Apple's iPhone 11 was the best-selling smartphone in the world in the first quarter of this year. iPhone 11 shipments were over five times more than those of Samsung Electronics' flagship phone Galaxy S20 Plus.The iPhone 11 sold 19.5 million units in the first quarter of this year, ranking f

Samsung Electronics will invest in expanding foundry facilities for CMOS image sensors (CISs).The company is drawing up a detailed plan to convert part of its production lines for DRAMs in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province to CIS lines.In 2018, the company converted part of its DRAM line 11, which is base

Samsung Electronics has chosen blockchain technology as one of its future growth engines. The tech giant has officially launched the Blockchain Development Group by putting together researchers who have been working on blockchain development at various departments of its wireless business division.T

LG CNS announced on May 26 that it will develop ID cards that can be used anywhere in the world in partnership with Canada's Evernym, which specializes in blockchain-based decentralized identity (DID) technology.LG CNS has signed an MOU with Evernym to establish global standards on DIDs.DID is a

As the conflict between the United States and China has spread to Hong Kong, Korean semiconductor companies are facing repercussions.Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are paying keen attention to future developments as the United States is threatening to deprive Hong Kong of its special status.Hong K

SK Telecom announced on May 26 that, together with Omron Electronics Korea, it has developed a 5G-powered autonomous robot to enable a systematic and efficient response against the coronavirus (COVID-19).Built with cutting-edge technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous dri

Global smartphone sales fell below 300 million units in the first quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic, market research firm Counterpoint Research said on May 26.Counterpoint said a total of 294.9 million smartphones were sold globally between January and March, down 13 percent from a year earlie

Samsung Electronics has introduced a standalone turnkey security solution for mobile devices to offer protection for tasks such as booting, isolated storage, mobile payment and other applications.The solution consists of a tiny Secure Element (SE) chip (S3FV9RR) and enhanced security software. The s

Korean ICT companies are forging “artificial intelligence (AI) alliances” to challenge global companies such as Google and Apple in the AI market.KT, LG Electronics, and LG Uplus are pushing for an MOU on AI collaboration and joint AI technology development. The three companies are considering shari

Non-face-to-face work innovation is spreading to industrial logistics sites.KT announced on May 24 that it has deployed 5G-based self-driving carts for smartphone carriage at its Western Logistics Center in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province. The carts were jointly developed by KT and Twinny Co., a Kore

Samsung Electronics has dispatched an additional 300 engineers to its memory semiconductor plant in Xian, China. The company sent the workforce, including engineers from its subcontractors, departed from Incheon International Airport on a chartered flight on May 22. The engineers entered China on a

Nine out of 10 5G smartphones sold in the United States in the first quarter of 2020 were the Galaxy S20 series from Samsung Electronics.U.S. 5G phone shipments in the first quarter of 2020 stood at 3.4 million units, accounting for 12 percent of the total smartphone shipments in the United States,

Samsung Electronics announced on May 21 that it will boost its foundry capacity at the company's new production line in Pyeongtaek, Korea, to meet growing global demand for cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet (EUV) solutions.The new foundry line will focus on EUV-based 5 nanometer (nm) and below pr

LG Electronics announced on May 20 that it will relocate two of its six TV production lines in Gumi, South Korea, to Indonesia within this year to improve management efficiency.The company's move goes against the recent trend towards reshoring, but the company says the decision is inevitable to

Even after Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, returned to Korea on May 19 after visiting a semiconductor plant in Xian, Shanxi Province, Chinese media outlets are reporting on his visit. Referring to the U.S.-China semiconductor war, they lambasted the U.S., while issuing a warning

Cafe24 is joining Facebook’s new e-commerce initiative.Global e-commerce platform Cafe24 announced its participation as a partner company in the 'Facebook Shops' initiative on May 20.Facebook said, “We’re also working more closely with partners like Cafe24, Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce,

The Ministry of Science and ICT has finalized standard frameworks for ICT convergence to develop smart health and smart farm technologies.According to the ministry, the standard frameworks are expected to help advance the launching of innovative convergence services such as algorithm-based smart far

Samsung Electronics announced on May 19 that it has introduced Samsung ISOCELL GN1, a new 50-megapixel (Mp) image sensor with large 1.2μm-sized pixels. The ISOCELL GN1 is Samsung’s first image sensor to offer both Dual Pixel and Tetracell technologies. Thanks to the relatively larger pixel size, the

Huawei held Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2020 in Shenzhen, China on May 18 and released an official statement on additional U.S. sanctions. On May 15, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that third-country companies using U.S. technologies and components as well as those having manufacturing f

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the company’s semiconductor manufacturing plant in Xi’an, China on May 18. There, he expressed concerns over the company’s position in the industry with Chinese semiconductor companies posing a threat to it based on their huge domestic market an