DAEJEON, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A breakthrough in semiconductor technology has led to the development of an innovative ‘intelligent sensor’ that operates at high speeds with low power consumption, mimicking the visual neural system of insects. The research team behind the discovery, led by professor Kim Kyung-min from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the past three months, large corporate groups in South Korea, each with assets exceeding 5 trillion won, have been active in expanding their presence in advanced industries, acquiring or establishing eight companies in sectors such as semiconductors and secondary batteries. The real estate development and construction sectors also saw [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Hynix announced on February 6 that it has established a pioneering long-term plan in the global semiconductor industry to actively incorporate recycled and renewable materials into its product manufacturing process. The company has set ambitious targets to increase the use of recycled and renewable materials in its products to [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — An American industry group has called on the U.S. government to craft new multilateral chip equipment export controls, claiming the current strict unilateral ones put U.S. firms at a disadvantage over their rivals from South Korea and other countries. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) made the call in their [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter operating profit sank 34.4 percent from a year earlier due largely to sluggish semiconductor business but its memory chip segment turned to the black on recovering demand. The world’s largest mobile phone and memory chip maker’s operating profit amounted to 2.82 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – In South Korea, a significant talent drought in cutting-edge industries has been exacerbated by an increasing number of students flocking to medical schools. Semiconductor industry analysts, in particular, have voiced concern that the shortage of skilled workers is reaching a critical level, endangering the very existence of some companies. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry minister said Tuesday the government plans to unveil a plan to foster the local fabless sector in line with efforts to bolster the competitiveness of the semiconductor industry. The remark came after South Korea announced its plan this week to build a “semiconductor mega cluster” in [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s semiconductor exports are anticipated to continue to lead the overall recovery in outbound shipments this year amid higher memory chip prices, the industry minister said Thursday. “South Korea’s chip exports experienced a rebound last year despite the global economic slump and the sluggish semiconductor industry, laying the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has announced that artificial muscle technology developed by a research team led by professor Kim Sang-ouk of the Department of New Material Engineering has been recognized as one of the “Top 10 Promising Technologies of 2023” by the International Union of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors indicted a former employee of Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday on charges of leaking key semiconductor technologies of the tech giant to a Chinese company in return for money, officials said. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office indicted the employee surnamed Kim, who formerly served as a department [...]