Samsung

Lapsus$ extortionists dump Samsung data online, chaebol confirms security breach

Updated 190GB worth of internal files include 'some source codes relating to the operation of Galaxy devices'

Security07 Mar 2022 | 13

Samsung shipped '100 million' phones with flawed encryption

Academics found TrustZone-level code could not be trusted to keep secrets

Security23 Feb 2022 | 22

HPE, Samsung invest in quantum startup Classiq

Signs that interest in the market is ramping up

PaaS + IaaS18 Feb 2022 | 3

Canalys: Foldable shipments could 'exceed 30 million by 2024'

Saviour of the premium Android smartphone?

Personal Tech14 Feb 2022 | 11

Samsung reveals new smartphones, tablets... and yes. The S22 Ultra is undeniably good

Shiny new kit a bit more environmentally conscious

Personal Tech09 Feb 2022 | 26

Why is the little guy getting rinsed for hardware? Because top OEMs had to spend 25% more on chips in 2021

Vendors shipped more but demand outstripped supply, says Gartner

On-Prem01 Feb 2022 | 10

There's a new Chipzilla in town: Samsung topples Intel to become largest chip maker

Semiconductor shortage helps cause reshuffle at the top

On-Prem31 Jan 2022 | 3

Thanks for the memory: Samsung says DRAM, NAND profits up Q-on-Q, sales down as global supply chain bites

Expects more stability but warns of potential fab lockdowns on road ahead

Storage27 Jan 2022 |

AMD returns to smartphone graphics with new Samsung chip for your pocket computer

We're back in black

Personal Tech18 Jan 2022 | 7

Apple grabs smartphone crown as iPhone 13 wakes up the fanbois, leaves Chinese rivals eating dust

But smartphone shipments globally edge up just 1% for total market as demand outweighs supply

Personal Tech18 Jan 2022 | 14

Samsung adds non fungible token trading app to its tellies

Not as bonkers as it sounds seeing as Sammy suggests they’re already works of art

Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 30

Samsung gets 2-year contract extensions to provide rugged handsets for UK's troubled Emergency Services Network

Updated Fiasco replacing fire, police and ambulance comms already costing £550m for each year of delay

Networks16 Dec 2021 | 11

Samsung splits itself in two... internally: Semiconductor biz and then everything else

Smartphones and consumer electronics now under one roof

Personal Tech07 Dec 2021 | 1

Samsung wheels out new silicon that turns cars into 5G-fuelled entertainment hubs

Nice wheels! Thanks, it's got eight Cortex-A76 cores, a 5G modem and 32GB of RAM

Personal Tech01 Dec 2021 | 30

Yeehaw, y'all! Texas done got itself a honkin' new Samsung semiconductor plant

$17B worth of chip factory will go nicely with the big BBQ joints in the town of Taylor

On-Prem24 Nov 2021 | 25

Microsoft admits Samsung phones under Intune mobile device management are dropping out of compliance

Auto-restart or manual update requires manual interaction to bring a gadget back to the light

Software12 Nov 2021 | 8

Samsung reveals buzzword-compliant DRAM ready for 5G, AI, edge, and metaverses

Smartphone-derived LPDDR5X said to be faster and more miserly than predecessors

On-Prem10 Nov 2021 | 14

Reg reader returns Samsung TV after finding giant ads splattered everywhere

Even your telly is now a moneymaking gadget for someone else

Security05 Nov 2021 | 203

Samsung releases pair of jeans that can't do anything except cover your legs and hold a Galaxy Z Flip 3

Who needs big pockets, right? Other than, you know, literally everyone

Bootnotes03 Nov 2021 | 72

Get ready for full holograms and 6G while living in the metaverse, says Samsung

Even though 5G Advanced isn't even here yet

Personal Tech28 Oct 2021 | 20

Samsung bolstered by demand for data centre doodads, but could be derailed by supply chain issues

Pandemic work patterns work in component-maker's favour, but COVID isn't all upside

On-Prem28 Oct 2021 |

Samsung boss Lee Jae-Yong convicted and fined for drug abuse

Took Propofol, aka ‘the milk of amnesia’ or 'the drug that killed Michael Jackson'

Offbeat26 Oct 2021 | 6

Everyone who wants a smartphone for Chrimbo will get one, but in the real world things are somewhat different

Global handset market slips in Q3 on sliding chipset availability, says Canalys

Personal Tech15 Oct 2021 | 8

Samsung starts cranking out 14nm DDR5 DRAM

Now with an extra layer of extreme ultraviolet

On-Prem13 Oct 2021 | 6

Samsung to sling 2nm silicon in 2025, 3nm process running a little late

But who needs the latest and greatest when 17nm has been boosted, eh?

On-Prem07 Oct 2021 | 13

Samsung is planning to reverse-engineer the human brain on to a chip

'Here I am, 100 billion neurons and all you want me to do is calculate all the ways this could possibly go wrong?'

