of specific wafer revenue, the demand for mobile phones and mid-to-low-end consumer products is weakening, and it may continue to decline in the future.

On November 11, the Selangor police in Malaysia publicly destroyed 186 seized Bitcoin mining machines, with the state police chief, Shafie, personally driving a bulldozer to crush the equipment. This destruction operation involved 7,445 pieces of evidence seized between 2021 and 2026, with a total value of approximately 1.19 million Malaysian Ringgit, which has been approved by the court.In addition, the Perak police recently collaborated with the national energy company to raid a residential house suspected of stealing electricity for mining, seizing another 48 Bitcoin mining machines. An investigation is currently underway based on relevant criminal and electricity regulations.

On November 10, German solar equipment manufacturer SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES announced that it has signed a contract with SpaceX to provide a complete production line for heterojunction (HJT) solar cells. The first production line order amounts to over 60 million euros and is scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2027. The strategic cooperation between the two parties also plans to expand to multiple production lines, gradually supporting a scale of over 100GW of solar cell production equipment. The related production facilities will be used for SpaceX's satellite manufacturing project located in Bastrop, Texas, USA, to provide high-performance solar cells for its Starmind space AI satellite.Musk subsequently retweeted the SpaceX announcement and added that SpaceX has ordered HJT solar manufacturing equipment with an annual capacity of 100GW from German SINGULUS, stating that this is to enable Starmind to create a "sentient sun," a phrase that echoes its long-term vision of building a space AI computing infrastructure using solar satellites. SINGULUS also disclosed that since establishing strategic cooperation with SpaceX in March 2026, it has provided financial support in March and October, which includes a secured subordinated loan.

The Industrial and Commercial Times reported on November 10 that the supply chain has recently indicated that NVIDIA intends to slow down chip orders. The report stated that NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang admitted to infidelity and apologized in a letter to employees on the 8th, U.S. time. The board has initiated an independent investigation to clarify whether it has been targeted by foreign intelligence activities. Foreign media disclosed that some companies authorized to handle the H200 are suspected of being shell companies, raising concerns that chips may be transshipped to mainland China through shell companies and third locations.The report indicated that stricter export reviews and the accumulation of H200 processors in Hong Kong have increased the risk of NVIDIA cutting orders, with upstream supply chain players such as TSMC and ASE being the first to bear the brunt. The supply chain revealed that there have also been rumors of NVIDIA cutting orders in wafer foundry recently, stating that this would benefit other chip manufacturers in obtaining more capacity, including AMD and cloud service providers' self-developed chips. ASIC manufacturers indicated that as long as TSMC can provide capacity, end customers will fully take on the orders. Industry sources pointed out that if NVIDIA releases capacity, companies like WorldChip, Creative, and MediaTek are expected to gain more capacity support.MediaTek estimates that the first AI accelerator aims for approximately $16 billion by 2027 and has already secured a second customer. WorldChip has also obtained a second ASIC order from a major American company and anticipates that revenue will gradually expand next year and the year after. Demand for AMD's data center business continues to exceed existing supply. AMD CEO Lisa Su stated in a recent earnings call that large cloud service providers are expanding EPYC deployments, with increased demand for AI accelerators and cabinets. The Instinct MI455X has been shipped in large quantities, and multiple cloud customers and computing power buyers have activated the first batch of Helios.

According to the Japan Economic News, Elon Musk's semiconductor factory plan Terafab has begun to advance, jointly developed by Tesla and SpaceX. The project team has explained the ordering plan to Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturers and is accelerating the preparation for factory production. The team responsible for equipment procurement has secretly visited Japan. Terafab's semiconductor production volume is about 40 times that of the Japanese chip manufacturer Rapidus. Some supplier executives have stated that Musk has become a topic of discussion in the semiconductor industry; there are also voices in the industry expressing confusion over his unconventional demands.

Elon Musk stated that the order backlog for the Tesla Cybertruck currently far exceeds production capacity. It is expected that the existing production line will be dismantled to expand the Cybercab production line in June or July next year.

Elon Musk stated that Tesla plans to gradually reduce Cybertruck production at its Texas factory starting in mid-2027 to expand the production of Cybercab.Tesla began producing Cybertruck at its Austin factory in 2023, but market demand has been poor. Tesla has been producing the golden two-seater Cybercab at the Austin factory as an important part of its transformation plan.

