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Samsung Electronics' sales in the fourth quarter of last year decreased by 8%, profits plummeted by more than 40%, and chip profits plunged by 1/30 compared to a year ago. According to Samsung Electronics' fourth-quarter performance disclosure, the mobile business' profit in the fourth quarter plummeted to 1.7 trillion won from 2.66 trillion won in the same period last year. Samsung Electronics'..

From the current account deficit in November of last year and the current account deficit in the second half, the Bank of Korea forecasts that exports will decrease by 3.7% in the first half of this year, and major industries such as semiconductors, petrochemicals, and steel are expected to experience larger deficits, leading to greater exchange rate fluctuations. The Bank of Korea announced the..

As semiconductor chip maker Micron laid off 10% of its workforce due to steeper-than-expected second-quarter losses, expectations of additional US interest rate hikes overlapped. Samsung's foundry sales declined and LG Ensol's stock plummeted in a continuous bear market. Market research firm Trend Force announced that sales of Samsung Electronics’ foundry division in the third quarter were 5.584..

The World Semiconductor Market Statistics (WSTS) predicted that the global semiconductor market would decrease by 4.1% next year and the Asia-Pacific region including China would decrease by 7.5%. The WSTS, which includes 40 global semiconductor manufacturers, forecasts the global market in 2023 to be $556.5 billion, down 4.1% from the previous year, and expected negative growth for the first ti..

Goldman Sachs Group of the United States has raised its interest rate to 5% from this week's 0.75%p rate hike to four rate hikes from March next year. Goldman Sachs said on Friday that economists now expect the US Federal Reserve to raise rates to 5%, higher than previously expected, and the Fed will raise rates in March next year to the range of 4.75% to 5%. increase, which is 25 basis points h..

A Chinese mutual fund investment in Samsung Electronics has begun to respond to the US semiconductor chip regulation law. China's Securities Regulatory Commission has approved China's first mutual fund to invest in Samsung Electronics, Reuters reported on the 10th, citing a fund official. "The approval came amid rising geopolitical tensions between the world's two largest economies," the news ag..

The Korean economic system repeats sharp fluctuations in the price index of US inflation, showing a telephoto effect, in which fluctuations gradually increase. On the 13th, the day before the release of the US CPI, Samsung Electronics rose by 4.5% when the Wall Street forecast came out as a decline from the price point. The Korean economy, which relies on Samsung Electronics' stocks, continued t..

The negative growth of semiconductors showed a 12.3% increase in inventories while semiconductor shipments plunged -26.1% in July. The 1.3% decline in mining industry production in July was led by a decrease in semiconductors (-3.4%) and machinery equipment (-3.4%), while the production of memory semiconductors such as flash memory DRAM and semiconductor assembly equipment wafer processing equip..

On the 22nd, Yang Hyang-ja, Chairman of the Special Committee on Semiconductors, said, “We, Taiwan, and Japan are using the semiconductor technology made by the United States by renting and using it, so we must enter the ‘Chip 4’ semiconductor alliance.” A semiconductor confrontation with China seems inevitable. On the 20th, Republican senators issued a letter urging South Korea and other countr..

Regarding Samsung Electronics' announcement of mass production of 3nm cutting-edge process, the Japanese media said that it was 'initial production in small quantities and sold to cryptocurrency companies'. Regarding the evaluation of advanced semiconductor technology on the 8th, Japan's Nikkei said, "Samsung did not disclose public customer names in terms of circuit width and sales customer nam..