As the global semiconductor war has become a hot race among nations, major countries such as the United States, China, and Japan have been providing large cash support to their own companies or foreign companies that make investments in their semiconductor industries to boost the growth of their sem
As the production timeline for the next-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) approaches, announced by major memory semiconductor companies, these companies are ramping up efforts to improve yield rates.According to industry sources on March 12, major memory semiconductor companies like Samsung Ele
Despite a slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) demand, Panasonic, a Japanese battery company, is considering further investment in its De Soto, Kansas, factory in the United States to increase production capacity for the 4680 cylindrical battery, which has five times the energy capacity of existing bat
After a period of downturn due to economic slowdown and weak demand for IT devices, the display industry is on the verge of a significant rebound. The surge in demand for Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED)-based displays for laptops and tablets, driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, is a
Samsung Group’s electronics affiliates are joining forces to expedite the commercialization of glass substrates, a material used in semiconductor packaging, by establishing a united front for joint research and development (R&D). This strategy aims to achieve commercialization faster than semiconduc
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have reportedly stopped selling their old semiconductor equipment to China. The move comes in response to the United States urging them to align with its controls on semiconductor exports to China.The Financial Times (FT) cited several industry insiders on March 12 s
Samsung Display has begun the construction of the world’s first 8.6th generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) production line. As major manufacturers such as Apple are increasing the proportion of OLED displays instead of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in the laptop and tablet markets, Samsun
Samsung Bioepis announced on March 10 the clinical results of SB5, a biosimilar to the blockbuster drug Humira, at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting held in San Diego, California, in the U.S. on Feb. 8 (local time). This study aimed to verify whether SB5 can be interchangeably
Choi Yoon-ho, president and CEO of Samsung SDI, announced on March 6, at the opening ceremony of InterBattery 2024, the largest battery exhibition in South Korea held in COEX, Gangnam, Seoul, that “46 mm diameter batteries will be sufficiently ready for mass production by early 2025,” and the exact
Samsung Display CEO Choi Joo-sun has expressed confidence that Korea will reclaim the top spot in the global display market by 2027. Speaking to reporters before the Korean Display Industry Association’s general meeting at Lotte Hotel World on March 7, Choi emphasized the need for focus and speciali
Korean shipbuilders overtook China in terms of ship order intake in February to take the number one spot in the global market.According to Clarkson Research, a British shipbuilding and shipping market analysis firm, global ship orders totaled 3.4 million CGT (100 ships) in February, of which Korea w
Researchers in South Korea have developed the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor that operates at ultra-high speeds with minimal power consumption for processing large language models (LLMs), based on principles that mimic the structure and function of the human brain. The semi
The conflict over wage negotiations between Samsung Electronics and its labor union has escalated as the two sides failed to reach an agreement in the first mediation meeting, sparking heightened interest in the possibility of a strike materializing.According to industry sources on March 6, Samsung
Samsung Biologics announced on March 6 that it has entered into a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) production agreement valued at 381.9 billion won (US$287.0 million) with UCB, which is headquartered in Belgium. This agreement is an increase to the contract signed in 2017 with the company,
The Korean government and three major Korean shipbuilders -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), Samsung Heavy Industries, and Hanwha Ocean -- will invest 9 trillion won to secure future super-wide gap technologies for the Korean shipbuilding industry.The Ministry of Trade, Industry
Samsung Electronics has refuted its labor union’s claim that many of its workers suffer from mental health problems such as sleep disorders and depression.In its online newsroom on March 4, Samsung Electronics claimed that the labor union’s claims regarding a report on a survey on the status of labo
Last quarter, the global semiconductor industry witnessed a nearly 30% increase in DRAM revenue compared to the previous quarter. According to TrendForce, a market research firm based in Taiwan, on March 5, global DRAM revenue reached US$17.46 billion in the fourth quarter, marking a 29.6% growth fr
Samsung Electronics is set to make a groundbreaking reveal at an Nvidia event, showcasing a physical High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) 3E 12-tier (H), which is slated for mass production in the first half of this year.As Nvidia, a key customer of HBM, prepares to launch its next-generation artificial inte
Hanwha Ocean announced on March 4 that it signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to build 12 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with a Middle Eastern shipping company.Hanwha Ocean did not disclose the client but it is believed to be Qatar Energy, the state-run energy company of Qatar.Qatar Energy
Following last year’s memory semiconductor downturn, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are aggressively increasing their focus on DRAM through the expansion of advanced processing. This move is anticipated due to the expected rise in orders for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5