SEJONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will work to develop and improve new products using nanotechnology, such as wearable devices, as part of efforts to take global leadership in a market that is expected to reach US$3 trillion in 2020, the government said Thursday. Nanotechnology refers to the technology of dividing any material [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix saw its global ranking move up a notch to become the world’s fourth-largest player in the segment in 2014, data showed Wednesday. SK hynix saw its revenue reach US$16.1 billion last year, outpacing Micron Technology by $3 million, the data compiled by IHS Technology showed, narrowing [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics held a market share in the global solid state drive (SSD) market that was twice as big as the one held by its U.S. rival Intel in 2014, data showed Monday. Samsung Electronics saw its share in the SSD market reach a whopping 34 percent last year [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s presence in the global market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) hit a record high last year, data showed Thursday, as Samsung Electronics continued to secure its seat on the throne on the back of its latest 20-nanometer products. Asia’s fourth-largest economy took up 67.7 percent of the [...]
“It’s possible from the early second half that SK hynix will start mass production of lower 20-nanometer class dynamic random access memory (DRAM). We’ll spare no efforts to achieve our vision of becoming the world’s best memory chip solution company.” – Park Sung-wook, the chief executive officer of SK hynix SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, one of the world’s most tech-advanced countries, trumped its rivals in wafer capacity last year, market data showed Tuesday, reflecting its solid footing in the semiconductor business. The monthly share of Asia’s fourth-largest economy in terms of wafer capacity stood at 21.1 percent at the end of [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced new cutting-edge mobile component solutions that advance users’ mobile experiences. These solutions include an 8-megapixel (MP) RWB (Red-White-Blue) image sensor based on ISOCELL technology and an NFC (Near Field Communication) integrated circuit (IC) with [...]
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 [...]