SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top two tech firms, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, swept the chart for the week’s most viral video ads, according to an advertising industry website Friday. LG’s “Nano Cell Super Match,” featuring a shooting match between Steven Gerrard and Adam Lallana of Liverpool, scored over 33 million [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday introduced a 1-terabit (Tb) V-NAND chip, which aims to meet growing market demand and technological developments in the field of data processing and storage systems. “The arrival of a 1Tb V-NAND chip next year will enable 2 terabytes of memory in a single V-NAND [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The global price for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips rose 5.2 percent on-month in July, data showed Thursday, casting brighter outlook over second-half earnings for South Korean chipmakers. According to the data compiled by industry tracker DRAMeXchange, the average contract price for the mainstay DDR4 4Gb 512Mx8 2133MHz came [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it has developed the industry’s first long-term evolution (LTE) network modem technology, which supports the 6CA solution. It is expected to enable faster and stable data communication. The Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology allows network operators to provide fast and stable data communication by bundling [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it topped the U.S. home appliances market in the April-June period, standing as the No. 1 player for the fifth consecutive quarter. Citing the data compiled by U.S. market tracker Traqline, the South Korean tech giant said it remained the top company in terms [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean conglomerate Samsung’s startup supporting venture ‘Samsung Next’ has for the first time invested in a South Korean startup since its establishment five years ago. The latest beneficiary of Samsung’s investment scheme is Mobidoo, a small startup company with fewer than ten employees that specializes in payment solutions and mobile [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said its second-quarter net profit advanced 89 percent on-year to set a new record, apparently helped by strong returns from its chip business amid an industrywide boom. Net profit came to 11 trillion won (US$9.8 billion), rising sharply from 5.8 trillion won posted a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea accounted for around 10 percent of Samsung Electronics Co.’s combined sales last year, similar to the previous year’s figure, reflecting the tech giant’s expanding presence overseas, its report showed Monday According to the business report released by Samsung Electronics, 20.2 trillion won (US$18 billion) of its combined [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ dedication to technology development has entered the spotlight, as tech enthusiasts and everyday consumers alike have taken notice of the company’s groundbreaking product releases like the new Wind-Free Air Conditioner. Technologies like the Wind-Free Air Conditioner (it’s exactly what it sounds like) and Samsung washing machines with [...]