January 9, 2012 - Industry News
Samsung's China plan to cool SK 'chip fever'
Samsung Electronics' plan to build a chip factory in China has many effects -- one of them being a leg up on SK Group, now in the final stage of ...
The Korea Times
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November 28, 2011 - Industry News
Not-so-great expectations
Back in July, the 2012 outlook for the country's 132 listed companies' was to net 109.36 trillion won. But the Seoul-based outfit has cut its expectations ...
Korea Times
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September 23, 2011 - Industry News
Samsung starts production of 20-nano class DRAM, NAND flash
Samsung Electronics Co. said it had started to mass-produce memory chips based on 20-nanometer class technology in a move to cement its leadership ...
Korea Times
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August 1, 2011 - Industry News
Transformation, not restructuring
When SK Telecom made a bid for Hynix Semiconductor in early July, responses from stock market analysts were skeptical. Does a telecom company with a ...
Korea Times
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May 10, 2011 - Industry News
Samsung searching for ways to stay ahead
Samsung Electronics has overcome a lot of challenges to reach its leading position in chip making. It is now facing an odd challenge -- client risk ...
The Korea Times
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March 11, 2011 - Industry News
Samsung Electronics, Hynix to invest $12 billion
Korean chipmakers are investing more to maintain their pricing initiatives to keep Japanese and Taiwanese firms at bay. This year’s combined investment ...
The Korea Times
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February 15, 2011 - Industry News
Is Samsung happy about high chip prices?
Being a top-tier player is crucial in the global memory chip industry because an advanced position equals more bargaining power in the sector ...
The Korea Times
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January 26, 2011 - Industry News
DRAM prices tumble to 22-month low on weak demand
Prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, a key part in personal computers, continued trending downward to a nearly two-year low ...
Korea Times
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June 7, 2010 - Industry News
Samsung Roars Loudly, Showing its Power
Who could possibly block Samsung's way? Today Samsung is sure the lion in the jungle. No wonder Samsung Baseball team's mascot is a lion. Here are ...
Korea IT Times
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May 4, 2010 - Industry News
Is there oversupply in chips, flat screens?
Concerns have grown that the global market for memory chips and flat-screens, mostly used in digital products, might be saddled with ...
The Korea Times
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April 14, 2010 - Industry News
Samsung Electronics Competes in the New World Order
Jim Collins and his research team (2001) scanned through US Fortune 500 firms between 1985 and 2000 to select 11 good to great companies based ...
Korea IT Times
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April 6, 2010 - Technology News
A Long Sought After Dream Technology
The Korean research team, led by Dr. Oh Hyeon-seok, has successfully developed the much sought-after core technology for producing cylindrical ...
Korea IT Times
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February 23, 2010 - Technology News
SSD a New Type of HDD
Solid State Drive or Disk (SSD) works similar as the Hard Disk Drive (HDD), but SSD's functionality is much faster and more efficient. This is ...
Korea IT Times
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February 8, 2010 - Industry News
Samsung, Hynix Differ on Chip Outlook
Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor are clashing over the outlook of the global chip market for 2010. The world's top two chip makers ...
Korea Times
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December 28, 2009 - Industry News
Closing 2009
Enter Calamity. 135 years ago the financial journalist, Walter Bagehot, "In England, after a great calamity, everybody is suspicious ...
Korea IT Times
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December 28, 2009 - Industry News
2010 worldwide semiconductor market forecast
This report is based on IDC's worldwide semiconductor market forecast for 2010. According to the report, compared from this year's revenue, next ...
Korea IT Times
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December 11, 2009 - Industry News
Hynix Eyes $2 Billion Investment in Chips in 2010
Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-biggest computer memory chip maker, plans to invest about 2.3 trillion won (about $2 billion) in 2010 in its ...
Korea Times
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October 22, 2009 - Industry News
Oversupply Unlikely in Global Chip Market in 2010
Chief executive of Hynix Semiconductor said the global computer memory chip market may enter a "healthy cycle" in 2010, denying any possibility of ...
Korea Times
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September 25, 2009 - Industry News
Chipmakers Seek Ways to Prevent Glut
Following years of "playing chicken" with competition in excessive production, members of a major semiconductor manufacturers' organization ...
Korea Times
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September 21, 2009 - Industry News
Samsung to Build New Memory Chip Line
Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of memory chips, will create a new memory chip manufacturing line in the country to meet rising ...
Korea Times
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August 17, 2009 - Industry News
Samsung to Close Chip Line in US
Samsung Electronics said Sunday it would shut down an outdated 8-inch (200 millimeters) fabrication line in Austin, Texas of the United States. ...
Korea Times
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August 14, 2009 - Industry News
Mating Dance?
A rare trip by the chief executive of POSCO to Hynix Semiconductor is raising speculation that the steel giant is interested in the worlds ...
Korea Times
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July 27, 2009 - Industry News
Chipmakers Focusing on Speedier DDR3 Chips
The worst may be over for Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor in chips considering their quarterly performances. Now the world's two ...
The Korea Times
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July 27, 2009 - Industry News
Hynix Semiconductor Getting Out of Cash Woes
Hynix Semiconductor said it has no plan to raise funds in the latter half of this year as there is no need to grapple with the liquidity problem ...
Korea Times
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June 9, 2009 - Industry News
Chip Industry Recovery Remains Uncertain
Has the global memory chip industry hit bottom or is it still sliding? It is hard to tell but one certain thing is that it may take more time for ...
Korea Times
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