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Korea scores 1st nuclear research reactor project from US
A Korea-led consortium has signed a contract to work on a research reactor project in the United States, marking the country’s first-ever export of reactor technology to the US. According to the Ministry of Science and ICT on Thursday, the consortium comprising the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Hyundai Engineering and American engineering company MPR Associates will work with the University of Missouri on the initial design phase of a project to build a new research reactor — the Next
April 17, 2025 -
Apple Intelligence review: Smooth start for Korean support, with room to grow
US tech giant Apple’s new artificial intelligence service, Apple Intelligence, has officially launched Korean-language support this month, marking a significant step in localizing its smart features for Korean users. After a week of hands-on testing with the iPhone 16, The Korea Herald found the service to be convenient and surprisingly proficient in Korean. While the English version of Apple Intelligence has been available on the iPhone 16 series since October last year, the rollout of non-Engl
April 17, 2025 -
KT pushes for full-scale AI integration in media value chain
South Korean telecommunication giant KT announced Wednesday its plan to ramp up its artificial intelligence strategy in the media sector, including introducing a new AI agent for its internet TV platform Genie TV an AI-powered content studio. With the goal of positioning its media business as one of its three core growth pillars, the company said it will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) by 2026. “With global OTT giants rapidly dominating the content supply chain, there is growing concern th
April 16, 2025 -
Samsung Electro-Mechanics clinches MLCC supply deal with China’s BYD
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, the electronic components arm of Samsung Electronics, has secured a major supply deal with Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD for its multilayer ceramic capacitors, industry sources said Wednesday. The South Korean firm has already begun shipments of MLCCs, worth hundreds of billions of won, to several Chinese firms, including the world’s largest EV maker, BYD. MLCCs are essential components in electric devices, which store and manage the electricity, ensuring semicond
April 16, 2025 -
Upstage sets sights on global enterprise AI market
South Korean artificial intelligence startup Upstage unveiled Wednesday ambitious plans to expand into the global enterprise AI market, primarily focusing on the US and Japan. “Upstage AI is about shaping a better future of work,” said CEO Kim Sung-hoon during a press briefing in Seoul. “We aim to bring the proven AI work standards established in Korea to the global stage and deliver measurable business outcomes through AI.” The AI company recently made headlines by partnering with domestic tele
April 16, 2025 -
Experts call for deeper Korea-US ties in AI, semiconductors amid trade tensions
As global economic uncertainty deepens, fueled by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies, experts and business officials from South Korea and the US called for expanded cooperation in artificial intelligence and semiconductors. At the Korea-US Industrial Cooperation Conference, co-hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Korea-America Association in Seoul on Tuesday, industry officials underscored the importance of deeper partnerships in key sectors, including A
April 15, 2025 -
LG CNS, Google Cloud join hands to expand AI solutions to Asia, Americas
LG CNS and Google Cloud are teaming up to expand cloud-based artificial intelligence transformation services across Asia and the Pacific as well as the Americas, the South Korean IT solutions provider said Tuesday. LG CNS CEO Hyun Shin-gyoon recently met with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and Karan Bajwa, the managing director of Google Cloud Asia-Pacific at Google Cloud Next 2025 in Las Vegas to reinforce strategic cooperation between the two companies, the company said. Under the partnership,
April 15, 2025 -
Zyx Technology honors winners of first CAD design competition
The awards ceremony for the 1st ZyxCAD Design Competition was held on March 21 at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas Hotel. Held under the theme of "Designing Tradition," the competition was co-hosted by Korean AI-based design platform Zyx Technology and its official distributor Thirautech. It invited university students to creatively reinterpret Korea’s cultural heritage using ZyxCAD, a domestically developed computer-aided design (CAD) software package. From a pool of nationwide submissio
April 15, 2025 -
SOCAMM: the next big thing in DRAM innovation
As artificial intelligence creates new markets across industries, it is also fueling growth for Small Outline Compression Attached Memory Modules (SOCAMM), an emerging technology often described as the “next High Bandwidth Memory.” While not a direct replacement for HBM memory, SOCAMM, with its scalability and lower power requirements, could prove just as critical and lucrative in reshaping the global memory chip landscape. Nvidia -- the world's top graphic processor unit provider -- has propose
April 14, 2025 -
Korea says copper tariffs risk jobs, investments in US battery sector
South Korea has urged the US to refrain from imposing tariffs on Korean copper products, raising concerns that such measures could undermine Korean companies’ investments in the US. According to the US Federal Register on Sunday, Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy submitted a formal opinion to the US Department of Commerce on April 1, emphasizing that Korean copper imports pose no threat to US national security. In its submission, the ministry highlighted that Korean copper accounts
April 14, 2025 -
OLED monitor boom bolsters Samsung, LG despite China push
The global OLED monitor market is expected to surpass the $1 billion threshold for the first time this year, fueled by surging demand in gaming and premium content production segments, according to market tracker Omdia on Monday. While Korea’s top two display makers — Samsung Display and LG Display — remain dominant players, Chinese panel makers are ramping up production to carve out more outstanding shares in this fast-growing segment. The intensifying rivalry is prompting domestic manufacturer
April 14, 2025 -
FADU joins forces with Taiwan's ADATA in strategic SSD alliance
Korean fabless startup FADU has signed a memorandum of understanding with Adata, the world’s second-largest solid-state drive module provider, the company announced Monday. This marks the first major milestone in its new Flex SSD business model. The agreement was signed on April 2 at Adata’s headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, with FADU's chief executive officer and chief technology officer Nam E-hyun and Adata Chair Simon Chen in attendance. FADU’s new business model enables customers to tailor SSD
April 14, 2025 -
Micron makes aggressive HBM push to challenge Samsung, SK
Micron Technology, long the third-largest player in the global memory chip market behind Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, is mobilizing its full organizational capabilities to challenge the two Korean chipmakers in the race for dominance in the high-bandwidth memory market. The US-based chipmaker has passed Nvidia’s quality verification process for its fifth-generation HBM3E products, according to industry sources on Sunday. Micron has reportedly commenced mass production of these chips for use
April 13, 2025 -
SK chief visits Taiwan to bolster ties with TSMC ahead of HBM4 launch
SK Group Chair Chey Tae-won visited Taiwan this week to strengthen partnerships with TSMC and other key players in the semiconductor and IT industries, accompanied by SK hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung. According to industry sources on Friday, Chey departed for Taiwan on Wednesday and held a closed-door meeting with executives of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. His visit comes ahead of SK hynix’s planned mass production of its next-generation AI memory chip, HBM4, which incorporates TSMC’s base d
April 11, 2025 -
SK Group chairman meets with TSMC chief for talks on chip cooperation
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has visited Taiwan, and met with the chief of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and officials from other semiconductor companies to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation in the semiconductor sector, sources said Thursday. During the meeting held earlier this week, Chey and TSMC CEO C.C. Wei agreed to work together to lay the foundation for an artificial intelligence (AI) era and to deepen cooperation on the high-bandwidth memory sector, among other areas,
April 10, 2025