SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has started mass production of an upgraded flash memory chip for smartphones with a high speed and a high capacity, which will help mobile devices run more stable. Samsung claimed that the 128GB Universal Flash Storage (UFS) for smartphones is an industry first, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) is seeking to buy South Korea’s only foundry chipmaker Dongbu HiTek Co., industry sources said Monday, a move that is expected to bring changes to the intensely competitive market. “Dongbu HiTek has not held an open bidding (since December), and is seeking a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A research team at the Korea Institute for Basic Science (KIBS) has developed a new type of supercapacitor that can store as much energy as typical commercialized lithium-ion batteries. Supercapacitors are high-capacity electrochemical capacitors, which can store 10 to 100 times more energy than electrolytic capacitors. The synthesis of supercapacitors is [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s antitrust regulator is considering launching a probe against Qualcomm Inc. for possible abuse of its market dominant position, officials and market sources said Thursday. Industry sources said the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is mulling over whether to conduct an official investigation of the San Diego-based company for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The combined share of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, South Korea’s chip giants, in the global DRAM market stood at over 70 percent for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2014, data showed Thursday. Their portion together came to 70.4 percent as of the end of December, up from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s chip giant SK hynix Inc. said Monday it has started supplying its up-to-date memory chip for LG Electronics Inc.’s new flagship smartphone lineup, in its latest push to grab a bigger market share with the new mobile component as it vies against home rival Samsung Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix saw its share of the NAND flash market rise in the fourth quarter of 2014 from three months earlier, narrowing its gap with industry leader Samsung Electronics, data showed Sunday. SK hynix saw its market share reach 11.4 percent in the October-December period, up [...]
ST. PETERS, MO, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (Nasdaq:SEMI), a leading supplier of semiconductor wafers to the global semiconductor device industry, announced today that it has received the Best Partner Award from Samsung. The award is presented to those suppliers that have provided outstanding products and service to Samsung. This is the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, SK hynix Inc., on Wednesday reported all-time high earnings in 2014, marking the second consecutive year of a record-breaking performance. Net profit came to 4.1 trillion won (US$3.87 billion) in 2014, up 46 percent from the 2.87 trillion won posted a year earlier, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul appeals court has upheld a ruling by a lower court that South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is to blame for the leukemia death of one of its former employees at a chip-making facility, a court official said Sunday. In 2013, the Seoul Administrative Court recognized [...]