Dell has released a gaming monitor loaded with a quantum dot (QD) OLED panel. The monitor is the first display product in Korea that features QD-OLED, a display technology that will serve as the foundation for Samsung Electronics' TV business. Yet, the launch date for Samsung's QD TVs still
SK Telecom (SKT) aims to enter the global market with ‘Next Big Tech,’ which refers to its three key future technologies, namely metaverse, AI semiconductor and quantum cryptography.The company disclosed its new business plan at a news conference at MWC Barcelona 2022 on Feb. 28 (local time). SKT CE
An increasing number of U.S. battery companies are setting up offices and research centers in South Korea, China and Japan.For example, QuantumScape is building an all-solid-state battery R&D center in Kyoto, and it is scheduled to open this year. SES AI recently announced that it would set up its s
KT Corp. announced on Feb. 23 that the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved its quantum cryptography and communication (QCC) service quality evaluation system as international standards.The evaluation system measures QCC service quality by applying specialized parameters to resp
Despite a contraction of the global TV market in 2021, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics firmly maintained their first and second place thanks to strong premium TV sales. The two TV makers’ combined market share reached 48 percent.Samsung Electronics posted a 29.5 percent market share in terms
Samsung Display predicted that the mass production of quantum dot (QD) displays will partially decrease losses of its Large Display Business Unit.The company disclosed the performance of its Display Business Division in a conference call on Jan. 27. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the division’s sale
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Jan. 26 that quantum cryptography communication networks are in the process of testing at a total of 26 organizations in the public and private sectors.Quantum cryptography communication is to protect communication data using quantum characteristics. It i
The Ministry of Science and ICT, SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ are planning to come up with a dedicated line-based quantum cryptography communication business model this month so that enterprises and institutions can apply quantum cryptography to their information and communication networks using quantum
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on Jan. 19 that their research team has developed an innovative display material capable of enhancing the luminous efficiency of OLED and QLED display.The tea
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at midas.sohn@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Capacity expansion is in progress at Worldex amid rising demand from domestic and overseas chipmakers. On an annual sales basis, the firm’s capacity has climbed from W150bn to W200bn, and its uti
LG Electronics announced on Jan. 10 that it will cooperate with IBM to develop quantum computing, a rapidly-emerging technology that harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to deliver a huge leap forward in computation to solve complex problems. It has come into the spotlight with the emergence of a
Samsung Electronics’ quantum dot (QD)-organic light emitting diode (OLED) TV has nabbed the Best of Innovation award at CES 2022, which kicks off in Las Vegas of the United States on Jan. 5 (local time). Samsung Electronics has decided not to display the product at this year's CES, but industry
It would be very welcome if Samsung Electronics enters the OLED TV market, Park Hyung-se, head of LG Electronics' HE Business Division, said in an online news conference on Jan. 4. "We will lead the global market with brighter and clearer OLED TVs in 2022."Samsung Electronics is expected to star
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are expanding their cooperation from the home appliance sector to automotive electronics. Samsung Electronics is planning to unveil QD-OLED TV models equipped with a quantum dot (QD) display at CES 2022, which will kick off in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 2022.Apart fro
KT announced on Dec. 22 that it has developed 20 kbps high-speed quantum cryptography communication technology. Quantum cryptography communication technology delivers encrypted information using photons, the smallest unit of light, so that only the transmitter and the receiver can decrypt it.The tec
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology unveiled its latest quantum computer at Korea Science and Technology Fair 2021.“This computer is the second of its kind in the world that is operable at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, unlike existing quantum computers, which require an ultra-
South Korea is aiming to surpass Japan and the European Union within 10 years in the 10 industries including artificial intelligence, 5G and 6G communications, biotech, robot, quantum, and aviation and aerospace.At present, the United States is planning to invest US$150 billion for five years in the
The National Radio Research Agency of the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that the International Telecommunication Union pre-adopted four information and communication standards of South Korea as international standards and approved three standardization projects to be led by South Korea.One o
SK Telecom announced on Nov. 23 (U.K. local time) that it has been crowned "operator of the year" at the Global Telecom Awards for the third consecutive time. The company has been chosen as the winner in the Best Operator category of for telecom industry's most prestigious awards event, which wa
Samsung Electronics will unveil its first OLED TVs at CES 2022, the world's largest IT fair to be held in January next year. The company will use Samsung Display's Quantum Dot OLED (QD-OLED) displays, not LG Display's White OLED (WOLED) displays which currently monopolize the OLED TV mar