Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek, the two largest electronic component manufacturers in South Korea, are showing a noticeable performance improvement in the second half of this year. This is because their camera module and semiconductor substrate sales are growing fast after Apple and Samsun

Tesla of the United States is eyeing the Korean energy storage system (ESS) market amid lingering concerns about the safety of domestic ESS products.Tesla recently started procedures to obtain a certificate from the Korea Battery Industry Association (KBIA) for ESS sales in Korea. Once its ESS batte

The Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology announced on Oct. 28 that the top 1,000 South Korean companies in terms of R&D investment made a total R&D investment of 49.7 trillion won last year, up 7.9 percent from a year ago.Their R&D investment-to-sales ratio increased from 2.66 percent to 3.

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

Samsung Electronics announced on Oct. 24 that it will carry out a “space selfie” marketing campaign for European consumers. It is an event that allows customers to take selfies in space using the Galaxy S10 5G smartphone loaded onto a balloon shot up in the stratosphere.The Space Selfie Campaign use

[비지니스코리아=김은진 기자] 삼성전자가 2개의 NPU(신경망처리장치) 코어로 인공지능 연산 성능을 대폭 향상시킨 고성능 모바일AP '엑시노스(Exynos) 990'과 5G 솔루션 신제품 '엑시노스 모뎀(Modem) 5123'을 차세대 반도체 솔루션을 대거 공개했다.삼성전자는 23일(현지시간) 미국 실리콘밸리에 위치한 삼성전자 미주법인(DSA) 사옥에서 글로벌 IT 업체를 비롯한 고객과 파트너를 대상으로 차세대 기술과 신제품을 소개하는 ‘삼성 테크 데이(Samsung Tech Day) 2019’를 열고

Samsung Electronics announced on Oct. 23 that it has developed the industry's first integrated 28 GHz 5G base station, which supports data transmission at 10 Gbps, the fastest speed among commercial 5G base stations.Samsung' 28 GHz 5G base station integrates a wireless communication section

Samsung Electronics has recently invested in quantum computing technology which can compute thousands of times faster than supercomputers. Quantum computing is a computational technology that processes data using quantum-mechanical phenomena such as "entanglement" and "superposition." IBM, Intel, Go

Samsung Electronics has released a software patch for the fingerprint recognition flaw on its Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy S10 smartphones.The tech company said on Oct. 23 that it has begun a software update service to address the problem and is notifying its customers of the service via the Samsung Me

Mega investment banks in South Korea celebrate their second anniversary next month but their business performance is still short of expectations. This is because various regulations are hindering their business as well as approvals.Their issued note balance, which constitutes their main business, to

Renault Samsung Motors has canceled a plan to produce the follow-up model of the Nissan Qashqai, which was promoted as contract manufacturing of the Nissan Rogue will be terminated early next year.The Nissan Rogue accounted for about half of Renault Samsung's production volume last year."We rece

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are seeking to break Apple’s grip on the Japanese smartphone market with new form factors.LG Electronics will launch the G8X ThinQ (Korean model name: V50S ThinQ) through SoftBank in Japan this December, the company said on Oct. 22. The dual-screen phone is an

Samsung Electronics is seeking to regain its position in China by rolling out new smartphones, including the Galaxy Fold and 5G models.Industry officials said on Oct. 22 that Samsung Electronics will release a wide array of smartphones in China in October and November. It plans to differentiate itse

SK Hynix announced on Oct. 21 that it will mass-produce 16-gigabit (GB) DDR4 DRAMs using a third-generation 10-nanometer process beginning next year.The company said it has succeeded in developing a 16 Gb DDR4 DRAM on the third-generation 10-nm (1z nm) production process.The new chip has a 27 percen

Samsung Electronics has filed a complaint against LG Electronics with the Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the latter’s recent OLED TV advertisement.Samsung claimed that LG Electronics violated the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertisement and the Fair Trade Act by running ads that make gro

South Korean and Chinese display manufacturers are adjusting their large LCD panel production volumes with an oversupply caused by a massive investment by Chinese companies leading to a rapid decline in price and profitability.Sakai Display Products Corporation recently postponed mass production at

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

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the birth of the Galaxy smartphone, Samsung Electronics is launching a “space selfie” campaign that allows its customers to indirectly take selfies in space. The campaign is designed to project Samsung's innovative image in line with its brand tagline, “Do Wh

The Chinese government’s subsidy reduction and the global economic recession halted the growth of the global electrical vehicle (EV) battery market in the second half this year. Yet LG Chem, Samsung SDI and SK Innovation managed to expand their market shares in August.SNE Research, an energy market

Samsung Electronics will release a software patch to address a flaw with fingerprint recognition sensors on its devices this week. Nevertheless, most banks and credit card companies made an official statement requesting users of the Galaxy S10 series and Galaxy Note10 series to turn off the fingerpr