Cooperation

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics' Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Patrick P Gelsinger, chief executive of chip-maker Intel in Seoul and discussed cooperation in the chip sector, Samsung officials said.At the meeting, the leaders of the world's two largest chipmakers explored ways to collaborate in areas ranging from the next-generation memory chips, fabless logic chips and foundries to PCs and mobile, according to Samsung.Samsung and Intel have continued their partnership, working on the compatibility between Samsung's…

Stellantis and Toyota have announced a new agreement on large-size commercial vans for the European market. Stellantis and Toyota Motor Europe (TME) have announced the expansion of their existing partnership with an agreement for a new large-size commercial van, including a battery electric version. The new vehicle marks the third body type under the agreement, completing a full LCV line-up, with compact-, mid- and now also…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Technology PMN Politics PMN News Author of the article: Article content PYEONGTAEK — Joe Biden’s first stop on his inaugural trip to Asia as U.S. president on Friday was a massive Samsung Electronics semiconductor plant, underscoring a message of economic security with an eye on China. Biden landed at the U.S. air base in Osan, south of Seoul, and immediately drove to Samsung’s nearby factory, the largest semiconductor plant in the world. There he greeted South Korean…

A new study found that agreements between water utilities can help mitigate their risks, in research that used XSEDE-allocated supercomputer simulations of water supply of six population centers (colors) in the North Carolina Research Triangle. Water demands in annual average millions of gallons per day are given from 2015 to 2060 on inset plots based on utility projections. Credit: Gorelick et al. Mark Twain once said,…

Thyssenkrupp and Japanese industrial group NSK have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore a joint venture between Thyssenkrupp Automotive and NSK’s steering business. The MoU includes a “technological and strategic alignment” of the product areas in the automotive business with the rival’s steering business. The aim is to develop a joint automotive business. Martina Merz, CEO of Thyssenkrupp, said: “We are already in an…

Even though the Russian military action in Ukraine has heightened tensions between Moscow and the US, the two sides will continue to cooperate on operations of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said. The US space agency has said that its collaborative operations with the Russian space agency Roscosmos will continue as normal. Russia and the US have often collaborated on the multinational project previously. One of the most ambitious international collaborations ever attempted, the ISS was launched in 1988 and is…

The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, will inform Russian President Vladimir Putin in the near future of its opinion on whether to continue cooperating with Western partners on the International Space Station (ISS), Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin told Sputnik."Our stance was recently discussed at the supervisory board of Roscosmos, which includes representatives of key ministries and departments related to the work of Roscosmos, and is headed by the relevant Deputy Prime Minister. We plan to report our position to the…

Taiwan's government believes there is "enormous" room for cooperation with the European Union on semiconductors, responding to plans from the bloc to boost its chip industry and cut its dependence on US and Asian supplies.The EU's plan mentions Taiwan, home to the world's largest contract chipmaker TSMC and other leading semiconductor companies, as one of the "like-minded partners" Europe would like to work with.The plan, unveiled on Tuesday, calls for the European Commission to ease funding rules for innovative…