Samsung

Samsung expects profit dive as demand for memory and devices continues to slow

Analysts believe company may cut back on production like Micron and SK hynix

Storage06 Jan 2023 | 11

South Korea to offer tax breaks to hedge semiconductor woes

Large chip manufacturers may be offered tax credits of up to 15% to invest in the country

Systems03 Jan 2023 |

Non-binary DDR5 is finally coming to save your wallet

Need a New Year's resolution? How about stop paying for memory you don't need

Storage02 Jan 2023 | 83

The IT decision-maker that really matters? Your pet

So says Samsung, which wants to add your cat's collar to the Internet of Stuff

Offbeat14 Dec 2022 | 24

Samsung slaps processing-in-memory chips onto GPUs for first-of-its-kind supercomputer

Korean tech giant claims big performance, energy efficiency gains with memory tech

HPC13 Dec 2022 | 10

TSMC triples spending on Arizona advanced chip site with extra 3nm fab

Analysis Biden thinks it's a big deal, but TSMC's Taiwan output will still dwarf US fabs

Systems06 Dec 2022 | 9

Samsung, Korean IT giant Naver to build AI hyperscale chip

Meanwhile, Samsung appoints its first female president

AI + ML06 Dec 2022 |

Google warns stolen Android keys used to sign info-stealing malware

OEMs including Samsung, LG and Mediatek named and shamed

Security05 Dec 2022 | 4

Head of Intel Foundry Services resigns just as chip biz gets going

Exclusive Randhir Thakur led Intel’s big bet to take on Asian foundry giants TSMC and Samsung

Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2

Think Korean chipmakers will buy Arm? Think again

The UK chip designer is suing another firm that has an interest, so IPO it is?

Systems07 Nov 2022 | 6

Indian government creates body with power to order social media content takedowns

Asia In Brief PLUS: China’s digital currency surges; Infosys tax portals wobble again; Singapore crypto protections; and more

Security30 Oct 2022 | 2

Party like it's 2014, if you can – that's the last time smartphone sales were this low

If not for Apple, this addition to this week's orgy of bad economic indicators would be even less pleasant

Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 17

Your new career plan: Go to jail for bribery, get busted taking drugs, be appointed chair of Samsung

It worked for Lee Jae-yong, who now gets to handle a nasty profit plunge

Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 9

Samsung bucks industry trend, maintains memory investments

This is despite weakening demand and operating profit down by 49% in semiconductor division

Systems27 Oct 2022 |

Samsung, TSMC in US patent infringement investigation

Complaint filed by Daedalus Prime – wasn't he a Transformer?

Systems17 Oct 2022 | 7

Xi Jinping hails 'improved cyber ecology', says state to direct strategic tech research

Asia In Brief Samsung and TSMC hit with chip tech patent suit; Ant Group's DB hits AWS; PayPal drops Hong Kong rights group; and more

Security16 Oct 2022 | 5

SK hynix, Samsung, TSMC granted one-year reprieve from China chip restrictions

Uncle Sam is giving out exemptions like Halloween candy to its allies

Systems13 Oct 2022 | 5

Samsung's Ukraine headquarters damaged by Russian missile strike

R&D Center focuses on autonomous AI, otherwise known as On-Device AI

AI + ML11 Oct 2022 | 22

More chipmakers report falling revenue as market braces for tough year

Made in Taiwan: Only TSMC seems to be dodging the downturn

Systems07 Oct 2022 | 7

Samsung teases upcoming DRAM and NAND goodies at Tech Day event

Lots of talk about the automation and digitization of manufacturing chips too

Storage06 Oct 2022 |

Samsung dreams of 2nm chips in 2025, 1.4nm by 2027

Mass production, too – and if it happens, timing will be crucial as semiconductor market recovers

Systems04 Oct 2022 | 12

Samsung’s Smart Monitor tries too hard to be clever

Desktop Tourism Barely adequate as a desktop alternative, but delightful as a dual purpose monitor

Personal Tech03 Oct 2022 | 39

Samsung sued for gobbling up too much personal info that miscreants then stole

If you're gonna force everyone to register an account, at least protect that data, lawsuit argues

Cyber-crime27 Sep 2022 | 9

Tongues wag that Softbank's Son may sell Arm to Samsung

Japanese super-tycoon to discuss 'stategic alliance' with electronics chaebol

Systems21 Sep 2022 | 27

Samsung investing $5b in efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050

That's quite the challenge to neutralize – making chips and electronics is hardly ecofriendly

Systems15 Sep 2022 | 7

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers races to break ground in Texas before tax breaks dissolve

Everythings bigger in Texas, including the tax breaks

On-Prem13 Sep 2022 | 4

Computational storage specs hit v1.0 after 4 years of work

Emerging field now has baseline definitions for vendors to work with

Storage07 Sep 2022 | 7

Inflation to kill growth prospects for smartphone sales

Buy a new phone or pay food and household energy bills? Shipments to crash in 2022

Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 12

Huawei dangles developer incentives to sell Harmony OS around the world

Asia In Brief Plus: Indonesia's four-hour takedown demand; Peak Facebook in Korea?; Alibaba frees font; and more.

