SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Seok-hee, the CEO of SK hynix Inc., said Thursday he believes the company’s 10.3 trillion won (US$9 billion) acquisition of Intel Corp.’s NAND memory business is not an expensive deal. South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker last week announced it agreed to buy Intel’s non-volatile memory unit for $9 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc.’s acquisition of Intel Corp.’s NAND memory business will bring positive results to the company, analysts here said Friday, as it can beef up profitability and technological prowess in the sector. South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker on Tuesday announced a 10.3 trillion-won (US$9 billion) deal to buy [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, said Tuesday that it will buy the NAND business of U.S. semiconductor giant Intel Corp. in a deal worth 10.3 trillion won (US$9 billion) to help the company vault to become the world’s second-largest NAND flash chipmaker. SK hynix said it will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. said Wednesday that it will focus on “edge computing” that could hold the key to the success of artificial intelligence (AI) in the future. Edge computing refers to the practice of storing data on computers located near cell towers and other network equipment to improve [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has agreed to supply central processing units (CPUs) for computers to Intel Corp. to help address the U.S. chipmaker’s chip supply issues, industry sources said Thursday. Intel has been struggling to meet demand for 14-nanometer chips for PCs since late 2018 and recently issued an apology [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. may relinquish its top semiconductor supplier’s rank to U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. this year due to the cooling memory chip market, an industry report showed Friday. With 83 percent of Samsung’s semiconductor sales relying on memory devices, such as DRAM and NAND [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant Internet portal and search engine, said Thursday that it will develop 5G-enabled service robots in partnership with the country’s telecom giant KT Corp. and U.S. tech firm Intel Corp. The partnership would allow Naver Labs Corp., a R&D subsidiary of Naver, to use Intel’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp. said Wednesday it has partnered with the U.S. chip giant Intel Corp. to develop an ecosystem for high-end fifth-generation (5G) technology. South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier will cooperate in delivering innovative solutions for 5G with a foundation of Intel architecture, according to the company’s press release. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — From 5G networks and virtual reality to live 4K broadcasts, cutting-edge technology has become a mainstay of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Games last Friday was a monumental showcase of 5G mobile technology, starting from a carefully orchestrated eye-opening drone show to a giant [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. emerged as the world’s No. 1 chipmaker in terms of sales and operating profits in the second quarter, beating behemoth Intel Corp. market data showed Friday. The rise of Samsung is significant as Intel has been standing as the leading computer chip producer for some 24 [...]