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Samsung renames foldable phone project ‘Winner’
Samsung Electronics has recently renamed the project name of its upcoming foldable smartphone “Winner,” ditching the previous “Valley” that it has used since 2015, according to local news outlet The Bell on May 4. Citing unnamed industry sources, the report said Samsung has recently informed suppliers to start sup...
SK hynix begins mass production of latest HBM3E chips
South Korean chipmaker SK hynix said Tuesday it has started mass production of the latest high band width memory (HBM) chips, solidifying its leadership position in the high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) memory semiconductor sector. It came seven months after the company announced the development of the fifth-generation HBM3E products in August. SK hynix said it is the first provider of HBM3E, a product with the best performing DRAM chips, in the world, and mass production of HBM3E
Samsung Electronics to receive $6b subsidy in US
The US Department of Commerce is poised to grant Samsung Electronics subsidies exceeding $6 billion, according to a news report Friday. “The US plans to award more than $6 billion to Samsung Electronics, helping the chipmaker expand beyond a project in Texas it has already announced,” Bloomberg reported, citing multiple unnamed sources. The federal funding for Samsung, South Korea’s leading chipmaker, comes alongside significant additional US investments being made by the fir
Nvidia soars in AI boom, Samsung, TSMC struggle – Uncovering the why
The recent surge in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor stocks has captured the attention of investors worldwide. Notably, Nvidia, renowned for its AI innovations, has seen an impressive performance, with its stock nearly doubling within a mere three months, soaring from $481.68 on Jan.2 to $919.13 on March 12. Similarly, SK hynix, a supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to Nvidia, has experienced steady growth, with its stock surpassing 170,000 won ($129) on March 8
LG Electronics invests $60 mln into US startup Bear Robotics
LG Electronics said Tuesday it has made a $60 million strategic investment in Silicon Valley-based startup Bear Robotics in a move to strengthen its business capabilities in the booming market of artificial intelligence-based service robots. Under a new stock purchase agreement, LG Electronics will become the largest single shareholder in the US startup specializing in AI-driven autonomous service robots. "Rather than seeking short-term returns, this strategic investment is aimed at bolst
The 4 key trends in AI chip development (2)
Jo Weon-Kyoung, professor and director of UNIST Global University-Industry Relations Center, recently authored an article for the Herald Business, a vernacular business daily, which was subsequently picked up and published by The Investor after an unofficial translation. This is the second of the two-part story. –Ed. (2) Sam Altman's ambitious semiconductor endeavor: A potential shake-Up in the industry Renowned as the CEO of OpenAI and a key player in spearheading the AI semiconduc
The 4 key trends in AI chip development (1)
Jo Weon-kyoung, professor and director of UNIST University-Indusry Relations Center, recently authored an article for the Herald Business, a vernacular business daily, which was subsequently picked up and published by The Investor after an unofficial translation. This is the first of the two-part story. –Ed. Nvidia's dominance in the artificial intelligence (AI) market is undisputed. The company has experienced a remarkable evolution from its origins as a provider of graphics processing
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra tops best smartphone list
Consumer Reports: S24 Plus ranks third, S23 Ultra climbs four spots Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S24 Ultra AI smartphone has clinched the top spot in a recent smartphone assessment by US Consumer Reports. Scoring 87 overall, it outperformed Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max (86). The evaluation lauded the Galaxy S24 Ultra across various metrics, highlighting its reliability, satisfaction, camera quality, display brilliance, durability, performance, sound output, user-friendliness, and calling ca
KAIST develops next-generation ultra-low power LLM accelerator
A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor capable of processing a large language model (LLM) with ultra-low power consumption, the science ministry said Wednesday. The team, led by Professor Yoo Hoi-jun at the KAIST PIM Semiconductor Research Center, developed a "Complementary-Transformer" AI chip, which processes GPT-2 with an ultra-low power consumption of 400 milliwatt