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August 25, 2024
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to boost sales of high-end chip substrates
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, the electronic parts manufacturing affiliate of Samsung Electronics, said Sunday it will ramp up the sales portion of high-end flip chip ball grid array (FCBGA) substrates for servers and artificial intelligence to over 50 percent by 2026. FCBGA is a ...
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August 22, 2024
Samsung to widen gap with Chinese rivals with AI TVs
Samsung Electronics said it is confident in maintaining its No. 1 position in the global TV market by widening the gap with Chinese rivals with its advanced artificial intelligence technology. “We b...s, transcends the traditional TV viewing experience. “We are establishing the formul...
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August 21, 2024
Samsung, LG showcase next-gen display tech at IMID
...d on a 77-inch 4K display, along with the upgraded brightness enhancing algorithm Meta Multi Booster, and the full-range brightness detail enhancing algorithm, Detail Enhancer. At the conference, Samsung and LG presented new display technologies and findings that would affect the indus...
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August 21, 2024
Percentage of younger employees drops at major Korean companies: report
...to 34.2 percent in 2023. The food and beverages industry, on the other hand, marked the steepest increase in terms of 50 and older employees, going from 24.6 percent to 28.8 percent. By company, Samsung Electro-Mechanics marked the steepest drop in the percentage of young employees. A...
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August 21, 2024
LG Energy Solution to expand battery safety software business
...ent with US semiconductor firm Analog Devices Inc. to secure a stable supply of high-performance battery management chips and advance technology development. Meanwhile, competitors like SK On and Samsung SDI are also pushing forward in the BMS space. In 2022, SK On codeveloped a batter...
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August 20, 2024
Percentage of younger employees drops at major Korean companies: report
...to 34.2 percent in 2023. The food and beverages industry, on the other hand, marked the steepest increase in terms of 50 and older employees, going from 24.6 percent to 28.8 percent. By company, Samsung Electro-Mechanics marked the steepest drop in the percentage of young employees. A...
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August 19, 2024
Bankers better paid than Samsung, Hyundai Motor workers
...banks, 60.5 million won, surpassed the 54 million won paid by South Korea’s biggest corporation, Samsung Electronics, during the same period. SK hynix, the second-largest chipmaker, paid 52 million wo...year, major companies also experienced slight declines or minimal increases in wage...
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August 19, 2024
Samsung tops global TV sales, closely chased by Chinese rivals
While Samsung Electronics maintained its No. 1 position as a TV-maker in the first half of this year, Chinese rivals seem to be ramping up their game to close the gap. Market tracker Counterpoint Re...nding spree. It reached 56 million units in the second quarter this year, up 3 percent ...
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August 18, 2024
SK hynix sales more than double in China, US in H1
...rcent on-year. SK hynix maintained No. 2 in the market, posting sales of $7.9 billion to take 34.5 percent of the market. The company’s market share increased by 3.4 percentage points on-quarter. Samsung Electronics, the largest memory chip maker by revenue, logged sales of $9.8 trill...
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August 16, 2024
SK hynix's DRAM market share rises, buoyed by HBM growth
...l-June period, DRAM sales totaled $22.9 billion, a 24.8 percent jump from the previous quarter. Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, retained its No. 1 position with $9.8 billio...t compared to the previous quarter. SK hynix, the No. 2 memory maker, has narrowed...
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August 16, 2024
Chipmakers cut executive pay on lukewarm sales
...t drastic cuts due to lukewarm earnings, according to their half-year salary reports Wednesday. Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, the nation’s top two chipmakers, are considered among the highest-pay...ives suffered 20 to 30 percent cuts in their compensation amid a global downturn in...
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August 15, 2024
Samsung faces tougher SE Asia challenge from China
Samsung Electronics has retained its leading position in Southeast Asia’s major smartphone markets, but faces fiercer competition from Chinese rivals with cheaper pricing, according to an industry report Thursday. In the April-June period, Samsung held an 18 percent market sha...
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August 14, 2024
[KH Explains] Are China-made batteries being fairly criticized for EV fires?
... Energy Solution has been collaborating with Volkswagen on its MEB platform since 2016, a platform that underpins models like the ID.3 and ID.4. BMW similarly established a strong partnership with Samsung SDI early on, and SK On was not ready to supply NCM batteries at a large scale at ...
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August 14, 2024
Samsung, LG unveil new OLED tech to widen gap with Chinese runner-ups
LG Display showcased its latest OLED panels that have been made bigger and optimal for automotive infotainment displays at its booth set up under the theme of "A Better Future." Showcasing the large OLED display panels, LG introduced an 83-inch OLED TV panel that has been made with new technology ...
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August 14, 2024
Carmakers advised to disclose battery suppliers in EVs
...ved in the Incheon fire was equipped with a nickel-cobalt-manganese battery made by Farasis, a Chinese manufacturer that is lesser-known as industry leaders like CATL, LG Energy Solution, SK On or Samsung SDI. Adding to the concern, Farasis’s NCM batteries were recalled in China in 202...
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August 13, 2024
Chipmakers keen on enhancing power efficiency of AI chips
... automotive solutions. It has a lot of growth potential." The world's largest memory-chip-maker Samsung Electronics announced last week it had started mass production of the world's thinnest LPDDR5X ...hin devices, its ultraslim DRAM chip would create additional space to facilitate bet...
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August 13, 2024
Analysts offer rosy H2 outlook for LG Display
...ters. Apple is targeting a total of 120 million OLED iPhone panels this year, up 30 percent from last year. LG Display is expected to supply about 37.5 percent, or 45 million of the supply, while Samsung Display is responsible for producing the rest. The Korean panel maker has started...
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August 13, 2024
Telecom carriers rush to launch call recording features for iPhones
...plans for the release yet. The AI call recording function is attracting mobile carriers' and users’ attention because of its lack of availability on the iPhone. Unlike Android smartphones such as Samsung Electronics' flagship Galaxy phones, iPhones with iOS have not offered this featu...
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August 12, 2024
Samsung, LG to challenge Chinese rivals with 'all-in-one' robot vacuums
...lly scrubs away dirt and mops the floor, then also washes and dries the rag by itself, LG said. Samsung Electronics released the Bespoke AI Steam robot vacuum in April, with all of the dust suction, ...n raised as major pain points for users with mops left wet, leading to a stench afte...
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August 11, 2024
SK hynix gives boost to chip exports to Taiwan
...ges the GPUs along with HBM chips supplied by SK hynix and Micron Technology to produce AI accelerators for Nvidia. Currently, SK hynix is the only Korean chipmaker to supply HBM chips to Nvidia. Samsung Electronics, the world’s No. 1 memory chip maker, is also carrying out qualificat...