The February 2023 snapshot of Korea’s technology news headlines touches on items including artificial intelligence’s role in delivering ‘smart farm’ agri-tech solutions, the South Korean government’s investment goals around artificial intelligence, Busan’s drive to be a global digital assets hub, and more.
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Accenture: The Pulse of the Semiconductor Industry 2023 (pdf link)
- South Korea’s Rebellions Inc to launch AI chip focusing on specific tasks in niche market bid, with gov’t investing over $800M over 5 years for AI R&D in move towards global presence
- South Korea sanctions 4 North Korean hackers and 7 organizations, including those under the DPRK’s military intelligence agency, over cyberattacks and cryptocurrency theft
- South Korea: Busan sets sight on global hub status for digital assets with creation of publicly-run crypto exchange, in part to to attract blockchain companies and foreign investment
- Semiconductor alliance of Taiwan, the US, Japan and South Korea held its first video meeting of senior officials last week, focused on supply chain resilience
“The group’s members are home to the world’s largest contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, South Korean memory chip giants Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and SK Hynix, and key Japanese suppliers of semiconductor materials and equipment.”
- South Korea: Croft gains seed funding with AI-based ‘smart farm’ solutions, monitoring and optimizing greenhouse systems
- “Proofpoint detailed how North Korean state-backed hackers managed to siphon more than $1 billion in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain assets in the 2022 calendar year…”
- North Korea: “…the money raised by North Korea’s criminal cyber operations help finance up to a third of the funds dedicated to its missile programmes.”
Deloitte: 2023 Semiconductor Industry Outlook
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