US pre-market news brief: Musk's Optimus robot expected to be delivered next year, SK Hynix accelerates deployment of iHBM technology.

BlockBeats news, October 22, key pre-market news for US stocks is as follows:

1. SK Hynix is pushing its next-generation iHBM technology toward mass production. This technology will be applied to next-generation products such as HBM5, reducing HBM thermal resistance by more than 30%.

2. Musk said that the progress of his Terafab self-developed chip factory project is rapid, with the goal of achieving large-scale mass production of some practical chips in the third quarter of 2028.

3. Micron Technology said that after more than 20 years of evaluation, the 4F² architecture is "currently not on the roadmap." It plans to continue expanding its 6F² architecture while developing 3D DRAM as a long-term alternative. Micron said that DRAM bit density mainly depends on capacitor spacing, not just cell architecture.

4. Meta disclosed that as of September 30, the company has conditional cloud computing capacity purchase obligations, with purchase amounts of up to $14.72 billion over the next five years. Meta's future expenditure commitments have surged to $825 billion.

5. The US government is discussing a series of reform plans regarding "Trump Accounts," including allowing adults under 40 to participate as well. This idea may be close to the previously widely discussed universal income system.

6. Musk said that humanoid robots will become the world's largest industry, and external deliveries of Optimus robots are expected by the end of next year.

7. Anthropic announced the launch of AI agent Claude Duet. Duet is built on the Opus 5.5 model and is available as a standalone app on iOS and Android, and can be accessed on desktop via the claude.ai website.