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September 07, 2023
Samsung CEO confident in competing against TSMC
Samsung Electronics co-CEO Kyung Kye-hyun, who oversees the tech giant’s chips business, expressed confidence in the foundry competition with its archrival, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., in line with the construction of a new chip plant in Taylor, Texas. Kyung visite...
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September 06, 2023
[From the scene] Samsung shows off end-to-end automotive solutions at IAA 2023
MUNICH -- Samsung Electronics, the world’s No. 1 memory chip and smartphone maker, made its official debut at an international motor show, renewing its automotive ambitions as a “total solutions prov...xhibition center, Samsung’s booth was located next to those of i...
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September 05, 2023
Samsung works on energy-saving chips for home appliances
BERLIN -- Samsung Electronics revealed it is developing a new neural processing unit chip for home appliances featuring artificial intelligence, to support them to run on ultra-low energy, at this year's IFA, held in Berlin. With the goal of making smarter home appliances, the ...
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September 04, 2023
Samsung will cement premium market leadership: TV chief
BERLIN -- While the global TV market struggles to move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Samsung Electronic said it will strengthen its leadership in making larger and more higher-end TVs, as the market ... is leading the market, outpacing its rivals by far," Chung Kang-il, executive vice pre...
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September 02, 2023
Corning starts producing bendable glass in Korea
...onference was also to celebrate its 50 years of business here. The US firm entered the Korean market in the early 1970s with consumer products and TV technology, thanks to its partner of 50 years, Samsung, allowing it to stay in the TV business across the region. The chairman showed ap...
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September 02, 2023
Samsung, LG to boast enhanced connectivity at IFA
At this year’s IFA, Europe’s biggest home appliances trade show, two of South Korea’s tech giants, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, are set to showcase their latest premium products that maximize energy efficiency As the IFA celebrates its 99th anniversary t...
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August 31, 2023
[KH explains] Chipmakers reach out to undergraduates to tackle talent shortage
...than their rivals, but also to secure more tech talent as governments race to build up their chip industry as national security assets. South Korea, home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, is no exception. Amid their big push for glob...
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August 29, 2023
Samsung recruiting foreign tech talent to work at Korean operations
Samsung Group's key technology affiliates -- Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display and Samsung SDI -- will hire experienced workers with research and development capabilities from outside the country, according to industry sources on Monday. South K...
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August 28, 2023
‘Samsung needs control tower’: compliance committee chief
Samsung Group is a "massive aircraft carrier" and so it needs a control tower for better efficiency and unity, the chief of the tech giant's compliance committee said in an interview with a local new...e of the captain.” It is not the first time Lee raised the need for a central control...
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August 27, 2023
KT CEO nominee to debut at global leadership conference next month
...ndustry leaders to define the strategy and policy for the next generation of digital nations. Some other speakers from local industry players include Kim Woo-june, head of the network business at Samsung Electronics; Chae Seon-ju, president of ESG and a board member at Naver;...
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August 25, 2023
Naver's HyperClova X AI unrivaled in Hangeul
...o encourage their diversity and grow further with our technology," Choi said. “We hope that the system will be established in a win-win way for content companies and technology companies in the AI data learning process,” she said. “We'll also work with global partners such as Samsung...
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August 23, 2023
New FKI chief vows to ensure transparency to 'clean up dark past' as chaebol rejoin
... Geun-hye. At the time, key member companies, including the country's big four conglomerates -- Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK and LG -- sought to keep a distance from the FKI by terminating membership. ... remained members of the think tank. Among five Samsung affiliates who we...
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August 22, 2023
SK hynix unveils HBM3E, supplies sample to Nvidia
..., Nvidia said. SK hynix has been considered the front-runner in the HBM market, taking up almost 50 percent of the market share as of 2022, according to data released by TrendForce. For this year, the market tracker expects both Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to each take 4...
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August 22, 2023
Big 4 chaebol groups seek to rebuild FKI
South Korea’s top four chaebol groups -- Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor and LG -- are likely to rejoin the Federation of Korean Industries, the disgraced business lobby group that has remained practicall... “immediate withdrawal in the event of political collusion.” On Monday, key affiliat...
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August 21, 2023
Samsung SDI seeks global tech talent
Some 200 participants attended Samsung SDI's job fair in Korea on Friday, the firm said Sunday, as it seeks to secure top tech talent to continue its growth momentum. In cooperation with local unive...cutives. “It all comes down to people to materialize our business goal. Be the star t...
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August 20, 2023
Listed firms’ earnings plunge in H1
...t on-year. The drop in profit was the largest seen since the KRX began compiling the data in 2005. But the firms' total sales rose 2.28 percent on-year to a record 1,390 trillion won. Tech giant Samsung Electronics accounted for 8.9 percent of the total sales. Yet the avera...
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August 17, 2023
Samsung sells ASML stakes to secure W3tr
Samsung Electronics sold a portion of its stakes in Dutch chip equipment maker ASML and secured 3 trillion won ($2.24 billion) in cash, the company reported in its semi-annual report Monday. In the report, the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker reported that it held 2.75 million s...
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August 17, 2023
Samsung’s Taylor fab secures first order from AI startup Groq
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chip maker, has forged a partnership with Groq, a US-based artificial intelligence inference systems provider, securing the first chip order for its se...ounder of Groq said. Marco Chisari, executive vice president of Samsun...
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August 16, 2023
[KH Explains] Samsung, LG to make motor show debuts next month
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics will attend IAA Mobility 2023, a major global automotive fair, for the first time next month, signifying the South Korean electronics giants’ emphasis on the automotive electronic components market. IAA Mobility, which...
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August 16, 2023
Chip inventory of Samsung, SK hits W50tr
Samsung Electronics’ chip division and SK hynix have seen their inventories surge in the first half of this year, surpassing a combined 50 trillion won ($37.3 billion), according to the semi-annual reports released by the two firms on DART, the Financial Supervisory Service's e...