Today's news: plunged 62%! Another bank in the United States is going to be thundered; Samsung mass-produced the third-generation 4nm process in the first half of the year; Tencent’s T13 technology boss Huang Xitong was exposed to layoffs; Huawei’s P60 series will be released on March 23; Apple’s CEO Cook cut his salary by 40%
Plummeted 62%! Another U.S. bank is about to be hit by a thunderbolt
The huge shock in the U.S. banking sector has not disappeared, and the market panic has intensified.
There are currently three bank run crises in the United States. Following the explosion of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (Silicon Valley Bank), Signature Bank was also announced to be closed on March 12.
Now, investors are focusing their attention on Silicon Valley Bank's "citizen", also headquartered in California, First Republic Bank (First Republic Bank), and the market is worried that it will become the next bank to be hit by a thunderbolt.
Following last week's cumulative decline of more than 30%, on March 13, First Republic Bank once again staged a critical moment, falling nearly 75% at one point, and its stock price fell 61.83% at the final close. The latest total market value is less than 6 billion US dollars.
The bank had previously said it had shored up its finances with additional funding from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan. At present, all unused liquidity funds of FRC exceed 70 billion U.S. dollars, and more liquidity can be obtained through the "Bank Term Financing Program" announced by the Federal Reserve.
Samsung mass-produced the third-generation 4nm process in the first half of the year
In the field of chip foundry, TSMC is the only one, and Samsung is the only rival that can compete with TSMC in technology, but each generation of technology will be a little bit worse. For example, the yield rate has troubled Samsung for many years, causing Samsung to fail. Stay with big customers.
Taking the 4nm process as an example, Samsung has mass-produced two generations of 4nm, and it once made the Snapdragon 8 series flagship for Qualcomm, but after the Snapdragon 8+ and the current second-generation Snapdragon 8, Qualcomm also turned to TSMC 4nm Yes, and the upcoming Snapdragon 7+ series is also manufactured by TSMC.
Samsung has also prepared the third-generation 4nm process, which will be mass-produced in the first half of this year. Compared with the early 4nm process, the new version provides better performance, and the biggest troublesome yield rate problem that plagued Samsung has also been solved this time. ; 60% level.
Although compared with TSMC's 70-80% yield rate of the same level of process, Samsung's third-generation 4nm process is still a bit worse, but it is a qualitative change compared to the earlier rumored yield rate of less than 30%, which can greatly improve Samsung's 4nm process. Competitiveness.
Tencent T13 technology boss Huang Xitong was exposed to layoffs
Joined Tencent in 2005, Tencent's first web front-end expert, rank T13, and was the highest-level front-end expert of Tencent until January this year. Huang Xitong, a front-end expert with such a resume, was exposed to be laid off by Tencent at the age of 47.
Mrs. Huang Xitong revealed: (Huang Xitong) has worked in the goose factory for 15 years, and received a layoff notice a year ago. And emphasized that "it is layoffs, not retirement." The reasons for being laid off and no longer trying to transfer internally are: not taking a management position, not being able to manage upwards, and not being willing to be PUAed.
Huawei P60 series will be released on March 23
According to news on March 13, Huawei officially announced that it will hold a Huawei spring flagship new product launch conference in Shanghai at 14:30 on March 23. At that time, Huawei P60 series and Huawei Mate X3 folding screen will be released. It is expected to include Changxiang 60, Watch 4 series smart watches, Band B7 sports bracelet, Huawei Freebuds series earphones and other new products.
According to previous revelations and various certification information, Huawei P60 series is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ 4G platform, the first 50Mp± Sony IMX888 sensor, with f / 1.4-4.0 variable aperture solution, and will also be equipped with Huawei's self-developed XMAGE image .
In addition, the Huawei P60 Pro will also be equipped with a 64-megapixel OmniVision OV64B telephoto camera that supports 3.5x optical zoom and uses an RYYB sensor.
Apple CEO Tim Cook takes 40% pay cut
Investors in Apple recently re-elected its board of directors at an online shareholder meeting and approved compensation plans for top executives, including Tim Cook.
Compared with the $99 million salary in 2022, Cook's salary of $49 million this year has shrunk by about 40%, according to the decision of Apple's shareholder meeting. Shareholders have been dissatisfied with Apple's recent performance, which also reported a three-year decline in iPhones last month.
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