The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on March 21 that it will be holding the “On-device AI Ultra-differential Challenge” launch ceremony at the Josun Palace Hotel in the Gangnam district of Seoul in collaboration with LG Electronics, Microsoft Korea, and Intel Korea. This event marks the begi
Point2 Technology announced on March 4 that it has raised US$23 million in Series B1 funding from Bosch Ventures and Molex.The company’s e-tube technology is 80% lighter and 50% less voluminous than traditional copper wire. Additionally, it can reduce power consumption and cost by 50% compared to op
Considering the key role of electronics in future cars, alliances between electronics and automotive companies, dubbed E-Vehicle Alliances, are being formed worldwide.Sony Honda Mobility, the electric vehicle joint venture of Sony and Honda, held a press conference in Las Vegas on Jan. 8 (local time
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) smartphones are forecasted to lead market trends starting from 2024 with smartphone manufacturers planning to incorporate generative AI functions into their devices. Industry leaders like Samsung Electronics, with its Galaxy AI, are expected to dominate this e
Samsung Electronics and KDDI today announced the companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a 5G Global Network Slicing Alliance. Through this new alliance, the companies will work together to introduce an array of commercial 5G network slicing services and assess new business
SKC will invest in U.S. semiconductor packaging startup Chipletz.SKC announced on Nov. 11 that it will participate in Chipletz’s Series B investment and secure a stake of approximately 12 percent. The exact percentage will be finalized upon the close of Chipletz’s Series B funding.According to an ag
As tensions intensify between the U.S. and China over smartphones equipped with Huawei’s self-developed 5G chips, uncertainty surrounding the Chinese plants of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix is expected to deepen.According to industry sources and foreign media on Sept. 10, after Huawei unveiled tw
Starting next year, Samsung Electronics plans to upgrade its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Bixby to a generative AI, enabling more natural conversations between users and devices. To support this, the company will equip home appliances with an ultra-low-power Neural Processing Unit (NPU) ch
Samsung Electronics is likely to benefit from disruption of TSMC’s plan to operate its 3-nm process due to Intel’s order delay. With Apple preempting most of TSMC’s 3-nm line, TSMC has become unable to accept foundry orders from other major corporate customers, Qualcomm, AMD, Intel, and others are s
MediaTek, the global leader in the mobile application processor (AP) industry, is accelerating its market share expansion with the launch of its new chipset.According to industry sources on July 13, MediaTek, Taiwan’s largest fabless semiconductor design firm, recently unveiled its new mobile AP pro
SKC announced on July 7 that it has decided to acquire a 45% stake in ISC for a total of 522.5 billion won (US$400 million). This decision came following a board of directors meeting. The company will acquire a 35.8% stake held by the majority shareholder for 347.5 billion won and invest an addition
Samsung Electronics has confirmed that it has temporarily postponed the development of an extended reality (XR) product. Industry analysts say that it was an internal decision made in light of the Vision Pro headset unveiled by Apple in June.Samsung Electronics said in a recent notice to its panel p
Samsung Electronics will develop automotive semiconductors in tandem with software developer Wind River. Wind River is an affiliate of U.S. autonomous driving technology developer Aptiv, which has a partnership with Hyundai.According to industry sources on June 27, Samsung Electronics will use Wind
While Apple is set to release its Vision Pro mixed reality (MR) headset with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) capabilities in 2024, Samsung Electronics, Google, and Qualcomm of the Android group are also working on the development of new MR devices. Industry insiders are expecting a c
Semiconductor companies that have been using ARM’s services, such as Samsung Electronics, have begun to part ways with ARM. This is because they believe that ARM has been abusing its power by raising license fees and forcing the use of its designs. An alternative is RISC-V, an open-source semiconduc
Samsung Electronics has suffered from an abuse of power at the hands of Broadcom, a U.S.-based semiconductor company, after a similar incident involving Qualcomm. Broadcom had proposed to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) to pay 20 billion won (US$15 million) in stimulus funds as a voluntary co
The Korea Fair Trade Commission fined Qualcomm 1.0311 trillion won (US$795.03 million) in 2017 for market dominance abuse and unfair transactions. On April 13, the Supreme Court of South Korea finalized its ruling that the penalty was legitimate.The penalty was imposed on Jan. 20, 2017. At that time
The Exynos is an in-house AP of Samsung Electronics, but it was not used in the Galaxy S23 series launched this year. This is because the Galaxy S22 series for 2022 was embroiled in the game optimization service (GOS) controversy last year. The GOS lowers the performance of Galaxy devices when playi
Samsung Electronics have joined hands with Google and Qualcomm to develop next-generation extended reality (XR) devices. The specific method of their cooperation has not been finalized. But as Apple is about to release a mixed reality (MR) device within this year, the three companies are banding tog
Samsung Electronics announced on Nov. 30 that the company is supplying a variety of 5G radios to support NTT DOCOMO’s Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) expansion. Samsung will now provide a range of Open RAN-compliant 5G radios covering all of the Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum bands held by