It’s no secret that Chinese manufacturers dominate the traction battery market for electric vehicles, but are politically barred from direct access to the enticing US market. Accordingly BloombergJudging by the activity of Chinese companies in...
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A former senior Samsung employee from South Korea, who was recently arrested on suspicion of industrial espionage to later build a replica of his company’s factory, delivered a message to the press from prison. In it he rejects accusations...
Industry association SEMI shares some sources’ concerns about chipmakers cutting capital spending this year. According to the association’s experts, the cost of equipping companies to process 300mm silicon wafers will fall by 18% to $74...
The South Korean company is consolidating its efforts to strengthen the local flagship automaker’s position in the global electric vehicle market. An alliance between Samsung, SK and LG will be formed around Hyundai Motor Group to help the...
Chinese companies have often openly poached people with experience in Taiwan and South Korea to build national semiconductor industries, but scandals involving criminal charges in such cases have been rare. The new precedent with the arrest of the...
Since October last year, it has been repeatedly pointed out that Korean memory chip manufacturers are in a delicate situation. On the one hand, they now produce a significant part of their products in China. On the other hand, the US authorities are...
In recent months, Intel has abandoned plans to build new R&D centers as the company is forced to cut costs due to falling sales and rising costs of building new facilities and mastering new technological processes. It is all the more...
South Korean authorities have urged their American counterparts to review the chip law’s rules for granting subsidies to semiconductor manufacturers, arguing that this US law could negatively impact South Korea’s business in China. Image...
As the battle for leadership in the semiconductor industry intensifies, Samsung Electronics is increasingly becoming a victim of information leaks. As reported by Business Korea, citing industry sources, an employee from the Device Solutions...
Samsung has tasked its own divisions, which design and manufacture smartphones and TVs, with finding ways to make more money. The order came amid the company’s revenue of $48.14 billion and operating income of $483.25 million for the first...
The United States asked the South Korean authorities for assistance. US officials urge Korean colleagues to influence memory makers. If China bans American Micron Technology, then South Korean companies like Samsung should not fill the shortage of...
The Republic of Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined Alphabet’s Google 42.1 billion won (about US$31.9 million) for unfairly competing in the mobile games market by restricting the publishing of mobile video games blocked on competitor...
South Korea’s Ministry of Science, Information Technology and Future Planning has identified priority areas for financing national industry and will attract up to US$121 billion in investment for related needs by 2027. Most of this amount is...
South Korean semiconductor maker SK hynix raised $1.7 billion in its first convertible bond sale in a decade as the world’s second-biggest maker of memory chips braces for higher quarterly losses as global demand for chips slumps. However, the...
South Korea’s semiconductor industry is heavily dependent on the memory chip market, and the authorities’ February statistics show no sign of the industry improving. Year-on-year, the chip production volume fell by 41.8%, reaching the...
Last year, South Korean brand SsangYong Motor nearly went bankrupt but was bailed out in September by local KG group, which bought a large stake in the ailing automaker. At a trade fair in Seoul, a new KG Group brand introduced the Torres EVX...
According to information Bloomberg, South Korean parliamentarians today, without undue delay, approved amendments to legal norms describing incentive methods for the development of clusters for the production of semiconductor products in the country...
According to the online publication Business KoreaSamsung Electronics intends to start mass-producing third-generation 4nm chips in the second half of this year. It has not only stabilized the yield percentage, but also improved the performance...
Samsung has completely switched to Snapdragon mobile platforms in the flagship Galaxy S23 series. It is expected that Qualcomm solutions will also be used in Galaxy S24 smartphones. At the same time, Samsung has denied recent rumors that it has...
Cooperation between China and South Korea in the field of chip production continues and is even intensifying in some areas, despite the US desire to limit its development. It became known that the import of silicon wafers for the production of chips...
