As POSCO Holdings announced its first quarterly earnings under new Chairman Jang In-hwa, control of business development speeds by business division has become a hot topic.The company has set an investment budget of about 10.8 trillion won for this year, but the amount is likely to be reduced. The p
A cutting-edge CXL IP startup, Panmnesia, announced its participation as the main sponsor at the inaugural CXL Consortium Developer Conference 2024 (CXL DevCon 2024), set to take place in April in Santa Clara, California, USA. Panmnesia will showcase the Compute Express Link (CXL) interoperability o
On April 25, the Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology held a full council meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, to discuss the three major technology initiatives aimed at propelling South Korea to a leading position in the global arena.The government has finalized it
The world’s largest foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) company, Taiwan’s TSMC, has ignited the competition in ultra-fine processes among Samsung Electronics and Intel by announcing plans for 1.6-nanometer (nm) mass production in 2026.According to industry sources and foreign media report
Samsung Electronics is zeroing in on the digital health market with new artificial intelligence (AI) wearables. The Galaxy Watch 7, set for release in the second half of this year, is expected to offer blood glucose monitoring in addition to its earlier capability to detect sleep apnea. When combine
SK hynix announced that it participated in the TSMC 2024 Technology Symposium held in Santa Clara, California, in the U.S. on April 24 (local time), where it showcased its leading high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology.In addition, SK hynix revealed the current status of its collaboration with Taiwa
On April 24 (local time), Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, visited Silicon Valley in the U.S. to meet with Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. The meeting is believed to have focused on cooperation concerning high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a key component in AI semiconductors.On April 25, Chey posted
Hyundai Motor achieved an operating profit of over 3.5 trillion won in the first quarter of this year. Its sales reached a record high in the first quarter, surpassing the 40 trillion won mark.Hyundai Motor announced on April 25 that its consolidated sales for the first quarter of this year amounted
Hanwha Solution’s Q CELLS division (Hanwha Q CELLS) announced on April 25 that it will cease solar module production and sales in China through its Chinese subsidiary to focus on the U.S. market.The suspension of operations by Hanwha Q CELLS’ Chinese subsidiary amounts to 531 billion won (US$386.18
After receiving a lackluster performance report for the first quarter of this year, POSCO Holdings has signaled changes in its core businesses such as steel and secondary battery materials.POSCO Holdings announced on April 25 that its consolidated operating profit for the first quarter of this year
Lotte Group has sold “Lotte World Adventure Shenyang” in China. It marks over seven years since construction was halted at the end of 2016 due to China’s retaliation over the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Lotte World Shenyang was envisioned as a large-scale pr
SK hynix achieved unexpectedly strong performance in the first quarter, surpassing market expectations.The company announced on April 25 that it recorded 12.43 trillion won (US$9.04 billion) in sales and 2.89 trillion won in operating profits, representing a 23 percent operating profit margin, and 1
With South Korea’s manufacturing investments shifting from the western to the eastern United States, there’s a growing need to establish logistics infrastructure like port terminals on the U.S. East Coast to mitigate logistics risks.According to the report titled “Changes in Import-Export Logistics
The K-UAM One Team consortium, consisting of Korean Air, Hyundai Motor, and KT, has successfully validated the world’s first integrated operational system using 5G aviation networks for Urban Air Mobility (UAM).On April 24, Korean Air announced that it, along with Hyundai Motor, KT, Incheon Internat
LG Energy Solution has declared war against technology theft, believing that patent infringement by overseas battery-related manufacturers in regions like China and Europe is severe. The company’s own investigation revealed 580 cases of confirmed patent infringement. They are ready to pursue legal a
The upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, the first new gaming device from Japan’s Nintendo in eight years, is expected to incorporate a significant amount of technology from Samsung Electronics. It is predicted that a wide range of Samsung products, from displays to memory and foundry services, will be used,
SK hynix plans to invest 20 trillion won in Cheongju to expand its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production capacity. This move is interpreted as an effort to maintain its leading position amid intensifying HBM competition.On April 24, SK hynix announced that its board of directors has approved the pr
Toss Lab, the provider of the enterprise collaboration tool JANDI, announced that it has been honored with the 'Technology Rising Star Partner of the Year' award at the AWS Partner Summit Seoul 2024. This prestigious award is presented to an AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner that has dem
It has been revealed that global SPA brand H&M is struggling to overcome challenges in the domestic market.According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system on April 24, the operating profit of Hennes & Mauritz AB, the operator of H&M, for the fiscal year 2023 from Decemb
Hanwha Life Insurance has become the first domestic insurance company to venture into overseas banking.The company announced on April 24 that it will acquire a 40 percent stake in Nobu Bank held by Lippo Group, the sixth largest conglomerate in Indonesia. The process of equity investment will be fin