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Monday 29 January 2024
Shaping tomorrow's AI: practicality and cloud dependency for Samsung and Google's AI smartphones
Samsung Electronics recently unveiled its Galaxy S24 series, heralding the company's entry into the AI smartphone market and igniting the competition among tech giants for dominance...
Monday 29 January 2024
South Korean panel makers keen to boost foldable OLED production amid strong demand
Despite the ongoing downturn in the overall IT product market, notebooks and smartphones continue to experience robust demand, with their use of foldable panels on the rise. This...
Monday 29 January 2024
UK Advanced Propulsion Centre director: Taiwan crucial for global EV development
DIGITIMES recently interviewed Julian Hetherington, the director of the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), to understand the future of EV development in the UK and its potential benefits...
Monday 29 January 2024
Toyota to move EV battery assembly in house to reduce transportation cost
The current issue of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) having higher costs than equivalent gasoline or diesel vehicles is not only due to the construction costs of battery materials...
Monday 29 January 2024
SK Hynix returns to profit on GenAI boom, expects momentum from general server market in 2024
In 2023, the rapid growth of the generative AI market brought a turning point for SK Hynix's memory business. Following the AI server market taking off, the memory industry is now...
Friday 26 January 2024
OpenAI's Altman to meet Samsung, SK Hynix during Korea trip
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is visiting leaders of South Korea's semiconductor industry this week, as the artificial intelligence pioneer weighs an ambitious move into...
Friday 26 January 2024
South Korea sees global export share ranking in key tech industries fall to 5th from 2nd place
In the world's six major advanced industries, South Korea witnessed a substantial decline in its export share from 8.4% in 2018 to 6.5% in 2022, marking a significant 25% decrease...
Friday 26 January 2024
Samsung SDI invests in overseas mining company to enhance high-nickel battery capability
Samsung SDI will invest in the Canada Nickel Company, a Canadian nickel miner, to secure the critical raw material for its high-performance batteries. It would be the first time the...
Friday 26 January 2024
Several new wafer fabs in Japan to come online in 2024
In 2024, numerous Japanese and foreign semiconductor manufacturers will commence mass production at newly constructed wafer fabrication facilities in Japan. Industry sources claim...
Friday 26 January 2024
Semco reportedly to put new Vietnam plant into production in 2Q24
The previously announced new ABF substrate plant in Vietnam by Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) was slated to begin production in the second half of 2023. However, due to a general...
Friday 26 January 2024
Taiwan's hacking crisis exposes semiconductor firms' Achilles supply chains
Taiwan's semiconductor companies and their supply ecosystem are uniquely vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
Friday 26 January 2024
SK Hynix said to diversify HBM equipment sources, optimizing processes
SK Hynix is trying to diversify equipment sources to cut reliance on certain technology and specific companies for its High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) supply chain, according to South...
Friday 26 January 2024
Intel reportedly to integrate Samsung's LPDDR5X in Lunar Lake CPU by 3D packaging
Samsung Electronics and Intel have long competed with each other for first place in the fierce global semiconductor IDM market, and a fierce battle for orders and rankings has begun...
Friday 26 January 2024
Thinking Electronic steps up deployment in automotive sector
Passive component industry experts project a noticeable industry rebound after the second quarter or the second half of this year. Most firms are looking to automotive applications...
Friday 26 January 2024
Price war in Chinese car market impacts Nidec's earnings forecasts
The fierce price cuts persisting in China and other EV markets have burdened automotive suppliers. Japan-based Nidec, an electric motor drive technology provider, just scaled down...