According to Jinshi Data, optical module manufacturer Zhongji Xuchuang announced at noon that the industry demand remains strong, with major customer orders basically covering the entire year of 2027, and some key customers have provided clear demand guidance for 2028.The company expects that the demand for 800G and 1.6T orders will continue to grow rapidly, and the demand for next-generation optical interconnect products such as NPO and XPO will gradually be released in the second half of next year, applicable to scenarios such as scale-out and scale-up. The company is actively preparing materials and production capacity to better prepare for increased volume in 2027.

The trading atmosphere in the Hong Kong stock market continues to heat up, with several concept stocks experiencing strong gains. According to data from the Gate platform's Hong Kong stock market, the top three stocks in terms of increase are: Jumbo Group (01920) up 24.13%, currently at HK$0.36; Yingmei Holdings (02028) up 18.35%, currently at HK$1.87; and Junda Co., Ltd. (02865) up 18.09%, currently at HK$14.10.Gate's stock trading services have covered five major markets: US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, Japanese stocks, and Taiwanese stocks, supporting over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, over 1,000 Korean stocks, about 300 Japanese stocks, and 19 Taiwanese stocks, totaling coverage of more than 12,800 stocks and ETF assets globally.Gate allows users to participate in global stock trading using USDT in a one-stop manner and offers fractional trading starting from a minimum of 0.01 shares along with corresponding stock dividend rights. The platform also supports cross-brokerage transfer of US and Hong Kong stocks and accommodates corporate actions such as stock splits and consolidations, further optimizing the stock investment service experience.

Meritz Securities, a South Korean securities company, pointed out that the orders received by storage chip manufacturers for 2027 to 2028 far exceed their production capacity. Even if the Democratic Party in the United States gains an advantage in the midterm elections, leading to delays or adjustments in some data center projects, it is unlikely to fundamentally change the supply shortage of storage chips.Meritz stated that the order delivery rate for storage chips this year (the ratio of available production capacity to order volume) has remained at a low level of 80% to 85%, driving a significant increase in storage chip prices. It is expected that the supply-demand gap will further widen in 2027, and the order delivery rate may drop to around 80%. During a recent visit to South Korea, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman requested SK hynix and Samsung Electronics to provide customized storage products such as HBM for 2027 to 2030, with demand exceeding the available production capacity of both companies.Community user Teng Yan added that Samsung stated during a conference call with Meritz on October 29 that 10 large customers have signed multi-year storage supply agreements, and an equal number of customers are in negotiations. The demand for storage customers has also expanded from cloud service giants and AI server manufacturers to more fields. Therefore, the slowdown in U.S. data center approvals will only affect some orders and is unlikely to change the overall tight supply-demand situation.

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press, Morgan Stanley's research indicates that despite ongoing constraints on expansion due to power shortages, rising construction costs, and tightening financing, global data center capacity will continue to grow rapidly. The bank expects that global data center IT capacity will increase from approximately 136 GW by the end of 2026 to 316 GW by 2030, an increase of about 180 GW, with a compound annual growth rate of 23%.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Manchester City vs Brighton" on Polymarket, the "Over" option for the sub-market "Brighton first half goals greater than 1.5" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 8% an hour ago to the current 43% (a fluctuation of 35%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

On October 29, the cryptocurrency research institution Delphi Digital released a report titled "The AI Boom Has a Power Problem," authored by Accelxr. The report states that deployable AI computing power depends on chip supply, as well as sites that are powered, cooled, and connected to the grid. Electricity is harder to supplement in the short term than chips, as chip production capacity can expand quarterly, while new power generation and transmission take years.The report cites data indicating that the PJM capacity auction has cleared at the price cap for three consecutive times, with the last two still falling short of reliability targets by 6.6 to 6.8 GW, marking the first time such a gap has occurred in the history of this auction. The scale of large load queues in Texas ERCOT increased from 63 GW at the end of 2024 to 474 GW in June, with about 90% being data centers; the governor requested an audit of the data centers in the queue in August, and ERCOT subsequently suspended power approval for data centers and cryptocurrency miners of 75 MW and above, including 17 projects that had passed stability studies.The report also states that U.S. data centers are expected to account for about 4.7% of the nation's electricity consumption in 2024, with LBNL predicting an increase to 9.5% to 15.3% by 2030, and EPRI estimating a maximum of 17%. In a 1 GW facility, chip depreciation is about $2.8 billion to $3.3 billion per year, equivalent to about $8 million per day. SemiAnalysis predicts that by 2028, the U.S. will have over 40 GW of data center capacity utilizing behind-the-meter power sources; the delivery cycle for large gas turbines is about five years, with GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries forming an oligopoly. Wood Mackenzie expects gas turbine prices to reach $600 per kilowatt by the end of 2027, nearly three times the level of 2019.

