Samsung Electronics’ sales in China totaled 28.31 trillion won in the first three quarters of this year whereas the same sales amounted to 43.38 trillion won in the same period of the previous year. During the period, its global sales fell from 131.57 trillion won to 117.39 trillion won and the rati

The Japanese government’s semiconductor and display material export curbs against South Korea, which started about three months ago, have failed to affect those industries of South Korea. In addition, the Japanese government is loosening the restrictions with time.The Korea International Trade Assoc

About a half of the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) carried out by domestic listed firms since 2016 were between affiliates of the same business groups. Inter-affiliate M&As were more frequent especially among conglomerates with an asset of at least 5 trillion won.The Financial Supervisory Service (

Sangyo Times chief editor Izumiya Wataru said at a seminar on Nov. 11 that South Korean semiconductor companies need to focus more on next-generation memory chips and devices rather than material import replacement while maintaining their current value chain based on a win-win relationship with Japa

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are planning to become more conservative in investment to brace for a recession in the DRAM sector in the first half of 2020. This is based on a conclusion that the demand on the server side is unlikely to increase a lot with the release of Intel’s Ice Lake server CP

Market research firm IC Insights reported that Samsung Electronics’ capital expenditures in the semiconductor sector from 2017 to this year are estimated at US$65.8 billion and the value is about 53 percent larger than Intel’s and around 200 percent of the combined capital expenditures of all Chines

Korea’s semiconductor output and export volume in the first 10 months of the year surpassed that of last year when Korean chipmakers enjoyed the biggest-ever boom. This is quite different from what semiconductor industry watchers predicted earlier this year –- the Korean semiconductor industry will

Samsung Electronics will face more difficulties in achieving its goal of becoming No. 1 in system semiconductors by 2030 with the solidification of a partnership between Chinese telecommunication equipment maker Huawei and Taiwanese foundry leader TSMC, industry watchers say.Huawei's affiliate a

Memory semiconductor prices are gradually moving towards a stable path. NAND flash prices have posted the biggest jump since March 2017, and DRAM prices are falling more slowly.As a growing number of market watchers believe that memory prices have hit bottom, expectations are growing that Samsung El

Samsung Electronics announced on Oct. 31 that its investment for this year is 29 trillion won, close to last year’s, and the investment includes 23.3 trillion won in the semiconductor sector and 2.9 trillion won in the display sector. It also said that most of its capital expenditures for the fourth

Samsung Electronics unveiled next-generation semiconductor products and latest technologies at its annual tech day event held at Silicon Valleyin the United States on Oct. 23 (local time).The world’s largest chipmaker presented its ambitious plan to jump far ahead of its rivals in system and memory

SK Hynix's third-quarter operating profit shrank 93 percent from the same period of 2018 due to falling memory semiconductor prices. It was the lowest operating profit in 13 quarters. SK Hynix has decided to reduce its output and investment in 2020 and review its shareholder return policies in o

Competition is intensifying between Intel and AMD in the global CPU market. A chicken game is likely to appear soon as they are drastically cutting the prices of their products.Intel recently released 10th-generation Core X series products and their prices are about half of those of their predecesso

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that SK Hynic infringed a patent of Netlist Inc., a U.S.-based producer of high-performance SSDs and modular memory subsystems.According to a Netlist press release issued on Oct. 21 (local time), the chief administrative law judge

U.S. restrictions on Huawei are affecting Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in different ways although both are struggling with semiconductor prices falling.SK Hynix’s Q3 earnings announcement is scheduled for Oct. 24 and the company’s Q3 operating profit is estimated at 429.7 billion won. The estima

The Korean Intellectual Property Office announced on Oct. 20 that the number of patent applications related to next-generation power semiconductors more than tripled from 10 to 33 from 2015 to last year and this is a result of more R&D on the technology as demand for power chips is expected to surge

Samsung Electronics' brand value has surpassed US$60 billion for the first time, making the Korean tech giant one of the most highly valued brands in the world.Samsung Electronics announced on Oct. 17 that its brand value was estimated US$61.1 billion by Interbrand, ranking 6th in the Global Top

As the Korea-Japan conflict shows no signs of coming to an end, some U.S. think tank experts stressed the need to improve relations between the two countries as Japan's export restrictions against Korea plays havoc with the world economy. They also advised the United States to intervene to help

Chinese state media outlets are lavishing praises on Samsung Electronics. They appear to be worrying that the closure of the last Samsung’s smartphone manufacturing plant in Huizhou last month may be regarded as the Korean tech giant’s withdrawal from China.Global Times, a Chinese state-run newspape

Samsung Electronics is in quandary over when to start the operation of semiconductor plants under construction at Xian, Shaanxi Province in China and at Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province in Korea and which semiconductor items to produce in these new plants. If memory chips are additionally produced in t