SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Sapeon Korea Inc. and Rebellions Inc., two South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) chipmakers, said Wednesday they will seek a merger to gain a strong foothold in the global AI chip market. Sapeon Korea and Rebellions plan to seek their shareholders’ approval with the aim of completing a merger by [...]
ANSAN, South Korea, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger, has unveiled its first independent data center as part of its effort to improve service stability following a massive service disruption in 2022. “A data center is a core asset for Kakao, crucial for the stable operation [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of OpenAI’s ChatGPT users in South Korea rose 30 percent last month, surpassing 1 million for the first time on the increasing popularity of the artificial intelligence chatbot, industry data showed Tuesday. The mobile ChatGPT application had 1.27 million users in May, up from 980,000 in April, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won had held a meeting with C.C. Wei, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), in Taiwan and they discussed bolstering cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) chip technologies, SK Group said Friday. SK Group has SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As the era of artificial intelligence (AI) intensifies the demand on data centers, the immersion cooling market for cooling overheated electronic devices is gaining attention. Immersion cooling fluids are non-conductive lubricants traditionally used by oil refiners, who are now rushing into this emerging business en masse. According to industry analysts, [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom company, said Tuesday it will join hands with U.S. technology giant Microsoft to develop the local artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing industries. Under the partnership, the two companies will jointly conduct AI and cloud research projects, KT officials said. “We will do [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s capital has opened a major anchor facility meant to serve as a control tower and nexus for its artificial intelligence industry, Seoul Metropolitan Government officials announced on May 29. The newly unveiled facility is located in the Umyeon-dong neighborhood of Seoul’s Seocho district. It will act as a [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics said Thursday its new artificial intelligence-powered laptop will be available globally next month as part of its plans to lead the AI era. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite, a next-generation processor, the Galaxy Book 4 Edge features both on-device and cloud AI capabilities. These include real-time [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it has officially launched its artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary care assistance service X Caliber in Australia and Indonesia. It marks the first official launch of X Caliber outside of South Korea, SK Telecom said, adding the company will work [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Tuesday it will create a joint artificial intelligence (AI) research lab with New York University (NYU). The Global AI Frontier Lab will be co-led by two distinguished computer scientists — Cho Kyung-hyun and Yann LeCun — who are both professors at NYU, according to [...]