Yorkville Ives analysts pointed out that Microsoft's financial report shows its cloud computing capacity is sufficient to meet the enormous market demand. Microsoft Azure's revenue exceeded Wall Street expectations, becoming a key factor in stock performance.Before the financial report, the market had already seen AI-driven demand, but there were doubts about the speed of capacity release. Microsoft's promised future expenditure scale is $677 billion, with confirmed revenue expected to increase in the next 12 months. On Thursday before the market opened, Microsoft's stock price rose 2.7% against the trend.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "Manchester City FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Manchester City FC" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 63.5% an hour ago to the current 48.5% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to PR Newswire, City University of Hong Kong announced a survey on the social impact of artificial intelligence. The willingness of Hong Kong citizens to use AI increased from 67.4% in early 2025 to 77.5% in mid-2026, a cumulative increase of 10.1 percentage points; 53.7% of respondents are still quite concerned about their jobs being replaced by AI, a figure that remains roughly the same as the previous year.The survey was led by Professor Huang Yihui from the Department of Media and Communication at City University, conducting three rounds of longitudinal online surveys from February to April 2025, December 2025 to February 2026, and May to July 2026. The latest round surveyed 1,362 Hong Kong citizens aged 20 and above and analyzed a longitudinal sample of 398 participants who took part in all three rounds.The results show that among respondents aged 20 to 34, 61.3% are worried about job security, 60.6% of bachelor's degree holders are concerned about being replaced by AI, and 56.6% of middle-income citizens earning between 30,000 to 60,000 Hong Kong dollars expressed similar concerns. In terms of healthcare, most citizens accept AI assistance in personal health management, but clinical diagnostic decisions still tend to be led by doctors.

The AI laboratory Anthropic, which developed Claude, named TSMC in its IPO prospectus, warning that the world's most advanced chip manufacturing capacity is highly concentrated in Taiwan. The prospectus states that if TSMC's operations are disrupted, it could severely impact the supply of AI chips and affect Anthropic's business, financial condition, and operational results.According to MoneyDJ citing the prospectus, the global AI industry heavily relies on TSMC's advanced processes. Suppliers such as NVIDIA and AMD, as well as companies that design their own chips like Amazon and Google, all need TSMC to turn their designs into physical chips. The listed risks include earthquakes, typhoons, interruptions in power and water supply, as well as cross-strait geopolitical tensions, military conflicts, blockades, tariffs, and trade restrictions.The prospectus also states that if a significant event occurs in Taiwan, the supply of advanced chips could be severely hindered; due to the time-consuming nature of building and certifying alternative foundries, the impact could last for several years. The expansion of advanced processes outside Taiwan is still in its early stages, making it difficult to effectively reduce concentration risks in the short term. TSMC has been unable to fully meet market demand due to strong demand, resulting in Anthropic not being able to obtain a sufficient supply of chips in a timely manner.

Anthropic stated in the S-1 filing that computing power is a key issue the company faces. If it cannot obtain sufficient computing power or fails to allocate it effectively, the company may not be able to train models that remain competitive with its rivals.Anthropic is paying fees to obtain computing capacity from companies like SpaceX, but it expects that demand will continue to exceed supply in the short term.

Lansi Technology stated that the AI server-related production capacity in the Songshan Lake Park of Dongguan has been expanded. The liquid cooling heat dissipation modules, high-end precision cabinets, and high-speed optical interconnection supporting components have been verified by leading North American computing power manufacturers and have received large-scale orders, entering the ramp-up phase of mass production.The company has also acquired capabilities in optical communication and precision metal processing to meet the demand for AI servers.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that due to the growing demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, Amazon Web Services' cloud computing capacity is essentially sold out before the end of 2027, with a large number of orders pushed to 2028.