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Apple's first 2-nanometer M6 chip officially debuts, equipped with a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, and dual 16-core neural network engines, with unified memory bandwidth reaching up to 170GB per second, initially featured in the new Mac mini. This chip is manufactured by TSMC using a 2-nanometer process and is the first to adopt gate-all-around (GAA) nanosheet transistors, making it the world's first consumer-grade 2-nanometer chip.The supply chain is focused on the subsequent high-end M series packaging architecture. Based on the Fusion Architecture of the previous generation M5 Pro, M5 Max, and the four-die design of M5 Ultra, Apple chips have transitioned from a single large die to a modular design. Future M6 Pro, Max, or Ultra are expected to enhance advanced packaging requirements such as SoIC-MH and WMCM, increasing interconnect density with SoIC-MH and integrating logic, LPDDR memory, and high-speed I/O with WMCM.TSMC is actively preparing for expansion, with Zhunan AP6 as the main mass production base for SoIC, Longtan AP3 upgrading to WMCM, and Chiayi AP7 taking on related capacity. Analysts estimate that WMCM's monthly production capacity will reach about 60,000 units by the end of 2026 and over 120,000 units in 2027. Equipment manufacturers such as Hongshuo, Junhua, Yinneng, and material manufacturers Changxing, Xinying Materials, and Yongguang are expected to benefit.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the address of Fish Pond Alliance Wang Chun reduced its holdings by 6,609 ETH (16.63 million USD) again 10 hours ago.Since this round of increase, it has cumulatively reduced its holdings by 23,378 ETH (55.06 million USD), with an average price of about 2,355 USD.

Alibaba's video large model Wan 3 is officially launched, and Nvidia is negotiating an investment in Perplexity, which is valued at over $30 billion.Xiaomi releases the Xuan Ring O3 processor using 3 nm technology, and smart ring manufacturer Oura plans to raise up to $3 billion in an IPO.

According to the Economic Daily, semiconductor silicon wafers have seen a significant price increase for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, covering the full range of specifications including 6-inch, 8-inch, and 12-inch, with an increase starting at 10%. Industry insiders believe this is the first price adjustment in over three years, and major Taiwanese silicon wafer suppliers such as GlobalWafers, TSMC, and Hejian are expected to see improvements in revenue and profitability.GlobalWafers stated that recent demand in some end markets has gradually improved, inventory adjustments in the supply chain are healthier than in the past, and market signals are more positive than last year, but prices still depend on the product, specifications, and customer situations. TSMC mentioned that under cost pressures and demand support, they have begun communicating price adjustments with customers, and operations in the second half of the year are expected to outperform the first half. Hejian indicated that they are actively negotiating price adjustments with customers and continuing to promote advanced packaging and related products.Industry analysis suggests that this round of price increases mainly reflects the rebound in chip demand driven by AI, with increased usage in advanced and mature processes, allowing the upstream silicon wafer industry to gradually feel the recovery. Currently, the negotiation progress varies among factories and customers, with some 12-inch polished wafers already subject to new quotes with double-digit percentage increases, and discussions for 8-inch and 6-inch products are also moving in a similar upward direction.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun's address may have reduced some ETH in the past 3 days of the rising market to lower leverage.The address first transferred 12,765 ETH (approximately 28.73 million USD) to Binance, and then withdrew 87.68 million USDC to repay its loan on Spark.Currently, the address still holds approximately 65,000 ETH (about 159 million USD) and 1,000 WBTC (approximately 77.18 million USD).

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun stated, "The bear market is over."Previously, ChainCatcher reported that Wang Chun gradually bottomed out approximately 70,600 ETH (about $11.7 million) and 966 WBTC (about $6.029 million) in June, but during the market rebound in July, Wang Chun transferred 36,600 ETH and 160 WBTC to Binance, expecting to profit $3.4 million.

At the 2026 World Robot Conference, Wang Xingxing, founder and chairman of Yushu Technology, delivered a keynote speech titled "From Exhibits to Products: The Next Decade of the Humanoid Robot Industry." He stated that the company has been continuously promoting the integration of robots into daily life in recent years, including applications in automotive factories, deploying simple tests in its own factory, and the AI team advancing robots into households for work. However, due to overall efficiency and versatility still being insufficient, large-scale promotion has not yet occurred.Wang Xingxing believes that moving towards an embodied intelligent ChatGPT moment ideally requires 2 to 3 years, or even longer, 5 to 10 years. Reaching this moment means that in 80% of unfamiliar scenarios, robots can successfully complete about 80% of tasks through voice or text commands. The most critical challenge currently is the alignment of input and output of AI large models with real robots.

Yushu Technology officially listed on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, opening with a rise of over 500%, with a market value exceeding 350 billion yuan.The prospectus shows that Wang Xingxing, Chairman, General Manager, and Chief Technology Officer of Yushu Technology, directly holds 86,714,964 shares of the company, accounting for 21.4395% of the total share capital after issuance. Before the issuance, Wang Xingxing also indirectly held 9.5367% of the company's shares through the equity incentive platform Shanghai Yuyi. Calculating together, his direct and indirect holdings account for about 30% of the company's shares, with a market value exceeding 100 billion yuan, making him the richest person born in the 1990s.According to the 2025 list of entrepreneurs born in the 1990s published by New Fortune Magazine, Liu Jingkang, founder of Yingstone Innovation, has a net worth of 20.2 billion yuan, becoming the new richest person born in the 1990s.

