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SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported a 95 percent fall in second-quarter operating profit, as macroeconomic woes have taken a toll on demand for chips used in electronic gadgets from mobile phones to computers to cars. The world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker logged a profit of 668.5 [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) –Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its fifth generation of foldable smartphones Wednesday, in the latest move in the premium segment where the South Korean tech firm is a trailblazer but that is now becoming increasingly crowded with more players. At the summer edition of the Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung showed off the [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. reported fifth consecutive quarterly losses Wednesday as sluggish demand for smartphones, TVs and computers took a toll on its bottom line. The major panel maker reported an operating loss of 881.5 billion (US$689 million) for the April-June period, compared with a loss of 488.3 billion won [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Wednesday it logged losses for three quarters in a row as a demand slump continued amid macroeconomic woes, but it called the bottom on the chip market. The world’s second-largest memory chip maker said in a regulatory filing its operating losses amounted to 2.88 trillion [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top portal operator Naver Corp. said Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with car-sharing and mobility service provider SOCAR Inc. to foster mutual cooperation for mobility service innovation using its hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) platform, HyperCLOVA X. According to the terms of the MOU, [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday introduced the latest upgradable home appliances, powered by a new operating system and AI chipset, in a follow-up measure to realize its vision to turn itself into a “smart life solutions provider.” The South Korean tech company said the new OS and chipset, which [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co., leading battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and several other major South Korean companies joined hands with smaller firms to seek ways to maximize the use of artificial intelligence in key industries, the industry ministry said Tuesday. A total of 20 South Korean conglomerates [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday it will introduce a new service aimed at assisting university and graduate school students specializing in semiconductors, enabling them to develop and validate their chip designs effectively. Dubbed the “My Chip” service, it allows students to produce their chip designs at [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldable phone and Z Fold 5 will be equipped with a function to inform users about any defective universal subscriber identity module (USIM). LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has developed this feature in collaboration [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday its UltraGear gaming monitor has been selected as the official monitor for Gamers8, the world’s largest eSports championship, for the second consecutive year. The monitor features an impressive 360-hertz refresh rate and is equipped with NVIDIA Reflex technology, effectively reducing the latency between mouse [...]