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Samsung dismisses worries over 'chip down cycle'

By Baek Byung-yeulSamsung Electronics dismissed concerns over the possibility that the global semiconductor industry will enter into another down cycle, noting that there are more “applications” requiring the use of memory chips.“Compared to the past, the amplitude of the memory chip cycle has been reduced,” Han Jin-man, executive vice president at Samsung's memory business, said in a conference call to investors after the release of the company's third quarter earnings results Thursday.Samsung is expecting to see a growing number of uncertainties ahead due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and supply shortages, but this is not as worrisome as the market's outlook.“The range of fluctuations in the memory industry has decreased due to diversification of applications, miniaturization of memory processes and management capabilities acquired from previous experiences. As a result, the possibility of an excessive down cycle as seen in 2018 is slim,” Han told investors.After a three-year boom, the global memory chip market is seeing prices stabilize wit

Oct 28, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
Samsung dismisses worries over 'chip down cycle'
Tech & Science

Calls grow for KT to go back to basics following network outage

KT's headquarters in central Seoul / YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulKT's network outage incident that disrupted wired and wireless network connectivity nationwide for an hour on Monday sparked controversy over whether the telecommunications company was indeed focusing on providing quality network services.The network disruptions impacted operations at various workplaces, including eateries, where card payments were disabled. Orders via food delivery platforms also failed to be registered. Every network using KT's services, such as hospitals and IPTV broadcasting networks, was temporarily paralyzed.The incident also reminded many users of the service disruption in November 2018, when KT saw a similar network blackout due to a fire at its underground network center in Seoul.Claiming that it will no longer operate as a telecommunications firm, KT has been actively seeking new business opportunities in media content, internet data centers (IDC) and cloud computing services. Industry officials said Wednesday that these network problems could be a sign that the telecommunications service operator

Oct 27, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
Calls grow for KT to go back to basics following network outage
Tech & Science

LG Display renews panel patent license with SEL

A model poses with LG Display's bendable OLED display at the International Meeting on Information Display 2021 event in Seoul, Aug. 24. Courtesy of LG DisplayBy Baek Byung-yeulLG Display said it renewed a patent license contract with the Japanese tech company, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL), the panel-manufacturing arm of LG Group said Tuesday.“We recently entered into a patent license agreement with Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, renewing the license to SEL's patent portfolio on display technology,” a company official said.Established in 1980, SEL specializes in research and development and is headquartered in Atsugi, Japan. SEL started off by researching and developing solar batteries and branched out to oxide semiconductors in 2008.SEL has researched and developed transistors and semiconductor devices, materials and devices for OLEDs, LCDs and batteries. LG Display said SEL's patent portfolio on display technology includes crystalline oxide semiconductor, OLED and LCD technologies.LG Display is a leading global innovator of display technologies such as thin-fi

Oct 26, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
LG Display renews panel patent license with SEL
Tech & Science

Dyson launches hair care products for year-end gifts

Dyson's hair care products / Courtesy of Dyson KoreaBy Baek Byung-yeulGlobal tech company Dyson has released four kinds of gifts comprised of its hair care products ahead of the year-end shopping season.Dyson's Korean branch said that it applied special colors ― Prussian blue and rich copper ― to the hair care products ― the Dyson Corrale straightener, the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer and the Dyson Airwrap styler.The combination of Prussian blue and rich copper colors was developed by Dyson's engineers, who were in charge of the company's electric vehicle project and CMF (Colors, Materials, and Finishes) team studying the color, material and finishing design of the product. At that time, the Dyson design team came up with various color combinations for the interior design of electric vehicles, focusing on developing unique tints that are sophisticated but not trendy.According to Dyson Korea, James Dyson, founder and chief engineer of the company, sought to develop a color that can replace commonly used black by giving it a sophisticated but neutral feeling inside of the vehicle.&ldquo

Oct 26, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
Dyson launches hair care products for year-end gifts
Companies

LGES plans to use LFP batteries for energy storage systems

LG Energy Solution employees pose with the company's battery product. Courtesy of LG Energy SolutionBy Baek Byung-yeulLG Energy Solution (LGES) is developing lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries that use an older and cheaper chemistry for its energy storage system (ESS) products, the electric vehicle (EV) battery maker said Monday.Compared to lithium-ion batteries, which are being manufactured by Korea's three major battery makers, LFP batteries are less likely to overheat and are therefore safer. Made of lithium and iron phosphate, LFP batteries show weaker performance at colder temperatures than lithium-ion batteries, but they also cost less. The LFP battery industry is currently led by makers in China, as there are no Korean makers producing the products.“We have already developed and mass-produced LFP anode materials for EVs. Considering the advantages of LFP materials, we are trying to mass-produce them for application first on ESS products that place importance on cost competitiveness,” a company official said during a conference call for third-quarter earnings, M

Oct 26, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
LGES plans to use LFP batteries for energy storage systems
Tech & Science

