Some units of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Fold, which were distributed for reviews before the U.S. launch on April 26, showed abnormal functions such as its display being turned off or flickering after one or two days’ use."Some units of Samsung Electronics's US$1,980 Galaxy Fold showed display

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has completed the expansion of its dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) manufacturing plant in Wuxi, China.SK Hynix held a completion ceremony for C2F, an expansion of its existing C2 DRAM fabrication line in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province of China,

Naver has thrown down the gauntlet to global IT giants increasingly penetrating the South Korean cloud service market.“South Korea has always been a test bed for new information technologies, which means competition has always been there,” said Park Won-ki, head of Naver Business Platform Corp. in a

Samsung Display announced on April 17 that its 7.3-inch 1536×2152 foldable OLED display for the Galaxy Fold received the “Eye Comfort” certification from TUV Rheinland, a technology evaluation organization of Germany.The foldable OLED for the Galaxy Fold lowered the portion of harmful blue light in

Intel has discussed technical cooperation on new high-performance external graphics card “Xe” with Samsung Electronics. Industry watchers speculate that Samsung Electronics' next-generation DRAM, DDR5, may be loaded into this product.Raja Koduri, senior vice president of the Graphics Processing

Nokia has begun to deliver its 5G communications equipment to SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ this month, three months behind schedule. The three mobile carriers have received 1,000 to 4,000 units of the equipment so far whereas some have received 30,000 to 40,000 units from Samsung Electronics during the

A Dutch news outlet reported on April 16 (local time) that Samsung Electronics was responsible for the 2015 software theft from ASML, the world’s largest chip machinery manufacturer based in the Netherlands.According to LetsGoDigital, a Dutch online news site specializing in information technology,

KT, Korea's leading telecom company, will apply blockchain technology to Internet of Things (IoT) security and regional currency projects. In addition, the company will also enter the blockchain service platform (BaaS) business to help companies easily use blockchain technology.KT unveiled its b

Samsung Electronics Co. launched the Galaxy A2 Core smartphone in India last weekend to capture the low-end smartphone market and lowered the price to 5,300 rupees (US$76 or 87,000 won). The company already announced a full set of seven A-series phones this year, seeking to expand its share of the l

Samsung Electronics announced on April 16 that it has succeeded in developing a 5-nanometer (nm) process that can enhance logic density and performance of processors compared with the current 7-nm process.The company also announced that it would start within this month mass production of chips using

After the launch of 5G services earlier this month, KT customers voiced complaints about 4G services on many internet websites. They claimed that KT’s LTE speed has dropped sharply since the launch of 5G services.Such complaints began to arise following the launch of 5G services. Netizens all pointe

Samsung Electronics and Taiwanese foundry maker TSMC are intensifying competition to take the lead in development of ultra-microprocessing technologies.Taiwan's TSMC, the No. 1 player in the global foundry market, has recently completed a system semiconductor design platform for its 5-nanometer

LG Display's small and medium-sized flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) display business is standing at a crossroads. The company entered this sector last year in a bid to take a share of the market dominated by Samsung Electronics. Yet before the company began to chase Samsung Electron

Busan City has been selected as the preferred bidder for South Korea’s blockchain regulation-free zone. The final examination and designation by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups are scheduled for July this year. Busan City is competing with Jeju Province for the designation.Busan City is planning t

LG Electronics announced on April 14 that it has launched the latest smartphone LG G8 ThinQ in the North American market on March 12 (local time). The G8 is sold by major carriers like Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile and also as an unlocked phone through electronic distribution channels.American

Samsung SDS announced on April 14 that it has signed a business agreement with India’s Tech Mahindra to spread Nexledger, a blockchain platform for enterprises, in the global market.Tech Mahindra is Mahindra Group’s IT service company with over 900 corporate clients and over 120,000 IT engineers.Und

Chen Wei-Hua, chief technology officer of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) that leads China's NAND industry, recently suggested in a media interview that the company would be able to mass-produce 64-layer 3D NAND flashes by the end of the year."We have a mass production plan in place," Che

With 5G services set to begin in Europe next month, LG Electronics and Oppo of China are likely to compete to roll out the first 5G smartphone in Europe. LG Electronics plans to boost its market share in Europe by launching the V50 ThinQ next month.Switzerland's state-owned mobile carrier Swissc

South Korea has won the race to become the first country in the world to launch 5G services as the three mobile operators activated the 5G mobile phones of their first subcribers at 11 p.m. on April 3. With the release of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S10 5G model on April 5, ordinary users have s

Samsung Display has begun mass production of foldable displays for the Galaxy Fold smartphone.Samsung Display announced on April 10 that it held a ceremony on April 9 to celebrate the mass production of foldable displays and to appreciate the efforts of employees who participated in the project.Fold