A U.S. lawmaker insisted that a Korean company not fill the vacuum left by U.S. semiconductor company Micron that was sanctioned by China.“The Commerce Department should ensure that U.S. export licenses to foreign semiconductor companies operating in China are not used to fill Micron’s (vacant) posi
The Netherlands’ ASM, the world’s No. 1 semiconductor deposition equipment maker, will ramp up its investment in Korea, one of its main bases, as demand for advanced semiconductors grows. Analysts say that the world’s top four semiconductor equipment makers are rushing to Korea, following the lead o
Some forecast that as China imposes a purchase ban on products from Micron, a U.S. memory chip maker, China will try to make up the shortfall with the help of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. In response, the Chinese government reiterated that it was strongly opposed to the possibility of the Unite
Beginning in 2025, a game of battery chicken is anticipated to kick off among South Korean firms like LG Energy Solution, SK on, and Samsung SDI, and Chinese companies such as CATL. This comes as a result of major companies' factory expansions that are projected to manufacture around 50% more ba
LG Display announced that its research papers on “Ultra-large OLED” and “Stretchable Display” development technologies were selected as “Distinguished Papers of the Year” at the Society for Information Display (SID), an international academic conference for display information.SID is the world's
Over the past five years, changes have been made in the market capitalization standings among semiconductor giants. Samsung Electronics and Intel, the top two semiconductor companies, recently slipped down through the rankings. Meanwhile, nonmemory companies such as Nvidia, TSMC, and Advanced Micro
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at hwdoh@nhqv.com -- Ed.Memory makers are recently being seen reviewing product price hikes. DDR5 spot prices have turned upward, and contract prices are expected to rise from 3Q23.YMTC boosts NAND price tagsLooking at indust
Samsung Electronics will not change the default search engine on its Galaxy smartphones from Google to Microsoft's (MS) Bing for the time being, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on May 19 (local time).Initially, Samsung Electronics reportedly began a discussion about changing the default s
The author is an analyst for Shinhan Securities. She can be reached at hyon@shinhan.com -- Ed.1Q23 operating profit comes in at KRW16.8bn (+105.7% QoQ)Hana Micron posted operating profit of KRW16.8bn (+105.7% QoQ) on sales of KRW237.9bn (+9.8% QoQ) for 1Q23. A drop in earnings at the parent company
Samsung Electronics has initiated mass production of the 12-nanometer class 16Gb (gigabit) DDR5 DRAM, a groundbreaking feat in the industry.Samsung Electronics has become the pioneer in the industry to initiate mass production of DRAM semiconductors with a circuit line width of 12 nanometers (nm), a
Samsung Display is poised to acquire eMagin, an American Micro OLED company, for 290 billion won ($258 million).According to industry sources on the 18th, eMagin announced on its website that it has entered into an acquisition agreement with Samsung Display. Samsung Display will invest $218 million
Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced on May 16 that it has developed the world’s highest-capacity multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) applicable to electric vehicles. The company plans to expand its lineup of products for high-end electronics to accelerate its penetration into the automotive electro
A number of high-profile mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals were made in the entertainment industry recently. Kakao and HYBE's investment in SM Entertainment is a recent good example.Korean showbusiness companies are partnering with blockchain platforms for metaverse platforms or the non-fungib
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at esshim@nhqv.com -- Ed.As a firm specializing in microneedle RF skin care medical devices, ViOL should enjoy robust earnings growth going forward on: 1) increasing sales of high-margin consumables amid rising demand for cos
Pulmuone, a South Korean fresh food company and the U.S. tofu market leader, announced on May 14th that the annual sales of its fresh noodle products in the U.S. stood at $72.2M in 2022, up 65 percent year on year. The company is continuing its rapid growth in Asian noodle sales in U.S. by captivati
The Korean government will launch an international standardization project with major conglomerates such as Samsung Electronics, SK, and Hyundai Motor to establish a system for Carbon Free 100 (CF100). CF100, which requires all electricity to be supplied by carbon-free energy sources including nucle
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on May 8 that a KAIST research team led by Professor Jung In-kyung of the School of Life Sciences has created the world’s first single-cell three-dimensional epigenome map of Parkinson’s disease-onset brain tissue and proposed
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have been focusing on expanding the DDR5 memory market as a key to rebounding from their massive losses in the first quarter of this year. With most customers hesitant to buy DDR4 memory, a previous-generation product, analysts say that increasing the supply of DDR5
Hyundai Motor outperformed the other three major Korean companies -- Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and LG Electronics -- in the United States in 2022.The Korea CXO Institute, which specializes in analyzing companies, released the results of a survey on the performances of the U.S. subsidiaries of th
The world has a plastic problem. This was the clear realization that drove Konrad Becker and his three co-founders in 2021 to establish Would You Love (WYL), a Seoul-based startup with a mission to make the world more sustainable. Motivated by reports that Korea was responsible for some of the world