據路透社報道，知情人士稱，中國芯片製造商長鑫存儲正準備進入由三星電子等外國對手主導的蓬勃發展的閃存芯片市場。兩名消息人士稱， 長鑫存儲計劃在其北京新工廠建立一條NAND閃存研發生產線。一名消息人士說，該公司還在北京設立了一個研究所，那裏的項目包括NAND開發。第三名消息人士說， 長鑫存儲已與客戶討論了其NAND計劃，包括一家新成立的初創公司，該公司打算購買其NAND芯片，用於AI系統和超級計算機的存儲產品 ，但拒絕透露該公司名稱。目前尚不清楚該研發生產線何時開始運營，也不清楚長鑫存儲是否打算從研發和試生產轉向大規模商業製造。

On Sept 18 local time the Malaysia Pardons Department said former prime minister Najib Razak will be allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until August 2028. Najib, who led Malaysia from 2009–2018 and helped establish 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), was convicted in July 2020 by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on seven counts including misappropriation and money laundering in the SRC International case, and was sentenced to 12 years’ prison and fined RM210 million.

Spot gold hit US$4,390/oz, up 1.11% intraday.