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...
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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...
South Korea has been running a trade deficit since March last year as prices of imported goods have soared. February was no exception, ending with a deficit of $5.3 billion, imports up 3.6%. At the same time, exports fell by 15.9% yoy if only...
If relatively recently there was an acute shortage of chips for any purpose, now the manufacturers of the corresponding products are suffering from the opposite – unused semiconductors are piling up in their warehouses. That’s why South...
The pandemic has exposed the semiconductor industry’s vulnerabilities, autochips and other cheap, mass-produced products are in short supply, and US authorities have begun to look for ways to improve supply chain reliability. The long...
The US intends to limit the development of semiconductor production by South Korean companies based in China, Reuters reports, citing a senior US official source. Image source: Samsung In October 2022, the US imposed new import restrictions on...
In South Korea, seven former employees of a Samsung subsidiary have been found guilty of illegally sourcing semiconductor-related technology and passing it on to Chinese companies, as the country steps up its defense of its key secrets. Image...
South Korean startup FuriosaAI is preparing to start production of ChatGPT-enabled AI chips as early as next year. According to the company’s CEO, June Paik, the second generation of its chips will be the most powerful solution available to...
According to the latest data, Samsung has encountered difficulties in organizing the production of chips according to the advanced 3nm process technology. The reason is not the lack of technological skills, but, as it turned out, the lack of...
South Koreans, who frequently receive mobile alerts about earthquakes and COVID outbreaks, have learned a more unusual but no less dire warning this time. They were told on Monday morning that this time the danger could literally come from the sky...