ANALYSIS Korea seeks US support for 'backbone industries'

U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a silicon wafer in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, April 12, during the virtual CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience. AP-YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulKorea is actively seeking support from the United States to keep up the competitiveness of its core export items such as semiconductors and steel, at a time when securing and protecting capabilities of key industries has emerged as a crucial task.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Monday that it sent a delegation led by Kim Jeong-il, chief of the Office of International Trade and Legal Affairs, to Washington, D.C., in response to the U.S. government's recent request for Korean semiconductor companies active in the U.S. to share confidential information.During the visit, the delegation met with Jeremy Pelter, deputy under secretary at the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce, and delivered concerns of the Korean companies regarding the information sharing request.“Regarding Washington's demand for information to Korean semiconductor compani

Oct 25, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
[ANALYSIS] Korea seeks US support for 'backbone industries'
Tech & Science

1st anniversary of death of Samsung chairman

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, right, appears at a memorial ceremony marking the first anniversary of the death of his father, Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, at a family burial site in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. Samsung said the ceremony was observed by only immediate family members, in accordance with the will of the bereaved who wanted to have a simple event. The vice chairman honored the memory of his father by saying, “It has already been a year since Chairman Lee Kun-hee left us. For the deceased, Samsung was life itself and he built today's Samsung by developing his potential with bold challenges that did not give in to limitations.” Yonhap

Oct 25, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
1st anniversary of death of Samsung chairman
Companies

Compact SUVs gaining ground in Korea

Kia's Sportage SUV / Courtesy of Hyundai Motor GroupBy Baek Byung-yeulCompact sport utility vehicles are gaining ground in Korea's automobile market as their dimensions have grown close to those of medium-sized SUVs.Data released on Sunday showed that the country's five automakers ― Hyundai Motor, Kia, GM Korea, Renault Samsung and SsangYong Motor ― sold a total of 49,495 compact SUVs, including Hyundai's Tucson and Kia's Sportage, during the July-September period, becoming the top sales segment here.The sales performance nearly doubled compared to the same period of 2020, when a total of 25,356 compact SUVs were sold.Industry analysts said that the rising popularity of compact SUVs can be attributed to the introduction of new vehicles in the segment.Kia launched the new generation of the Sportage SUV in July and sold 14,036 of them during the third quarter. The sales figure jumped around 250 percent from the same period last year when only 4,007 Sportage SUVs were sold. Hyundai also sold 9,886 Tucson SUVs in the third quarter, up 78.3 percent quarter-on-quarter.Hyundai Motor Group's

Oct 24, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
Compact SUVs gaining ground in Korea
Tech & Science

INTERVIEW Snapchat aims to improve presence in Korea

A Google Pixel 6 phone user uses Snap's photo messaging app, Snapchat. Courtesy of SnapBy Baek Byung-yeulNana Murugesan, managing director of international markets at Snap / Courtesy of SnapU.S. tech company Snap is one of the strong players in the social network service (SNS) market with its photo messaging platform, Snapchat.Nana Murugesan, managing director of international markets at Snap, said the company aims to improve its presence in Korea by closely cooperating with Samsung Electronics, which has the largest share - over 70 percent of the country's smartphone market - and by strengthening its marketing here.“We partnered with Samsung on a feature called 'Fun Mode', which lets users access Snapchat Lenses directly in the native camera of Samsung A Series phones,” the managing director said in an email interview with The Korea Times, Oct. 21.“Today, we work closely with various Android OEM device makers whose smartphones our community is on. We have pre-install distribution partnerships with several Global Android OEM device makers, including Samsung,&rd

Oct 24, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
[INTERVIEW] Snapchat aims to improve presence in Korea
Tech & Science

Locally-developed rocket fails to place dummy satellite into orbit

President says country hopes to succeed in 2nd trial in MayBy Baek Byung-yeul, Joint Press CorpsThe Nuri space rocket lifts off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Thursday. Joint Press CorpsSouth Korea achieved a “half success” with its Nuri space launch vehicle, Thursday, as the country's first locally-developed rocket successfully lifted off and reached its target altitude but failed to place a dummy satellite into orbit. While the intended outcome was not realized, the government and experts said the test launch has helped the country secure core engine technologies that moves the country a step closer to joining the league of global space powerhouses.Nuri, or the Korean Satellite Launch Vehicle II (KSLV II), lifted off from Goheung, 500 kilometers south of Seoul, and flew to an altitude of 700 kilometers, however, the 1.5-ton dummy satellite failed to be placed into orbit.Weighing 200 tons and measuring 47.2 meters long, the three-stage Nuri is powered by six liquid-fuelled engines ― a cluster of four in its first stage, and single engines i

Oct 21, 2021By Baek Byung-yeul
Locally-developed rocket fails to place dummy satellite into orbit
  • PHOTOS Korea's first locally developed space rocket lifts off
  • Chronology of major events leading to Korea's Nuri space rocket launch
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