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SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has extended a multiyear agreement with AMD Inc. to use the U.S. chip firm’s latest graphics solutions to upgrade the Samsung Exynos mobile processor and boost mobile gaming experiences. The partnership will help bring “console-level graphics quality and optimized power consumption to more [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has been emphasizing the versatility of its mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, in its efforts to keep Apple Pay in check as the latter recently entered the South Korean market. “Samsung Pay was a groundbreaking change that enabled consumers to pay without having to separately subscribe [...]
DAEJEON, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has revealed that it will be establishing a Semiconductor Examination Task Force that will be dedicated to reviewing patents related to chip technology. The patent office and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Tuesday that the amendment to the former’s organizational [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday it will invite regional for-profit and non-profit organizations to participate in a project designed to promote the creation of a metaverse work environment. The project, dubbed “Metaverse Nomad,” was introduced last year on a trial basis, and more than 300 employees from [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the Asan campus of Samsung Display Co. on Tuesday to celebrate a new large-scale investment deal between the company, and materials, parts and equipment makers, his office said. Samsung Display, the display panel making unit of Samsung Electronics Co., held a ceremony at its [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of the announcement of preliminary first-quarter earnings results scheduled to be released on Friday, Samsung Electronics Co. is under close watch to see whether its stance on production cutbacks will change. Previously, the world’s largest memory chip maker dismissed the possibility of artificial production cuts. But there are [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of smartphones in South Korea fell 6 percent last year from a year earlier amid an economic slowdown, industry data showed Monday. Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading smartphone maker, saw its smartphone sales decline 2 percent on-year in its home country in 2022, while sales of Apple [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two major tech giants pulled a prank for a bit of fun on April Fools’ Day. Samsung Electronics Co. on Saturday posted on its website that it had released the Galaxy S23 Bow-Wow Edition, the world’s first smartphone designed exclusively for dogs. This cream-colored smartphone can diagnose [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean display maker LG Display Co. on Friday announced that it would delay its investment in a large OLED production facility to March 2028 from the original date of March 31. The primary factor behind this decision is the sluggish market demand that has resulted from the global [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s semiconductor industry is complaining over the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act for requiring companies to submit information about production yield, which is regarded as sensitive and confidential data within the industry. Earlier this week, the U.S. Commerce Department released new requirements for chipmakers seeking federal grants for [...]