SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — For a car to truly drive itself without user control, it needs to be continuously aware of surroundings and make split-second decisions in any situation via the vehicle’s autonomous driving system. As a self-driving car’s system must be based on complex data sets to navigate the road and electronics [...]
FREMONT, Calif., Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Mattson Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced process equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, introduces Hydrilis™, the industry’s highest productivity density vacuum transfer platform featuring high throughput on the smallest footprint. The Hydrilis platform can be configured with up to 4 process chambers, or 8 processing stations, for [...]
SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Exports of semiconductors produced by South Korean firms reached a record high last year on soaring prices and firm demand, customs data showed on Friday. The outbound shipment of chips reached US$99.71 billion last year, sharply up 60.2 percent from the $62.23 billion tallied a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the Korea Customs Service. The 2017 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung’s Semiconductor Division is reaping the benefits of a semiconductor boom that has equated to exports increasing by 53.9 percent through Q3 compared to the same period last year. According to a statement from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on November 15, semiconductors at 16 percent make [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports jumped 7.1 percent in October from a year earlier on the back of strong demand for semiconductors, ships and petrochemical products, government data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments came to US$45 billion for October, up from $41.9 billion tallied a year earlier, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Semiconductors are expected to account for a record high of more than 16 percent of South Korea’s annual exports this year, data showed Friday. Industry data showed South Korea’s export of chips, led by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., reaching US$70.4 billion in the January-September period, up [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s semiconductor exports are expected to exceed US$90 billion this year due to increased overseas chip demand and higher prices, an international traders organization said Wednesday. In the January-August period, outbound shipments of computer chips surged 52 percent on-year to $59.5 billion, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Provided the current situation remains the same going forward, [industries] excepting a few such as semiconductors, general machinery and weapons manufacturing will lose market share. In particular, the automotive, shipbuilding, petrochemical, textiles, home appliances, and communications devices industries will see their respective global market share drop in 2025 compared [...]
SEJONG, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will invest a combined 260 billion won (US$233.1 million) in the system semiconductor sector to develop core technologies and foster experts in the coming four to six years as part of a broader effort to keep up with the fourth industrial revolution, the government said Thursday. The [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday it will bolster the local electric-car industry by applying nano-technology, in line with its efforts to find new sources of growth amid the prolonged economic slump. Under the plan, the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning said it aims to develop an electric [...]