Samsung Electronics will set up semiconductor contract departments to be run as integrated bachelor’s and master’s courses at three science and technology institutes outside the Seoul metropolitan area. The plan aims to strengthen human resource ecosystems at the national level and contribute to the
KAIST Professor Yoo Hoe-joon and his research team developed the world’s first tri-mode cell capable of data storage and conversion and operation. The processing-in-memory (PIM) chip, dubbed DynaPlasia, enables low-power AI operation in a DRAM and processes various AI models by forming different har
Hankook & Company, the holding company of Hankook & Company Group (formerly Hankook Tire Group), is strengthening its digital innovation capabilities through the acquisition of autonomous driving technology from driving data startup, 3Secondz.Founded in 2016 by CEO Kim Jae-woo from KAIST, startup 3S
Samsung Electronics will collaborate with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to foster robotics engineers.The two sides agreed on Feb. 13 to launch a Samsung Electronics robotics talent training program, a recruitment-linked master’s course. They will select 10 scholarshi
The KAIST Center for Global Public Procurement opened a door so that 16 South Korean companies with innovative technologies can participate in the procurement market of Massachusetts for seven years to come. For reference, the procurement market of the U.S. federal government has a size of approxima
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) used to be an island, sea, tidal flat, and reclaimed land, but now it has been transformed into an ultra-modern city with sky-high skyscrapers and a population of 410,000. After being designated as Korea's first free economic zone in 2003, a great change has
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Jan. 19 that its research team led by professor Lee Jin-woo has developed an energy density- and duration-improved lithium-sulfur battery together with a POSTECH research team of professor Han Jung-woo and LG Energy Solution
The semiconductor departments Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix opened at universities recently attracted many applicants. Each of the departments guarantees a job in one of the two companies.The departments are open at six schools (Korea, Yonsei, Sogang, Hanyang, Sungkyunkwan and KAIST) and are recr
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Economy and Finance recently discussed tax credit expansion from 8 percent to 16 percent regarding investments in national strategic technologies. The latter is likely to announce its decision in the near future.At present, it is advocat
An economic delegation from Luxembourg will visit Korea from Nov. 27-29. Headed by Crown Prince Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie of Luxembourg and Minister of Economy Franz Fayot, the delegation consists of more than 87 representatives of public and private institutions and companies in the space and ICT
The committee of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in South Korea held a press conference on Nov. 16 to give a briefing on ISSCC 2023 and the latest research trends.According to the committee, a total of 629 research papers were submitted for next year’s ISSCC, including 198
Pernod Ricard Korea announced on Oct. 21 that it has selected Ananti's Hawkeye team, which has planned the ‘Cabinet de Poisson’ project with the aim of a sustainable environment, as the winner of the ‘Aberlour Craftsmanship Award’.‘Cabinet de Poisson’ is Ananti's eco-friendly project for a s
NESTYLE, Inc. has launched Collery, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based content creation platform for single creators. Since most types of content are created by single creators, the company launches Collery to help them spread their content through the platform.NESTYLE is a startup established by
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at kyeongkeun.kang@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Rainbow Robotics stands as the first in Korea to develop a biped humanoid robot. Having internalized robotics technologies for the manufacturing of core parts in the development process, the
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have joined hands to explore the space technology market using artificial intelligence (AI).KAI announced on July 25 that it has recently signed a business agreement with KAIST to jointly research and
Samsung Electronics has recently hired a semiconductor expert from Apple.The company established the Packaging Solution Center in the Device Solution America (DSA) in July and appointed Kim Woo-pyeong from Apple as its director. After studying at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolog
EOFlow Co., Ltd., a provider of wearable drug delivery solutions, announced on June 16 that it made a presentation on diabetes management and had business partnership meetings at the German-Korean Business Forum held at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on June 15.The fo
LG Energy Solution are establishing joint research centers with Korean and foreign universities to accelerate the development of next-generation battery technologies.The company announced on June 7 that it has recently established the MEET Frontier Research Lab (FRL) in cooperation with the Münster
KAIST announced on June 7 that its research team led by electrical and electronic engineering professor Choi Shin-hyun developed an advanced memristor array capable of human neuron cell replication.A memristor is characterized by being capable of simultaneous information storage and operation based
SK On will set up its own educational platform to nurture battery experts.A subsidiary of SK Innovation, the company is engaged in production and R&D of electric vehicle batteries, energy storage systems (ESSs) and the Battery as a Service (BaaS) business.The advent of the electrification era is acc