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SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The third-quarter earnings outlooks for Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., the world’s top two leading chip manufacturers, remain largely grim due to a recent fall in global demand for memory chips, an industry data analysis showed Sunday. According to the analysis by Yonhap Infomax of earnings outlooks [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said Friday it has opened an investigation into alleged patent violations by Samsung Electronics Co. over outdoor electronics displays. The formal investigation was initiated following a complaint on Aug. 19 by Manufacturing Resources International (MRI), an Atlanta-based manufacturer of outdoor and semi-outdoor digital [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Koreas No. 2 wireless carrier, said Friday it has signed a partnership agreement with the Vector Institute, a Canadian nonprofit artificial intelligence (AI) research institution, for joint AI-related research and projects. Under the agreement, KT and the institute will work together in pursuing joint AI research, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — DRAM prices are estimated to post a quarterly decline of 13-18 percent in the fourth quarter, steeper than the previous quarter, a report said Friday, as consumer demand for electronic devices remains stagnant and macroeconomic conditions aggravated. Research firm TrendForce said rising inflation has significantly weakened the appetite for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, ranks No. 1 in terms of download speed of 5G networks, an industry report showed Friday. According to global mobile industry tracker Opensignal, the average download speed using SK Telecom’s 5G network was recorded at 469.6 megabits per second (Mbps), 2.55 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Having majored in business administration in university and with eight years of previous work experience at the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency, Cheon Yeong-seok, co-CEO of robot startup Twinny Co., had always dreamed of one day starting his own business. Looking back though, Cheon said it had never crossed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 National Edition, which KT Corp. released as a special edition to celebrate the 2022 Qatar World Cup, enjoyed a strong pre-order response. The wireless carrier received pre-orders for 50 limited units through its official online mall on Monday and Tuesday. As many as [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Thursday it had developed an innovative adhesive by mixing wine’s tannic acid with a biocompatible high polymer. Mixing a soluble high polymer with tannic acid generates a coacervate that is sticky like a jelly. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday that it will expand its service robot business with the LG CLOi ServeBot in collaboration with mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. The two affiliates of LG Group agreed to cooperate in the expansion of the service robot business, exploration of new business opportunities, exploration [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — British chip designer Arm is the talk of the town — again — in South Korea, as it emerged as Samsung Electronics Co.’s potential merger and acquisition target. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong said Wednesday that SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son will visit South Korea next month [...]