SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In a rare admission of weakness, Samsung Electronics has acknowledged internal problems affecting its semiconductor business, marking a formal recognition of the crisis that has been brewing throughout the year. The head of Samsung’s semiconductor division, Kyung Kye-hyun, expressed remorse for the company’s weakening technological competitiveness, conceding that the issues [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has begun mass production of its latest industry-leading solid-state drive (SSD) product optimal for usage in powerful artificial intelligence personal computers. Samsung said the PM9E1 SSD, which boasts the industry’s highest performance and largest capacity, is built on its in-house 5-nanometer-based controller and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time in its history, Samsung Electronics, the South Korean tech giant, has more employees aged 40 and above than those in their 20s, according to a recent analysis. This demographic shift underscores a rapidly aging workforce at one of the world’s leading technology companies. The Korea CXO [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s nuclear safety regulator said Thursday the radiation exposure of two workers at Samsung Electronics Co.’s chip plant was caused by mismanagement of safety equipment. In late May, the two workers in the chip production line of Samsung’s Giheung Campus in Yongin, 42 kilometers south of Seoul, experienced X-ray [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the semiconductor industry experiencing a boom leading to a vibrant job market, South Korean tech giants are facing a growing dilemma: how to prevent technology leaks while competing for top talent. Industry leaders like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix routinely require employees to sign non-compete agreements, typically barring them [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Medison Co., a medical equipment unit of Samsung Electronics Co., said Monday it has completed the acquisition of the French artificial intelligence medtech startup Sonio, as part of its effort to expand its AI-powered health care solution business. The Korean company acquired 100 percent of Sonio on Friday, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, said Tuesday it has started mass production of the industry’s thinnest mobile DRAM, LPDDR5X DRAM, tailored to on-device artificial intelligence. The new 12-nanometer (nm)-class 12 gigabyte (GB) and 16GB LPDDR5X DRAM packages are only 0.65 mm high, making them the [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday sales of high-performance high bandwidth memory (HBM) products soared more than 50 percent in the second quarter from three months earlier, driven by a boom in generative artificial intelligence. “The memory market continued to be strong in the second quarter, fueled by strong demand [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – For the second consecutive year, Samsung Electronics has been named the most desirable company to work for among college students in South Korea, according to a recent survey. The employment website Incruit announced on July 29 that it had conducted a survey of 962 job-seeking college students nationwide. The survey [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – In a potential shake-up of its supply chain, Apple is expected to diversify its camera sensor suppliers, ending Sony’s long-standing monopoly in the iPhone’s imaging technology. According to noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, Samsung Electronics could begin supplying image sensors for iPhones as early as 2026. [...]