SK hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has begun mass production of its 238-layer 4D NAND Flash memory, boasting the industry's highest layer count and widening the technological gap with its rivals. The chipmaker said it has also begun product compatibility tests with a global smartphone manufacturer. When completed, it will begin supplying the 238-layer NAND product for smartphones, and expand usage across its product portfolio, such as Peripheral C

Industry June 8, 2023

Samsung Electronics, the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker by shipment, said Wednesday it will unveil its new foldable smartphone series in Seoul for the first time, in the “beating heart” of the company’s dynamic growth worldwide. The upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event will be held at Coex convention center in Samseong-dong, Gangnam, on July 26. Samsung has advanced the launch schedule from the usual August to July, a move which would likely affect the company’s third-qua

Industry June 7, 2023

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that its latest automotive processor, the Exynos Auto V920, will be supplied to Hyundai Motor’s next-generation in-vehicle infotainment systems, a first chip collaboration between the nation’s top two companies. “We are thrilled to be collaborating with Hyundai Motor, a prominent global mobility manufacturer, and we anticipate that this partnership will further solidify our position in the automotive infotainment space,” said Jae Geol Py

Industry June 7, 2023

Samsung Electronics, the world’s leading smartphone and chip maker, on Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of the late former chairman’s iconic New Management Initiative, which is widely considered to have led the then consumer appliance firm towards becoming a global tech powerhouse. Three decades ago, Samsung late former Chairman Lee Kun-hee convened an executive meeting in Frankfurt, Germany for three days, during which he urged a drastic change in management. "If you are to

Industry June 6, 2023

LG Electronics announced Monday it has joined RE100 initiative to go net zero by 2050. The RE100 initiative, introduced by The Climate Group in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project in 2014, sets a 2050 target for using 100 percent renewable electricity. Global tech giants such as Samsung Electronics, Apple, TSMC and Sony have already joined the initiative. LG Electronics said it will gradually increase the percentage of renewable electricity usage to 60 percent by 2030, and then to 90

Industry June 5, 2023

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Quest 3, his company’s latest virtual and mixed reality headset, via social media on Thursday, teasing the product before rival Apple’s similar launch expected next week. In a video on Instagram, Zuckerberg showed the Quest 3, which releases in fall. Meta said the latest headset features higher resolution, stronger performance with Meta Reality technology and is slimmer with a more comfortable form factor than the previous iteration. The latest d

Industry June 2, 2023

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong attended the awards ceremony for the Samsung Ho-Am Prize held in Seoul, Thursday, renewing his commitment to inheriting the group’s founding spirit of “patriotic industrial service,” according to company officials. It was the first time for Lee to take part in the annual event as chairman of the tech giant. The Samsung Ho-Am Prize, which uses the pen name of Samsung Group’s late founder Lee Byung-chull, was established in 1990 by

Industry June 2, 2023

US chip giant Intel, which takes up over 70 percent of the global CPU market, is expected to establish a semiconductor data center development lab in Seoul to ramp up cooperation with major chipmakers here. The tech giant revealed the plan to build such research facilities in six countries, which also include the United States, Taiwan, China, India and Mexico, at Intel Vision 2023 last week in Taiwan, according to industry sources here on Thursday. In Seoul, the envisioned facility will be dubbe

Industry June 1, 2023

Merck said Wednesday it introduced new barrier materials that offer superior flexibility, higher reliability and longer lifespan in flexible OLED devices, when compared to existing solutions. Fully flexible OLED displays utilized in foldable, rollable and stretchable devices require a reduction of about 60 percent of the display module’s thickness when compared to standard displays. But because OLEDs are highly susceptible to degradation by moisture and oxygen, an encapsulation or barrier

Industry May 31, 2023

The mobile webpage of Naver, South Korea’s largest online portal, suffered a brief service disruption early Wednesday after North Korea launched what it called a military reconnaissance satellite. According to Naver, its the server went down for about five minutes, from 6:43 a.m. to 6:48 a.m. due to high traffic, soon after the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued an emergency alert text message urging people to prepare for evacuation at 6:41 a.m. The message said the city government had i

Industry May 31, 2023

China appears to be feeling pressure of potential chip shortfall after banning US-based chipmaker Micron Technology from selling certain products to its market, and is calling for South Korean chipmakers to fill up the gap to meet its local chip demand, according to experts on Tuesday. Global Times, China’s state-run English media, said in an opinion piece on Monday it will be “natural” for South Korea’s chip companies to fill some market gap in China, if China and South

Industry May 30, 2023

South Korean internet giant Naver has carried out an extensive renewal of the interface of its search engine to maximize user experience for super-personalized results based on artificial intelligence, the company said Friday. Naver, which operates the country’s No. 1 web portal and search engine, said it has optimized the platform for AI search, responding to rising competition with the emergence of generative AI. Naver adopted the “Air Search” algorithm for its search engine

Industry May 26, 2023

LG Electronics said Thursday it has kicked off mass production of electric vehicle chargers, officially tapping into the burgeoning market. Celebrating the production of its first EV charger, the company introduced four new models in the works at a ceremony at LG Digital Park in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. During the event, the company announced the rebranding of its EV charger affiliate AppleMango to HiEV Charger. “The start of EV charger production marks a significant miles

Industry May 25, 2023

진행자: 조혜림, Naomi Ng 1. [Hello Hangeul] Are slang terms and abbreviations degrading the Korean language? 기사요약: '케파케'란 '케이스 바이 케이스'라는 영어 표현의 한국식 줄임말로 상황마다 다르다라는 뜻이며 요새 유행하는 약어 중 하나다. 이렇게 다양한 은어와 줄임말들이 등장하며 세대 간 소통이 어려워지는 상황도 종종 발생하는데 이러한 현상이 과연 국어를 훼손하진 않을지 짚어본다. [1] When Cha Mi-joo asked about her 14-year-old son's opinion on his school lunch, he nonchalantly shrugged and gave a one-word response, "kebake." She had to ask what he meant, because the term didn&

Podcast May 25, 2023

South Korea has asked the United States to reconsider details of the guardrail provision of its CHIPS Act, to ease the regulations limiting Korean chipmakers from expanding their production capacity in China. In the comment unveiled by the US Federal Register on Tuesday, the Korean government has requested the US Commerce Department to review and clarify the guardrail provision, which limits the beneficiaries of its semiconductor boost program from expanding their production capacity in China an

Industry May 24, 2023