Samsung Electronics posted 8.1 trillion won in operating profit and 52 trillion won in revenue in the second quarter, the company said in its earning guidance on Tuesday.Operating profit rose 22.73% from a year prior and 25.58% from the previous quarter. Revenues dropped 7.36% year over year and 6.0

LG Display’s organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel for TV has received the Flicker Free Award from TUV Rheinland, the South Korean company said.This means LG’s OLED panels from 44 to 88 inches has all received the certificate from both the German standard firm as well as US counterpart Underwrit

LG Electronics has launched the LG Nanocell AI ThinQ TV, model name NANO87, in South Korea, the company said.The TV received level 1 in energy efficiency, which makes it eligible of up to 10% rebate of the purchasing price capped at 300,000 won from the Korea Energy Agency. It is the company’s secon

A South Korean research team has discovered a way to increase semiconductor integration by a thousand times, the Ministry of Science and ICT said.Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology’s (UNIST) Energy and Chemical Engineering professor Lee Jun-hee and his research team has also reached

LED flip chip maker Semicon Light has received the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) 16949 certificate, the company said on Friday.IATF 16949 is based on ISO 9001 and was standardized to meet customer demand fro the automobile industry. The certificate is given to those who pass the quality

Semiconductor and display equipment maker STI has been chosen as KOSDAQ Rising Star by the Korea Exchange, the company said on Thursday.The Korea Exchange has been selecting Rising Star companies since 2009 to promote KOSDAQ. A total of 34 companies were chosen this year.They are chosen by a committ

Qualcomm has launched Snapdragon Wear 4100 and 4100+ System-on-a-Chip (SoC) for use in smartwatches, the company announced.The SoCs were made using the 12-nanometer process and uses ARM Cortex A53 (1.7GHz). They use the Adreno A504 as the graphics processing unit. It supports LPDDR3 memory.The US ch

Kolon Industries will show off its components for hydrogen fuel cell at a tradeshow in South Korea.The company will display its proton-exchange membrane (PEM), membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and water management devices at H2 Mobility+Energy Show 2020 at KINTEX, Ilsan from Wednesday to Friday.Kol

SK Hynix has begun mass production of 16 gigabyte (GB) HBM2E high-speed DRAM, the company said on Thursday.It will be suitable for super computing and artificial intelligence applications, the company said.It has a 3.6 gigabits per second (Gbps) per pin with 1024 I/O __ which means it can process ar

Samsung Electronics hired 500 experts with doctorate level degrees in semiconductor design and artificial intelligence (AI) in the first half of 2020, the company said on Wednesday.The South Korean tech giant said it plans to hire 1,000 in total by the end of the year. It will be its highest number

Samsung Electronics has displayed its Lifestyle TV models __ The Sero and The Serif __ at popular beauty stores in South Korea, it said on Wednesday.The TVs will be on display at Sulwhasoo Flagship Store and Amore Seongsu.The Sero is a TV that is long vertically and shaped like a smartphone screen.

Hanwha Corporation has opened an online shopping mall that sells products from small- to medium-sized enterprises (SME) for its employees and those that work at its suppliers, the company said on Wednesday.The mall will have 40 different categories and sell around 40,000 different products. Hanwha w

Samsung Electronics has launched a new quad-level cell (QLC) solid-state drive (SSD) that offers up to 8 terabyte (TB) capacity.The 870 QVO SATA SSD comes in 1, 2, 4 and 8TB capacities. The 8TB model offers an endurance rate of 2,880TB in total bytes written, Samsung said.The new SSD have sequential

Dreamtech has received the Korea Good Manufacturing Practice (KGMP) certificate for its electrocardiogram patches, the company said on Tuesday.The company has already received the GMP certificate that allows it to sell its goods in the US and Europe.Dreamtech said it now plans to get the certificate

SK Hynix has chosen three of its subcontractors to co-develop semiconductor devices and equipment, the company said on Tuesday.It is the company’s fourth selection in its technology innovation companies program where it selects subcontractors with advanced technology that will allow the goods in que

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong made a visit to a factory run by a key semiconductor equipment subsidiary on Tuesday, the company said.Lee visited Semes’ plant at Cheonan to encourage employees there and discuss future strategies with executives, Samsung said. It was also meant to fos

Samsung Electronics will offer up to a million won in benefits for those returning their TVs to buy the 2020-model QLED TVs in South Korea, the company said on Tuesday.The program will run from July to September 30, the South Korean tech giant said. Those who return their old TVs and buy a 2020-mode

LG Electronics and LG Display have won the annual innovation award given by General Motors (GM) for its suppliers, the companies said on Tuesday.GM has been giving the awards since 2016 to its suppliers that contributed in providing improved customer experience in its cars.The two LG affiliates was

Merck has opened an advanced materials research center that will provide support for local semiconductor companies.The center, dubbed Korea Advanced Technology Center (K-ATeC) will provide support for research and development of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry and post-CMP cleaning used b

Samsung Electronics has launched its QLED TV that received the top grade in energy efficiency in South Korea on Sunday.It marks the first for its QLED brand of TVs to receive the top certificate. The company’s Crystal UHD TV also received the top grade.The new QLED TV, or QT67, comes in 43, 50, 55,