SK Telecom presented a blueprint for 6G mobile communications in a keynote speech at the Innovative Optical & Wireless Network (IOWN) Global Forum, a global next-generation communications standards organization. Established in January 2020, the forum includes 125 big tech companies including NTT, So
SK hynix’s global DRAM market share crossed 30 percent in the second quarter of this year as a boom in generative artificial intelligence (AI) has fueled demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM). Its gap with market leader Samsung Electronics has reached its narrowest point in a decade.According to ma
SK ecoplant, an environment and energy firm, has secured a contract to provide solid oxide fuel cells (SOEC) to a data center power supply system under construction in Singapore by GDS, China’s largest data center development and operation company.On September 4, SK ecoplant announced its contract w
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have expressed differing views on microLED TVs, super-premium large TV models priced at over 100 million won. While Samsung pinpoints microLED as its next strategic display, LG points out its limitations, emphasizing the growth potential of Organic Light Emitti
The Korean Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) revealed in its report titled “Global Non-Memory Semiconductor Market Landscape and Policy Implications” on Sept. 3 that last year Korea’s market share in the global non-memory semiconductor sector was a mere 3.3%, which is only one-third
A TV war has heated up between two Korean home appliance giants – Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics – at IFA 2023, Europe’s largest consumer electronics and information technology show. While the two Korean TV giants are leading the premium TV market with their strong technological competitiven
SK on, a subsidiary of SK innovation battery, has successfully co-developed an oxide-based solid electrolyte with the world’s highest lithium-ion conductivity.On Aug. 31, SK on announced that the research results on the oxide-based solid electrolyte, co-developed with Professor Park Hee-Jung’s resea
Global glass manufacturing company Corning, which has an annual revenue of 20 trillion won (US$15.09 billion), is expanding its thin glass production hub in South Korea. Thin glass is gaining attention in the mobile industry as an essential component for foldable phones. This move is seen as a choic
Korea’s display companies are in a hot race with those of China to preempt the market for inorganic light-emitting diode (iLED) displays, touted as a future growth driver. Korea is considered to be lagging behind China in the iLED display market.The market for micro LED panels grew to US$27 million
The Korean government sees eye to eye with major Korean semiconductor giants, including Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, regarding developing advanced packaging technology for semiconductors.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on Aug. 29 that it signed an agreement with sem
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According to industry sources on Aug. 28, the automotive semiconductor market, which has been a market centered on low-end products in a multi-product, low-volume production system, is rapidly emerging as a source of demand for high-performance semiconductors in the trend of strengthening autonomous
Forecasts indicate that China’s OLED shipments for smartphones will surpass South Korea’s by 2025.According to the “3rd Quarter OLED Market Track” report published by market research firm UBI Research on Aug. 28, the current market share of smartphone OLED shipments for South Korea and China stands
Amid increasing global gaming demand, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are intensifying their efforts to penetrate the “Graphics Double Data Rate (GDDR)” market, a type of high-performance DRAM dedicated to graphics.According to a report from U.S.-based market research firm Industry Growth Insights
With Nvidia, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor company, announcing surprising financial results, warmth is spreading among domestic semiconductor companies. This is due to the fact that Samsung Electronics and SK hynix hold a dominant position in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) ma
SK bioscience, an innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, announced today that the company has entered into a collaboration agreement with Vaxxas, an Australian biotechnology company developing a unique vaccine patch platform technology, to
As the demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) led to an increase in global semiconductor sales this quarter, Samsung Electronics maintained its top position in the DRAM market share. SK hynix pushed out U.S.-based Micron to reclaim its second-place ranking.According to market research firm TrendFor
Kim Byung-gu, the head of LG Display’s automotive business group and executive vice president, unveiled LG Display’s OLED displays designed for automotive use and introduced the entire portfolio of premium brands involved in automotive production and development for the first time at IMID 2023, whic
A slow recovery in demand for NAND flash memory compared to DRAM has put the semiconductor industry, including Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, into a hard spot. This is because the growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry leading to the improved profitability of DRAM is begetting a nega
Samsung Electronics has established a research and development (R&D) organization in Silicon Valley in the United States with the aim of enhancing its competitiveness in next-generation semiconductors. This decision is seen as a response to the growing uncertainties caused by economic downturns and