The core of the technology is turning aluminum into a form of nano-particle ink and coating fabrics with it. Using the technology, conductive fabrics that are used in wearable devices such as smart watches can be produced. (Image : Shutterstock) SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of South Korean scientists announced Tuesday that they have developed a wearable device, based on nanotechnology, for more convenient diabetes monitoring and therapy. The graphene-using “smart patch” has improved the accuracy of blood sugar level measurements as it checks not only glucose in sweat but also temperature [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry ministry said Wednesday it will make efforts to provide Samsung Electronics Co. with a stable power supply to its new factory under construction in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, in line with its efforts to eradicate hurdles in corporate investment. The remark came as the South Korean tech giant [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. continued to sit on the throne of the world’s NAND flash market in the fourth quarter of 2015, data showed Sunday, expanding the gap with other smaller rivals around the globe. The South Korean tech giant accounted for 33.6 percent of the market in the October-December period, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it started the mass production of a 256-gigabyte (GB) memory chip for high-end smartphones, less than a year after it kicked off the 128-GB model. The South Korean tech giant said the new Universal Flash Storage (UFS) boasts speed that is nine times faster than [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday introduced a new system chip that utilizes the ground-breaking 14-nanometer technology for better efficiency and could be used in a wider scope of electronic devices including budget smartphones. Samsung Electronics said it plans to begin the mass production of the Exynos 7 Octa 7870, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to reduce its facility investment in the chip business on-year in 2016, data showed Wednesday, while its rivals are estimated to expand their expenditures to catch up to the top player. According to the data compiled by industry tracker TrendForce, Samsung Electronics is estimated [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has started the mass production of new dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, targeting the high performance computing segment that covers super computers and big-data cloud services. The new product, dubbed the second generation of 4-gigabyte (GB) high bandwidth memory DRAM, or HBM2 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it will spend 6 trillion won (US$4.9 billion) this year, similar to last year’s capital spending, to overcome rising challenges from rivals. The chipmaker is faced with global challenges, including falling demand for memory chips and the rise of [...]
DAEJEON, Jan.12 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean and American joint research team has developed a nano-capsule that makes diagnosing cancer within 24 hours possible by injecting the substance into the human body. The organic fluorescent dye contained in the capsule glows in different colors in the presence of different types of cancer cells. Professor Song [...]