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SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In a high-stakes battle for dominance in artificial intelligence technology, major semiconductor manufacturers are racing to develop HBM4, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory chips crucial for advanced AI processors. The competition intensified on March 18 when Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, announced at the company’s GTC 2025 developer conference [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has held the No. 1 spot in annual sales among South Korean companies for 22 consecutive years from 2002 to 2023, an industry analysis report showed Monday. According to the report from the Korea CXO Institute, a corporate data firm, Samsung Electronics was found to have [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday its new advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) evo TVs have claimed all top 10 spots in consumer rankings released by U.S. Consumer Report. Consumer Report has recently adjusted its evaluation standards for TV products in terms of creditability, satisfaction, screen resolution and sound quality. [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are entering the competitive field of AI reasoning models, following the global excitement sparked by DeepSeek’s breakthrough R1 model. Upstage, a South Korean AI startup, plans to release its reasoning-focused AI model in the latter half of 2025, according to industry sources. This follows LG AI Research’s March [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As the home appliance subscription market continues to expand in South Korea, Samsung Electronics is seeing remarkable growth in its subscription business, generating more than 200 billion won (approximately $138 million at an exchange rate of 1,450 won to the dollar) in revenue during the first two months of this [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is strengthening its outreach to future customers and talent by partnering with top U.S. universities, the company announced Sunday. LG Electronics’ North America office hosted its annual “LG College Day” on March 21 at its regional headquarters, welcoming around 50 Princeton University students studying Korean language. Now in [...]
DAEJEON, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have created a transparent film that could revolutionize indoor 5G reception, eliminating the need for expensive signal repeaters while solving one of 5G’s most persistent problems: poor indoor coverage. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has announced the development of an intelligent reconfigurable surface (RIS) [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled in favor of Samsung Display in its OLED patent infringement case against Chinese display manufacturer BOE, strengthening Samsung’s position in ongoing legal battles with Chinese competitors. According to industry sources on Wednesday, the ITC determined on March 19 (local time) that BOE, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary schools in South Korea are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) digital textbooks at higher rates compared to middle and high schools, according to new data. Education authorities plan to inform provincial education offices and schools about additional application methods for the second semester this week, aiming to increase AI textbook usage [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As phone-based phishing scams grow increasingly sophisticated, South Koreans are turning in droves to “Citizen Conan,” an anti-phishing app operated by the National Police Agency. According to mobile analytics firm IGAWorks Mobile Index, the number of Citizen Conan users surged by 215.9% in February, reaching 1.39 million, compared to [...]