SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the semiconductor industry experiencing a boom leading to a vibrant job market, South Korean tech giants are facing a growing dilemma: how to prevent technology leaks while competing for top talent. Industry leaders like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix routinely require employees to sign non-compete agreements, typically barring them [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Medison Co., a medical equipment unit of Samsung Electronics Co., said Monday it has completed the acquisition of the French artificial intelligence medtech startup Sonio, as part of its effort to expand its AI-powered health care solution business. The Korean company acquired 100 percent of Sonio on Friday, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, said Tuesday it has started mass production of the industry’s thinnest mobile DRAM, LPDDR5X DRAM, tailored to on-device artificial intelligence. The new 12-nanometer (nm)-class 12 gigabyte (GB) and 16GB LPDDR5X DRAM packages are only 0.65 mm high, making them the [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday sales of high-performance high bandwidth memory (HBM) products soared more than 50 percent in the second quarter from three months earlier, driven by a boom in generative artificial intelligence. “The memory market continued to be strong in the second quarter, fueled by strong demand [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – For the second consecutive year, Samsung Electronics has been named the most desirable company to work for among college students in South Korea, according to a recent survey. The employment website Incruit announced on July 29 that it had conducted a survey of 962 job-seeking college students nationwide. The survey [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – In a potential shake-up of its supply chain, Apple is expected to diversify its camera sensor suppliers, ending Sony’s long-standing monopoly in the iPhone’s imaging technology. According to noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, Samsung Electronics could begin supplying image sensors for iPhones as early as 2026. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The striking labor union of Samsung Electronics Co. held a rally on Monday, a day before resuming talks with the company to resolve the industrial action over a wage hike, union officials said. About 1,200 unionized workers of the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) joined the rally at a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has acquired the British artificial intelligence and knowledge graph tech startup Oxford Semantic Technologies in a bid to strengthen its in-device AI capabilities. The South Korean tech giant signed an agreement to take over the U.K.-based startup on Tuesday (British time). But it [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has launched an energy management service for electric vehicles of Tesla Inc. in the United States as part of their strategic partnership aimed at enhancing connectivity at home, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung Electronics’ SmartThings Energy platform is now available for Tesla drivers in the U.S., [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics unveiled its first smart ring, the Galaxy Ring, at a launch event in Paris, generating significant consumer interest, particularly regarding the potential inclusion of non-invasive blood glucose monitoring. Similar expectations surrounded the Galaxy Watch 7. However, neither device includes this highly anticipated feature. Non-invasive monitoring refers to methods [...]