According to a report by the Korea United News Agency, the Gwangju Police Agency's Cyber Crime Investigation Team will arrest and transfer three suspects led by A (in their 60s), who are suspected of establishing offices in Seoul, Gwangju in South Jeolla Province, and Gunsan in North Jeolla Province since November 2024. They allegedly deceived over 100 elderly individuals aged 70 to 80 into investing in virtual assets with false promises such as "guaranteed principal" and "potential profits of hundreds of billions of Korean won," accumulating approximately 500 million Korean won in fraud.The police stated that there are likely still unreported victims and are continuing to expand the investigation, reminding the public to remain vigilant against investment offers that promise guaranteed principal and high returns.

According to Reuters, the U.S. government plans to send letters to more than 30 countries that signed the "Joint Statement on the Partnership for Artificial Intelligence Opportunities," asking them to choose sides in the U.S.-China AI competition.The U.S. has threatened that if they participate in the China-led AI framework, they will be excluded from the U.S.-led "AI Alliance."

According to the announcement from the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Yushu Technology has released the announcement of the results of its initial public offering and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, as well as the prospectus for the initial public offering and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board. It disclosed that the online and offline subscription payment work has been completed, and after the adjustment mechanism was activated, the final number of shares issued offline was 22,650,148 shares, accounting for approximately 70% of the number of shares issued after deducting the final strategic placement. The final number of shares issued online was 9,707,000 shares, accounting for approximately 30% of the number of shares issued after deducting the final strategic placement.In addition, before this issuance, the actual controller of Yushu Technology, Wang Xingxing, directly held 86,714,964 shares of the company, controlling a total of 34.763% of the shares. Through the arrangement of special voting rights, the proportion of voting rights controlled by Wang Xingxing in the company was 68.7816%. After this issuance, the proportion of voting rights controlled by Wang Xingxing will decrease to no more than 65.309%.

According to The Bitcoin Historian (@pete_rizzo_), a member of the Taiwanese parliament stated that there is a "100% chance" that Taiwan will establish a strategic reserve of Bitcoin.The legislator emphasized that Bitcoin is different from gold, possessing the characteristics of digital transfer and verification, and pointed out that "the world has changed," with countries competing to lay out Bitcoin for national security considerations, acting ahead of the United States.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun stated that they currently do not support the BIP-54 proposal, but if the proposal is strictly advanced according to BIP-9 (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal activation mechanism) and reaches the required absolute majority signal threshold, their team will update the mining pool nodes. Chun indicated that they will not participate in the signal voting for BIP-54 until the formal activation conditions are met.BIP-54 is one of the protocol upgrade proposals recently discussed in the Bitcoin community, involving adjustments to Bitcoin's consensus rules. Wang Chun's statement reflects that some miners remain cautious about the proposal and prefer to promote the upgrade through the standardized BIP-9 process and community consensus.

TSMC announced its revenue report for July 2026, with consolidated revenue of approximately NT$467.58 billion (about US$14.3 billion), a quarter-on-quarter increase of 5.6% and a year-on-year increase of 44.7%. The cumulative revenue from January to July 2026 was approximately NT$2.872 trillion (about US$87.9 billion), a year-on-year increase of 37.0%.In its second-quarter financial report, TSMC stated that demand related to AI remains strong, with HPC and advanced process orders being the main growth drivers. It is expected that annual revenue in US dollars can achieve a mid-to-high double-digit growth. The company is actively promoting the expansion plans for advanced processes such as 2nm and 1.4nm, while the capacity for advanced packaging like CoWoS is also continuously expanding.

According to the Economic Daily News, there are market rumors that TSMC plans to acquire AUO's L7 plant (7.5 generation line) and L5C plant (5 generation line), with the transaction amount estimated to exceed 30 billion New Taiwan Dollars (approximately 920 million USD). Both parties are negotiating based on the "Innolux model," and TSMC has sent personnel for on-site audits but has not yet signed a contract announcement. The AUO Zhongke plant is adjacent to TSMC's Zhongke No. 15 plant, providing geographical advantages.The report states that TSMC plans to use CoPoS technology as the next generation of 2.5D advanced packaging after CoWoS, introducing panel-level glass substrate packaging through "transforming round into square" to address the area waste and warping issues of ultra-large AI chips on 12-inch wafers. TSMC's first CoPoS production line has been completed and launched at the Chiayi AP7 plant. Industry insiders believe that panel manufacturers possess experience in handling large substrates and managing production lines, making them providers of "intermediate layer capabilities" for the mass production of advanced packaging.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun stated that OCEAN mining pool co-founder and CTO Luke Dashjr has not only gone bankrupt financially but has also lost his personal credibility.He also sarcastically suggested that Luke might as well try changing the PoW algorithm next, but the outcome would not be good either.

On August 7, Wang Xingxing, Chairman of Yushu Technology, stated during an online roadshow that entering the capital market is a new starting point for the company. In the future, it will continue to deepen the research and development of core technologies for general embodied intelligent robots and their industrial application, while actively exploring more product forms such as humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and mechas. He emphasized that the embodied intelligence industry is still in its early development stage, and the generalization capabilities of robots need to be improved collectively across the industry. The company will continue to tackle key hardware and software technologies such as large embodied models, scenario data collection, reinforcement learning, and self-research of core components.According to previous news, Yushu Technology's IPO issuance price is 150.80 yuan per share, with an issuance market value of approximately 60.9 billion yuan, planning to publicly issue 40.4464 million shares, accounting for 10% of the total share capital after issuance. In the strategic placement, DeepSeek was allocated 933,400 shares (subscription of 141 million yuan, lock-up period of 36 months), and Shanghai Qishan Investment, a subsidiary of Tencent, was allocated 903,300 shares. Online and offline subscriptions will begin on August 10. Wang Xingxing revealed that the company has achieved the world's number one shipment volume for humanoid robots by 2025, with net profit rapidly increasing after excluding non-recurring items.