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Q4 2023: South Korea

South Korean tech news, quarterly
December 2023  |  November 2023  |  October 2023

Across 2023’s 4th quarter, South Korea saw technology developments and issues including coverage of items such as: Korea-Netherlands partnerships on semiconductor manufacturing, and on nuclear energy; South Korea’s first military satellite launch; Pangyo Tech Valley’s many technology initiatives; and many more.

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December 2023

“Nuclear energy helps us on our way to a CO2-free energy system,” Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said in a statement. “That is why we are preparing for the construction of two new nuclear power stations. The three parties that are eligible for this new construction will carry out technical feasibility studies in the coming year.”

The Netherlands and South Korea also agreed to increase cooperation in digital technologies including artificial intelligence, mobile communications and quantum research, Economic Affairs and Climate Minister Micky Adriaansens said in a statement.

“ASML is the world’s only maker of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines that are required to manufacture the most advanced chips such as those in the latest Apple iPhones which are manufactured by Taiwan’s TSMC.”

“The technological innovation led by ASML is becoming a powerful driving force of the Fourth Industrial Revolution around the world, and Dutch semiconductor companies such as ASML and ASM are building new facilities for production, R&D, and talent training in Korea,” South Korea’s presidential office said Tuesday.

‘The US Department of the Treasury has sanctioned the Sinbad cryptocurrency mixing service for its use as a money-laundering tool by the North Korean Lazarus hacking group

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South Korea’s Naver Pay expands on-site payments across Southeast Asia, adding Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines to September addition of China and Japan

“Users can make on-site QR payments via Naver Pay at UnionPay merchants in these countries and regions. Furthermore, the point benefits for on-site payments, previously available only domestically, are also provided for overseas payments.”

“So what’s happening in data centers is that they run out of CPUs, so they have to buy more servers just to get the CPU. Then they can accelerate AI or other big data applications, but your CPUs become busy again, then they buy another server,” explains Kim. “So that’s how the number of servers is increasing and then the data center cost becomes too high.”

“Basically everybody’s nightmare is CPU now. So we are trying to reduce the CPU bandwidth so that Intel’s and AMD’s CPUs can focus on the more important things,” says Kim. “By taking all the important CPU software from CPU to DPU, the CPU becomes free.” In one configuration, MangoBoost’s DPU can reduce CPU usage by up to 95%, he says.

“The microsatellite, 20 centimeters in width and 40cm in height, focuses on monitoring activities such as ship and car movements, as well as changes in forest areas.”

“The company said it aims to deploy Observer-1B, an identical satellite to Observer-1A, on a Falcon 9 in the first half of next year and envisions the mass production of microsatellites, with a goal to operate more than 100 units and provide real-time monitoring services for major cities worldwide by 2028.”

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South Korea, Japan & hydrogen:
“…the two leaders talked about ways their countries can cooperate in the hydrogen sector, given South Korea’s wide use of hydrogen cars and Japan’s large number of hydrogen-related patents”

 

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