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Samsung Electronics is a key subsidiary of Samsung Group, a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It is the largest South Korean chaebol. Other key subsidiaries include Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T.  

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Frustrated by Washington’s bans on exports of key components and software, the Chinese telecoms giant has built its own operating system; now, let the competition begin.

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From Boeing to Waymo and Apple, when US companies make the news now, it’s not because their products are at the cutting edge of technology. Today, China and its neighbours are leading the way.

  • Micron said revenue for its financial third quarter will be between US$6.4 billion to US$6.8 billion, ahead of analysts’ estimate of US$5.99 billion
  • CEO Sanjay Mehrotra promised investors that 2024 will mark a rebound for the memory chip industry and 2025 will see record sales levels
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Rebellions, a fabless AI chip company co-founded by five South Korean engineers, is viewed as the country’s best hope to rival Nvidia in AI inference.

Samsung has fallen behind in the AI chip race, while SK Hynix was the first vendor to produce highly sought-after HBM3 chips for Nvidia.

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Honor’s Magic6 Pro and Xiaomi’s 14 Ultra smartphones tout generative artificial intelligence features at mobile communications industry’s biggest trade show.

From solid-state and silicon-carbon batteries to a nuclear battery that lasts 50 years without recharging, companies including Apple, Samsung and Honor are pushing the tech for smartphone batteries.

Oppo’s plan to bounce back in Europe comes a month after it signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, covering standard-essential patents in 5G.

CEO George Zhao said new Honor smartphones will have an ‘intent-based user interface’ that uses AI to anticipate user needs and create a seamless experience.

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Mainland shipments of foldable smartphones reached 7.01 million units last year, up 114 per cent from 3.2 million in 2022, according to tech market research firm IDC.

Increased artificial intelligence integration in Chinese handsets shows how a new tech arms race in the smartphone industry is heating up, as the global market is poised for a recovery in 2024.

The ruling could ease the legal troubles surrounding the Samsung heir, less than two years after he was pardoned of a separate conviction of bribery in a corruption scandal that helped topple a previous South Korean government.

Huawei’s return to form in the world’s largest smartphone market was jump-started by the surprise release last August of its Mate 60 Pro 5G handset.

Keeping advanced production at home allows companies to take advantage of better cost-efficiency and a more stable labour supply, analysts say.

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South Korea’s headline exports rose 18 per cent in January, beating expectations, on the back of strong memory chip exports, which leapt 56.2 per cent.

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The collaboration between Samsung and Baidu comes as the race to integrate generative artificial intelligence features into handsets has intensified in the world’s largest smartphone market.

Samsung is looking to develop non-invasive glucose monitoring and continuous blood pressure checking, part of a push to put new health features in smartphones, watches and its upcoming Galaxy Ring.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 series of smartphones features generative AI that can translate spoken and written conversations and messages with almost zero lag, and a high-resolution periscope 5X zoom lens.

The area of Pyeongtaek to Yongin is expected to be the largest chip making region in the world, capable of producing 7.7 million wafers monthly by 2030.

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Do Huawei’s FreeBuds Pro still function well when used with an iPhone? Can Apple AirPods work well with Android phones? We put both, as well as earbuds from Google and Samsung, to the ultimate test.