SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will use Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platforms in the infotainment system for its purpose-built vehicles (PBVs), the U.S. chip company said Thursday. Under the technology collaboration, the Korean automotive group will incorporate the latest Snapdragon solutions in its PBV infotainment system to [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a ruling in favor of the South Korean antitrust regulator’s record fine of 1 trillion won (US$760.8 million) imposed in 2016 on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. for unfair business practices. The fine was imposed by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), which concluded in [...]
SAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will collaborate with Qualcomm and Google to build an ecosystem for extended reality (XR). Samsung announced the partnership at the Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on Wednesday (local time), where it unveiled new Galaxy S flagship smartphones [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm was included among Samsung Electronics Co.’s top five clients in the first quarter, a document showed Tuesday, largely due to chip contract manufacturing. In a quarterly corporate filing, the South Korean tech giant named Apple, Best Buy, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm and Supreme Electronics as its five [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., a South Korean memory chip maker, has said it will invest in the joint establishment of a chip firm in the United States with two other subsidiaries of South Korean conglomerate SK Group to diversify its product portfolio and expand its global business. The world’s [...]
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Lantronix Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRX), a global provider of secure turnkey solutions for the Intelligent IT and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced it has been named a member of the Qualcomm® Authorized Design Center Program’s automotive program. A long-time Qualcomm® Advantage Network member, Lantronix joined the invitation-only program, which assists companies [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. is collaborating with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. for the development of 5G automotive platforms, its senior executive has said, as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its presence in the automotive business for future growth. Qualcomm, the No. 1 semiconductor supplier in telematics and wireless [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has reportedly secured an order to manufacture Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s mobile application processor (AP) for 5G budget smartphones, industry sources said Tuesday, as the South Korean tech giant eyes boosting its presence in the foundry industry. Samsung is likely to be a producer of the 5G [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has formed an alliance with global telecom operators, content developers and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to develop 5G-based augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content to boost the budding industry. The Global XR Content Telco [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court ruled in favor of South Korea’s antitrust regulator Wednesday, saying that the watchdog’s 2016 decision to impose a record fine on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. for unfair business practices was justifiable. The ruling will be a setback for Qualcomm, which challenged the Fair Trade Commission’s (FTC) [...]