Software22 Aug 2022 | 7

The CHIPS Act won't end US reliance on foreign foundries

Analysis For all the billions poured in, is a 'Made in America' sticker worth it?

Systems18 Aug 2022 | 34

Inflation worries push PC and mobile DRAM demand down, with pricing to follow

Samsung, SK hynix, Micron are in for some pain, claims analyst, plus signs point to stockpiled customer inventory

Storage16 Aug 2022 |

Samsung heir pardoned after doing time for bribery

Government said they need the Samsung boss back at work to deal with South Korea’s looming economic crisis

Legal15 Aug 2022 | 15

How TSMC killed 450mm wafers for fear of Intel, Samsung

You can be a big fish in a big ocean or a small fish in a tiny pond with two leviathans.. how times changed

Systems08 Aug 2022 | 33

CXL absorbs OpenCAPI on the road to interconnect dominance

It's not the first rival open standard has assimilated – remember Gen-Z?

Storage02 Aug 2022 |

US mulls more export bans – this time, memory – in war on Chinese chipmakers

Rumored measures put Samsung and SK Hynix in the blast radius

Storage01 Aug 2022 | 16

Samsung adds 'repair mode' that hides data on Galaxy smartphones in South Korea

Something Hunter Biden probably wishes computers had ages ago

Personal Tech01 Aug 2022 | 8

Samsung boss likely to be pardoned for bribery

Apparently the company and the country need him at work – crooked or not

Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 11

Congress continues playing hot potato with $52b CHIPS Act subsidies

Senate throws funding act back over to House to pass

Systems27 Jul 2022 | 7

Samsung teases 11 Texas fabs as $50 billion CHIPS Act vote nears

+Comment A semiconductor empire built under the water-starved Texas sun? What could go wrong?

On-Prem21 Jul 2022 | 16

Demand for smartphones is drying up

Canalys prelim Q2 data indicates economic headwinds and worries of 'inventory pile-up'

Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 49

Samsung has 24Gbps GDDR6 ready for higher-performance graphics cards

New DRAM chips will also have an impact in AI processing and HPC fields

Storage14 Jul 2022 | 2

To fight TSMC and Samsung, Intel hires execs from foundry rivals

x86 giant wants to manufacture more of the world’s chips, regardless of whether it designs them

Systems11 Jul 2022 | 4

Samsung beats TSMC to be first to produce 3nm chips

Lower power consumption, improved performance, and a second generation of the technology on the way

Systems30 Jun 2022 | 9

TSMC may surpass Intel in quarterly revenue for first time

Fab frenemies: x86 giant set to give Taiwanese chipmaker more money as it revitalizes foundry business

Systems27 Jun 2022 | 1

Samsung fined $14 million for misleading smartphone water resistance claims

Promoted phones as ready for a dunking – forgot to mention known problems with subsequent recharges

Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 41

Top chip foundries grow amid electronics spending slowdown. Except Samsung

Chaebol hit by lower demand for smartphones and TVs plus 4nm yield issues

Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 |

Samsung accused of cheating on hardware benchmarks ... again

South Korean giant says it's in no way goosing TV HDR brightness

Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 19

Samsung said to be sniffing around European chipmakers

Fresh out of jail on corruption charges, the company's leader goes shopping

Systems10 Jun 2022 | 3

Warning: Colleagues are unusually likely to 'break' their monitors soon

Wave of replacements needed as Samsung and Microsoft team to stream Xbox games to smart displays and tellies

Personal Tech10 Jun 2022 | 26

Semiconductor industry growth to slow in 2022, warns IDC

Chip price hikes keeping sector healthy but new fabs could lead to 'overcapacity'

Systems09 Jun 2022 | 5

Samsung and Intel bosses discuss silicon cooperation

Details? Nope. Potential? Enormous.

On-Prem31 May 2022 | 2

Who had money on Samsung and Red Hat joining forces on next-gen memory software?

Cloudy server testbed coming, open source code filtering into RHEL promised

Storage25 May 2022 | 3

Toyota cuts vehicle production over global chip shortage

Just as Samsung pledges to invest $360b to shore up next-gen industries

Systems24 May 2022 | 17

TSMC, Samsung plan price hikes for chip designers – reports

Nvidia, AMD, Apple et al may be forced to pass cost on to customers

Systems13 May 2022 | 5

Samsung unveils 512GB DRAM CXL module in E3.S form factor

PCIe 5.0 device hints at servers with lots of memory, maybe shared

Systems10 May 2022 | 6

Samsung unveils hardened SD card that can last 16 years if you treat it right

And apply an asterisk or two

Storage04 May 2022 | 49