SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will expand its semiconductor package facilities in South Chungcheong Province to boost production of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, company officials said Tuesday. Under a memorandum of understanding with the provincial government, Samsung Electronics will convert an underused liquid crystal display plant owned by Samsung Display [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A Chinese national and former SK Hynix employee has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 20 million won for misappropriating critical semiconductor technology before taking a position at Huawei. The Yeoju branch of the Suwon District Court found the 36-year-old female defendant guilty of violating South Korea’s [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced on November 4 that researchers have developed an innovative nanofilm sensor that can diagnose building deterioration through color changes, marking a significant advance in structural health monitoring technology. Led by principal researcher Yoon Jae Sung of the department of nano manufacturing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – With the U.S. presidential election just a week away, American protectionist policies appear to be intensifying, creating complex calculations for South Korean companies trying to maintain their competitive edge in a rapidly evolving global market. While U.S.-China tensions are expected to continue regardless of who wins, the candidates’ divergent approaches [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant shift within South Korea’s semiconductor industry, SK Hynix is seeing an unprecedented wave of employees returning after leaving for longtime rival Samsung Electronics, highlighting the company’s growing prominence in the global memory chip market. Industry insiders have dubbed these employees “Ha-Sam-Ha,” referring to those who moved from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The market capitalization gap between Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. marked the lowest level in 13 years as of Friday, the main stock exchange said Sunday. Samsung Electronics’ market capitalization accounted for 15.85 percent, or 333.7 trillion won (US$240 billion), of the overall value of stocks listed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., is likely to overtake the bigger rival this year for the first time in the chip business’ annual operating profit, brokerages said Sunday. SK hynix currently dominates the market for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors used in artificial intelligence [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Hynix reported its highest-ever quarterly revenue and a dramatic return to profitability in the third quarter, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence memory chips. The South Korean memory chip maker announced on October 24 that its revenue jumped 93.8% year-over-year to 17.57 trillion won in the July-September period, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In a rare admission of weakness, Samsung Electronics has acknowledged internal problems affecting its semiconductor business, marking a formal recognition of the crisis that has been brewing throughout the year. The head of Samsung’s semiconductor division, Kyung Kye-hyun, expressed remorse for the company’s weakening technological competitiveness, conceding that the issues [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As concerns grow over Samsung Electronics’ future, South Korea’s semiconductor industry finds itself at a critical juncture. With China and Taiwan rapidly catching up in technology, there’s mounting anxiety that South Korea could lose its edge in advanced semiconductor markets crucial for artificial intelligence and aerospace applications. At a special [...]