➀ China experienced a decline in chip investment, with new investment deals dropping by 35.9% year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2024; ➁ The total funding decreased by 32.4%; ➂ ChangXin Memory and Unisoc were the largest and second-largest investors, respectively. JW Insights notes that the US semiconductor market surpassed China's in Q3, driven by massive AI infrastructure investments in the US.

➀ Unisoc, a Chinese developer of application processors, has announced the world's first open architecture RISC-V security chip; ➁ The E450R chip offers performance improvements for security algorithms, including a 50% faster cryptographic PKE algorithm engine; ➂ The chip's custom microarchitecture reduces application code size by 30% and increases application load times by 120%.

➀ MediaTek maintains the top spot in the smartphone AP market with a 40% shipment share. ➁ Apple leads in revenue share with 39%, despite a slight decline. ➂ Qualcomm's shipments grow 6%, but revenue declines 6%, indicating challenges in the high-end market. ➃ Samsung's Exynos series sees a 9% increase in shipments and a 71% rise in sales, driven by flagship models. ➄ UNISOC's shipments surge 42%, though its market share remains low due to focusing on entry-level devices. ➅ HiSilicon sees a modest 2.7% market share in shipments, with stable revenue.