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5 days ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang |Chae-yeon Kim
SK Hynix Inc. surpassed 200 trillion won ($147 billion) in market capitalization on Tuesday, becoming the second Korean stock in history to cross the threshold after Samsung Electronics Co.On Tuesday, the share price of SK Hynix jumped 7.32% to close at 278,500 won, outperforming the 2.96% gain in the broader Kospi index and the 4.31% rise in Samsung Electronics. Its market capitalization climbed to 202.75 trillion won based on the closing price, doubling in one and a half years.
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5 days ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang
Samsung Electronics Co. is on a hiring spree for senior sales managers in its foundry business, offering generous compensation packages, as it goes all-in to secure large contract chipmaking orders from US Big Tech firms. Following the March appointment of ex-TSMC sales executive Margaret Han to lead its US foundry unit in March, Samsung Foundry has posted senior sales manager positions on its website.
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5 days ago | 
kedglobal.com | Eui-Myung Park |Jeong-Soo Hwang |Chae-yeon Kim
LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial system supplier, is poised to deliver a large volume of power control equipment, including switchgears and circuit breakers, to Vertiv Co., a leading provider of liquid-cooling solutions used in Nvidia Corp.'s AI servers. LS Electric is in the final stages of negotiating the terms of the supply agreement with the world’s largest liquid-cooling system supplier, according to sources with knowledge of the matter on Monday.
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3 weeks ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang
Samsung Electronics Co. will empower its next Galaxy Z foldable smartphones with advanced artificial intelligence features as it seeks to extend its lead in the global foldable phone market. The South Korean smartphone giant on Wednesday released a teaser video showcasing the sleeker design of the Galaxy Z Fold7 and highlighting new AI features drawn from its flagship Galaxy S25 Ultra, the top of its flagship smartphone lineup.
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3 weeks ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang
Samsung Electronics Co. is reportedly in advanced talks to equip its next flagship Galaxy smartphone series with the artificial intelligence-powered search technology from Perplexity AI Inc. in a move to accelerate the diversification of the South Korean tech giant’s AI ecosystem.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced the acquisition of FläktGroup, a German manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, for 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion), betting on the growing demand for climate control solutions in data centers. The South Korean semiconductor and consumer electronics giant has signed an agreement to buy all shares of FläktGroup, Europe’s largest HVAC system supplier, from European investment firm Triton.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang
LG Innotek Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, will jointly develop new vision sensing systems with Boston Dynamics Inc., a major global mobile robot developer, for the latter’s humanoid robot, Atlas. On Monday, the two companies announced their joint project, which is expected to help the Korean partner accelerate its forays into new growth areas, including robot components and automotive parts for autonomous driving.
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1 month ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang
Samsung Electronics Co. has launched a major push into next-generation microdisplays for augmented reality (AR) glasses, as it aims to position itself at the forefront of a fast-growing global market that could exceed $6 billion by 2032. According to industry sources on Wednesday, the South Korean tech giant’s semiconductor division is accelerating its LED on Silicon (LEDoS) technology development, a miniature display platform built on micro-LEDs mounted on silicon wafers.
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2 months ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang |Chae-yeon Kim
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading memory chipmaker, is in talks to supply customized sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, or HBM4, chips to major AI chipmakers, including Nvidia Corp., Broadcom Inc. and Google LLC. The South Korean tech giant expects to begin supplying HBM4 to its clients as early as the first half of 2026, company executives and industry sources said on Wednesday.
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2 months ago | 
kedglobal.com | Jeong-Soo Hwang |Eui-Myung Park
In an ambitious bid to shape the future of technology, Samsung Electronics Co. is launching a sweeping new initiative to collaborate with elite North American universities to delve into growth sectors such as robotics, artificial intelligence and digital healthcare.