Science27 Sep 2021 | 72

One-size-fits-all chargers? What a great idea! Of course Apple would hate it

Updated Cupertino thinks EU USB-C plan 'stifles innovation rather than encouraging it'

Personal Tech23 Sep 2021 | 203

Samsung offered tax rebates for 30 years to build $17bn chip plant in Texas

'No decision has been made' super-corp reminds El Reg

On-Prem07 Sep 2021 | 19

Et tu, Samsung? Electronics giant accused of quietly switching SSD components

Squirrely semiconductor swaps make performance difficult to predict

Storage28 Aug 2021 | 49

Samsung testing memory with built-in processing for AI-centric servers

Suggests standard for this stuff should land in 2022 and tech improves performance by 40 per cent or more

AI + ML25 Aug 2021 | 6

Samsung: We will remotely brick smart TVs looted from our warehouse

Terminally dumb tellies now ... if they switch on the Wi-Fi

Personal Tech24 Aug 2021 | 184

Samsung splurges $200bn to bring 'new future order' over next few years – meaning chips, pharma, comms

Apparently the revolution is now, and it is well funded

Storage24 Aug 2021 | 2

Samsung sprints past Intel to become world's semiconductor sales leader

Q2 saw Sammy lean into the booming memory market while Intel’s chip sales remain stagnant

On-Prem20 Aug 2021 | 3

Samsung's foldables fall to more realistic prices and harden up

Plus: How the S Pen will work outside the Note – by slipping into a case

Personal Tech11 Aug 2021 | 10

In Pakistan, a car company will soon be making Samsung mobile phones

Approval has been granted by Pakistani regulatory body, meanwhile auto material costs rise putting car makers in flux

Personal Tech11 Aug 2021 | 3

Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong awarded Get Out Of Jail Free card

South Korea needs Samsung monopolising effectively as it pursues industry development plans

Legal10 Aug 2021 | 12

Please, no Moore: 'Law' that defined how chips have been made for decades has run itself into a cul-de-sac

Feature Are we approaching peak computing? What are the alternatives?

On-Prem05 Aug 2021 | 159

Thanks for the memory: Add Samsung to the list of tech giants raking it in despite supply concerns

Turns out that Austin factory shutdown was nothing but a blip

Storage29 Jul 2021 |

Samsung confirms no new Note this year, but does have a pen for foldables up its sleeve

Hints at new Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip models too

Personal Tech27 Jul 2021 | 1

Intel and Samsung impacted as COVID closes electronics factories in Vietnam

750 cases among workers sees labour force asked to stay on-site

On-Prem15 Jul 2021 | 11

Samsung's latest spin on ISOCELL shifts camera tech from smartphones into autonomous vehicles

Promises better images, improved safety through 'CornerPixel' technology

Personal Tech13 Jul 2021 |

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G: Sub-$600 midranger makes premium phones feel frivolous

Review Biometrics could be better but workhorse otherwise does the job

Personal Tech13 Jul 2021 | 41

Samsung commits to 5 years of Android updates... for its enterprise smartphone users at least

Impressive, but it's still no Apple

Security29 Jun 2021 | 36

Samsung pushes out single console all-in-one RAN kit for cramped European markets

Smaller physical footprint to tempt carriers needing to build out 5G

Networks23 Jun 2021 | 1

South Korea bans 1700 tech products for using forged test reports

Huawei, Cisco, and Samsung caught out as US-based testing labs allegedly sent work to China

Legal18 Jun 2021 | 12

Samsung mulls delaying next 'fan edition' phone in light of semiconductor shortage

'Nothing had been determined', says phone giant

Personal Tech14 Jun 2021 | 2

Vodafone names vendors tapped for Britain's first wide-scale OpenRAN build: NEC, Dell, and Samsung

The big get Huawei: telco starts to rip and replace Chinese network maker's kit

Networks14 Jun 2021 | 4

Samsung brags that its latest imaging sensor has the ittiest-bittiest cam pixels in the world

It's not the size that counts, it's how you use it

Personal Tech10 Jun 2021 | 27

Smartphone shipments jumped 26% in Q1 – only to recapture ground lost to the pandemic

Don't call it growth

Personal Tech08 Jun 2021 |

Silicon foundries surge to new revenue records, but Texas cold snap sent Samsung backwards

TSMC is well on truly on top with 55 percent market share

On-Prem01 Jun 2021 | 5

Vietnam asks Samsung to find it some COVID-19 vaccines

Double-mutant strain puts electronics factories at risk

Personal Tech31 May 2021 | 11

Patch me if you can: Microsoft, Samsung, and Google win appeal over patent on remote updating

Iron Oak fails to convince the Feds that Patent Board misinterpreted key phrase in the patent

Legal25 May 2021 | 40

iFixit slams Samsung's phone 'upcycling' scheme for falling short of what was promised

Dude, where's my unlocked bootloader?

Personal Tech19 May 2021 | 50

Google and Samsung merge their wearable OSes, tease Fitbit baked into the combo

Who could possibly have predicted that developers would shun two small ecosystems?

Personal Tech19 May 2021 | 10

Samsung shows off rollable and foldable displays, suggests they'll arrive in 2022

Vid 'n' pics Paper-thin OLED screens collapse impressively

Personal Tech18 May 2021 | 30

As Samsung breaks ground on new EUV semi foundry, SK Hynix mulls expanding its logic and contract fab businesses

Analyst: 'Company may need to license 7nm and below process tech'

On-Prem13 May 2021 |