Samsung supplies newest nanoprism image sensors to Xiaomi to crack Sony’s lead

Samsung supplies newest nanoprism image sensors to Xiaomi to crack Sony’s lead

Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying a new high-performance image sensor featuring nanoprism technology to China’s Xiaomi, as the South Korean...

SK Hynix to exit image sensor market to focus on AI chips

SK Hynix to exit image sensor market to focus on AI chips

SK Hynix Inc. will shutter its image sensor business as the South Korean memory giant doubles down on the development of premium artificial intellig...

Samsung develops health software development kit

Samsung develops health software development kit

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday introduced the Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite, aimed at helping developers and researchers ...

Doosan Tesna to invest $160 mn in chip testing plant in Korea

Doosan Tesna to invest $160 mn in chip testing plant in Korea

South Korea’s Doosan Tesna Inc. will build a semiconductor testing factory in the country with an investment of 220.6 billion won ($159.7 mill...

Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors

Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors

Samsung Electronics Co. has developed new image sensors -- ISOCELL HP9, ISOCELL JN5 and ISOCELL GNJ -- expected to enable smartphones to take cleare...

LG Innotek eyes $1.4 bn in automotive sensor sales by 2030

LG Innotek eyes $1.4 bn in automotive sensor sales by 2030

LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s leading mobile camera module maker, is upping the ante to lead the automotive sensing market with high-performan...

POSCO DX to develop self-driving unmanned facilities

POSCO DX to develop self-driving unmanned facilities

POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of unde...

Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor

Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, have joined hands with the nation's top national research university to...

Samsung Elec unveils new image sensors for robotics, XR

Samsung Elec unveils new image sensors for robotics, XR

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday introduced new image sensors tailored for advanced content platforms...

SeeDevice named Semiconductor Review’s Company of the Year

SeeDevice named Semiconductor Review’s Company of the Year

SILICON VALLEY -- SeeDevice Inc., a fabless image sensor developer famous for its quantum-effect CMOS (QMOS) sensors capable of expanding vision bey...

Hyundai Mobis develops one-touch automatic parking tech

Hyundai Mobis develops one-touch automatic parking tech

South Korea's leading automotive parts maker Hyundai Mobis on Tuesday announced its Mobis Parking System (MPS) 1.0P (Premium), a performance-improve...

Hyundai, Kia unveil automatic cleaning method for camera sensors

Hyundai, Kia unveil automatic cleaning method for camera sensors

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. on Wednesday announced their development of rotator cam technology using a small wiper and rotation of the cover gla...

Kakao Healthcare signs agreement with Novo Nordisk for digital service

Kakao Healthcare signs agreement with Novo Nordisk for digital service

Kakao Healthcare Corp., a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced that it has signed on Tuesday a business agreemen...

S.Korean convenience store chain CU pilots delivery robot

S.Korean convenience store chain CU pilots delivery robot

BGF Retail, a franchiser that operates convenience store chain CU, is currently testing delivery robots developed by Mobinn, a startup that spun off...

S.Korean robot startup aims to ramp up supply by 9 times

S.Korean robot startup aims to ramp up supply by 9 times

A South Korean autonomous-driving robot startup Neubility aims to increase supply by almost nine times this year as demand for such machines in the ...

Kakao Healthcare to launch diabetes monitoring app

Kakao Healthcare to launch diabetes monitoring app

South Korea’s dominant mobile platform Kakao Corp. will kick off its healthcare services this year with the launch of a diabetes monitoring ap...

DB HiTek to expand high value-added specialized image sensor business

DB HiTek to expand high value-added specialized image sensor business

South Korea's chip foundry DB HiTek Co. attained foundry process technology and is set to expand its high-value-added specialized image sensor busin...

Samsung unveils 200-megapixel image sensor for Galaxy S23 Ultra

Samsung unveils 200-megapixel image sensor for Galaxy S23 Ultra

Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled its latest image sensor, the ISOCELL HP2, with improved pixel technology, which is widely expected to ...

Golfzon to showcase portable golf simulator at CES 2023

Golfzon to showcase portable golf simulator at CES 2023

Golfzon Co., a global indoor golf equipment maker, will participate in CES 2023 in Las Vegas to showcase its "Wave Play" product line, which targets...

LIG Nex1 wins order to develop super-compact sensors for submarines

LIG Nex1 wins order to develop super-compact sensors for submarines

South Korean company LIG Nex1 will develop technology for ultra-miniature sensors that can be mounted on unmanned submarines.The company announced o...

Auto insurers set for record claims over heavy rains

Auto insurers set for record claims over heavy rains

The record rainfalls in the Seoul metropolitan area this week are expected to lead to the largest-ever claims for South Korean auto insurance firms ...

Samsung to fuel rivalry with Sony in mobile image sensor market

Samsung to fuel rivalry with Sony in mobile image sensor market

Samsung Electronics Co. is set to narrow the gap with bigger competitor Sony in the global image sensor market. The South Korean tech giant introduc...

Hankook Tire buys Canada's self-driving sensor maker

Hankook Tire buys Canada's self-driving sensor maker

South Korea's Hankook Tire Group has acquired a majority stake worth 204.5 billion won ($173 million) in Canada's Preciseley Microtechnology Corp., ...

Samsung Elec unveils world’s 1st 200-megapixel mobile image sensor

Samsung Elec unveils world’s 1st 200-megapixel mobile image sensor

Samsung Electronics Co. has become the first company to launch a 200-megapixel mobile image sensor, giving the world’s No. 2 image sensor make...

S.Korean govt to spend $5.4 bn to develop sensors, improve EV repair

S.Korean govt to spend $5.4 bn to develop sensors, improve EV repair

South Korean government will spend 6.3 trillion won ($5.4 billion) next year in supporting the state-designated Big 3 industries: future vehicles, n...

Samsung courts image sensor leader Sony with new automotive products

Samsung courts image sensor leader Sony with new automotive products

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest image sensor maker, is courting industry leader Sony Corp. with its new line of automotive...

SK Hynix to unveil industry’s smallest pixel image sensor, eyes $24.9 bn market

SK Hynix to unveil industry’s smallest pixel image sensor, eyes $24.9 bn market

Leading global chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. plans to unveil the industry’s smallest 0.7-micrometer pixel image sensor this year to enhance its pr...

Samsung Electronics to raise image sensor output to overtake Sony

Samsung Electronics to raise image sensor output to overtake Sony

Samsung Electronics Co. is switching one of its DRAM chip fabrication lines to boost production of image sensors used in smartphones and other gadge...

LS Electric develops battery temperature sensor for ESS

LS Electric develops battery temperature sensor for ESS

LS Electric Co., a South Korean electric power and automation equipment maker, has developed a battery cell temperature sensor (BTS) that can monitor ...

Samsung narrows gaps fast with image sensor market leader Sony

Samsung narrows gaps fast with image sensor market leader Sony

Samsung Electronics Co. is narrowing gaps fast with Sony Corp., the global leader in image sensors, which are widely used in smartphone cameras and ot...

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