Samsung will begin sales of the Intel-based Galaxy Book S laptop in South Korea on July 3, the company said on Tuesday.According to Samsung, the laptop is powered by a new Intel CPU with "Intel Hybrid Technology", which uses the chipmaker's Foyeros 3D stacking technology and a hybrid CPU architectur

An ex-Samsung president will resign from his post at a Chinese tech firm due to the controversy surrounding the move, according to South Korea media Chosun Ilbo.Chang Won-ki, ex-president at Samsung China, drew South Korean media attention from his move to Chinese display driver IC maker Beijing Esw

Samsung’s de facto leader has held relay meetings with key executives of its smartphone and semiconductor operations, Samsung Electronics said on Monday.Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Kim Ki-nam, CEO and vice chairman of Samsung Device Solutions (DS), Jin Gyo-young, presiden

Samsung Electronics will launch “BTS Editions” for its Galaxy S20 series smartphones and Galaxy Buds+, the company said Monday.The K-Pop group themed Galaxy S20 Plus 5G and Galaxy S20 Plus and Galaxy Buds+ earbuds will go on sale in July 9, the company said. Pre-orders will start Monday on fan commu

SK Innovation has developed a new gas detection system that will increase worker safety, the company said on Monday.It is based on Internet of Things (IoT) sensors that will installed on closed spaces in factories or construction sites that previously required human personnel for check-ups.The compa

LG Electronics expects demand for TVs to rebound in the second half of the year, the company said on Monday, and will display some of its key products at key shops globally to meet them.The South Korean hardware maker said it was expanding displaying of its wallpaper-concept LG OLED Galleria TV, or

Intel has official launched its Lakefield processor that comes with its Hybrid Technology, Thursday.The chip has five cores __ a 10-nanometre core and four low-power cores.It will power Samsung Galaxy Book S and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold.The Lakefield package measures 12x12x1mm, 56% smaller than its p

Nano Korea 2000 industry show will have four levels of prevention measures in place against COVID-19, its organizers says.All visitors will be required to wear a face mask to enter the show, which will run from July 1 to 3 at KINTEX in Goyang City.Staff will check whether visitors are wearing masks

Coweaver has successfully applied Post Quantum Cryptography (PQS) on its Re-configurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM).The optical transmission system maker is supplying the equipment to South Korean telco LG Uplus, which will likely use it for its enterprise network, the companies said.PQS i

Shengyi Electronics, which supplies printed circuit board (PCB) for network equipment to Huawei and Samsung, will debut on China’s Science and Technology Innovation Board on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the company said Thursday.Dongguan-based company is aiming to secure 3.96 billion yuan from the f

Hisense will launch the UEFA.tv app on their TVs, the companies announced Thursday.The UEFA sponsor said its smart TVs running on the Linux-based VIDAA operating system and Hisense-made Toshiba TV have the app. It is available in Europe as of Thursday. Other regions will also get app in the months t

Samsung Electronics has received UL’s Zero Waste to Landfill validation of Gold level and above for all of its global semiconductor operation sites, the company said on Thursday.Its Austin semiconductor operation received the validation first in January, followed by its five plants in South Korea __

LG Electronics has supplied an ultra-large LED screen to a movie theater in Taiwan, the company said on Thursday.It is the first commercialization of the South Korean hardware maker’s LG LED Cinema Display, LG said.It was installed in at 300-seat movie theater run by local cinema chain Showtime Cine

LG Display has been assigned a national project to develop a stretchable display panel, the company said Thursday.It will take the lead as one of 21 companies and institutions taking part in the project, which is backed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).The goal is to produce a s

Global fab equipment spending will grow 24% to reach US$67.7 billion in 2021, research firm SEMI said.US$30 billion will be spent on memory fab equipment with US$29 billion invested in logic and foundry fab equipment, the firm said.Spending into 3D NAND flash equipment will increase 30% this year fr

Partron was developing a 5G embedded telecommunication module using Qualcomm’s modem chip, the company said.It was using the US chip giant’s Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System. Partron will develop two modules, one for sub-6GHz spectrum and another for ultra-high spectrum.They will be made in land gr

LG Chem will sell its Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) polarizer business to Chinese counterpart Shanshan, the South Korean company said Wednesday.The business will be sold for US$1.1 billion, while some products such as LCD polarizer for automobiles will be excluded from the deal and remain with LG Che

SK IE Technology will go public, parent company SK Innovation said Tuesday.The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SK Innovation and makes separators for lithium-ion batteries. It was formed in April last year after separating from SK Innovation.SK Innovation has sent request for proposals to gl

Hanwha Group has secured a “bridgehead” to enter the US hydrogen market with the successful listing of hydrogen car maker Nikola Motor on NASDAQ, in which it was an investor, the South Korean conglomerate said Tuesday.Nikola listed on the US stock exchange on June 4 and closed its debut valued at US

US sanction against Huawei will likely negatively affect South Korea’s semiconductor industry if the Chinese tech giant faces difficulty in its smartphone production, a South Korean government research institute said.If Huawei is reduced to a mid-tier phone maker from US interference, the company wi