Group 1 - Semiconductor stocks showed significant gains in early trading, with Hongguang Semiconductor rising by 7.14% to HKD 0.6, Huahong Semiconductor up by 4.78% to HKD 49.58, Jingmen Semiconductor increasing by 3.16% to HKD 0.49, and SMIC rising by 2.88% to HKD 53.55 [1] - The National Internet Information Office of China has raised concerns regarding security risks associated with backdoor vulnerabilities in NVIDIA's computing chips, following reports of the U.S. embedding tracking devices in AI-related chips to monitor their transfer to China [1] - According to a report from Founder Securities, there is a strong outlook for two key directions in the semiconductor industry: self-controllability and edge AI. The report emphasizes that self-controllability is the main focus, with the domestic supply chain strengthening across AI computing, manufacturing, and packaging [1] Group 2 - Despite the current state of domestic AI computing chips being in a catch-up phase, the continuous iteration of products and the gradual enhancement of supply chain capabilities are expected to lead to an increase in market share [1]