ArkData, a specialist in real-time data replication led by CEO Ko Kwang-yun, and KTNexR, a Big Data specialist under the KT Group led by CEO Lee Ho-jae, are entering into a strategic partnership for mutual collaboration. This agreement aims to combine the respective technologies and capabilities of
A cutting-edge CXL IP startup, Panmnesia, announced its participation as the main sponsor at the inaugural CXL Consortium Developer Conference 2024 (CXL DevCon 2024), set to take place in April in Santa Clara, California, USA. Panmnesia will showcase the Compute Express Link (CXL) interoperability o
On April 25, the Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology held a full council meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, to discuss the three major technology initiatives aimed at propelling South Korea to a leading position in the global arena.The government has finalized it
The world’s largest foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) company, Taiwan’s TSMC, has ignited the competition in ultra-fine processes among Samsung Electronics and Intel by announcing plans for 1.6-nanometer (nm) mass production in 2026.According to industry sources and foreign media report
Samsung Electronics is zeroing in on the digital health market with new artificial intelligence (AI) wearables. The Galaxy Watch 7, set for release in the second half of this year, is expected to offer blood glucose monitoring in addition to its earlier capability to detect sleep apnea. When combine
SK telecom announced on April 25 that it has become the first telecommunications company in South Korea to obtain the international standard certification for AI Management System under ISO/IEC 42001. The ISO/IEC 42001 standard was designed to ensure that companies and organizations can build and op
SK hynix announced that it participated in the TSMC 2024 Technology Symposium held in Santa Clara, California, in the U.S. on April 24 (local time), where it showcased its leading high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology.In addition, SK hynix revealed the current status of its collaboration with Taiwa
On April 24 (local time), Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, visited Silicon Valley in the U.S. to meet with Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. The meeting is believed to have focused on cooperation concerning high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a key component in AI semiconductors.On April 25, Chey posted
Naver’s management control over Line, which it has developed into a global messaging service over the past 13 years, could be handed over to Japan due to pressure from the Japanese government. If control is transferred, Naver could lose a market of 200 million users in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, p
SK hynix achieved unexpectedly strong performance in the first quarter, surpassing market expectations.The company announced on April 25 that it recorded 12.43 trillion won (US$9.04 billion) in sales and 2.89 trillion won in operating profits, representing a 23 percent operating profit margin, and 1
The K-UAM One Team consortium, consisting of Korean Air, Hyundai Motor, and KT, has successfully validated the world’s first integrated operational system using 5G aviation networks for Urban Air Mobility (UAM).On April 24, Korean Air announced that it, along with Hyundai Motor, KT, Incheon Internat
The upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, the first new gaming device from Japan’s Nintendo in eight years, is expected to incorporate a significant amount of technology from Samsung Electronics. It is predicted that a wide range of Samsung products, from displays to memory and foundry services, will be used,
SK hynix plans to invest 20 trillion won in Cheongju to expand its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production capacity. This move is interpreted as an effort to maintain its leading position amid intensifying HBM competition.On April 24, SK hynix announced that its board of directors has approved the pr
Toss Lab, the provider of the enterprise collaboration tool JANDI, announced that it has been honored with the 'Technology Rising Star Partner of the Year' award at the AWS Partner Summit Seoul 2024. This prestigious award is presented to an AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner that has dem
Huawei launched its game-changing RAN Intelligent Agents. The RAN Intelligent Agents introduce a set of telecom foundation model, RAN digital twins system (RDTS), and intelligent computing power to empower 5.5G with intelligence, according to Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of
Taiwan, a major hub for the world’s top semiconductor companies, has experienced a series of earthquakes, leading to temporary delays in semiconductor supply and potential price hikes.On April 23, the industry reported that over 50 aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 3.0 to 6.3, struck eastern Taiwa
Instagram has surpassed Naver and YouTube to claim the spot of Korea’s second-most-used app.On April 23, sample data from domestic smartphone users by app and retail analysis service WiseApp showed that Instagram’s average monthly launch count for the first quarter was 14.93374 billion times. This p
At one point, 8 out of 10 Chinese smartphones used Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) panels from Korean companies. Now, that number has plummeted to less than 2 out of 10, indicating a dramatic drop in the market share of Korean companies as China encourages the use of domestically produced compon
Samsung Electronics has launched a next-generation NAND flash product with the industry’s highest-stacked semiconductor cells. With the surge in artificial intelligence (AI) demanding vast amounts of image and video data, the value of NAND storage is also rising.On April 23, Samsung Electronics anno
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix did not pay corporate taxes last year as they both recorded operating losses due to the downturn in the semiconductor industry.According to Samsung Electronics’ business report released on April 23, the company recorded an operating loss of 11.52 trillion won (US$8.3