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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.
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.
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.
- The award is the latest from the Biden administration, as the US looks to cement its global lead in creating advanced semiconductors
- Samsung will not only build a new facility to produce advanced chips, but also expand its existing plant in Texas
Apple’s smartphone shipments fell about 10 per cent in the first quarter, hurt by intensifying global competition from Android handset makers aiming for the top spot, according to new data from research firm IDC.
The Biden administration will announce next week that it is awarding more than US$6 billion to Samsung Electronics to expand its semiconductor output in Taylor, Texas, as it seeks to ramp up chip-making in the US.
Intel on Tuesday disclosed deepening operating losses for its foundry business, a blow to the chip maker as it tries to regain a technology lead it lost in recent years to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Japan approved up to US$3.9 billion in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus, committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing.
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra promised investors that 2024 will mark a rebound for the memory chip industry and 2025 will see record sales levels, driven by opportunities enabled by AI.
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.
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.
Negotiations will result in each company ‘doing more for economic and national security at a lower cost to the taxpayer’, says Gina Raimondo.
The 17.3-inch prototype device also has a transparent base that doubles as a virtual keyboard and a drawing tablet.
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.
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 boost in shipments lifted Huawei to third place in the last three months of the year, behind Apple and Samsung Electronics.
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.
Some people have expressed concerns that the Baidu search features on the Galaxy S24 series are not as good as Google’s version.
Keeping advanced production at home allows companies to take advantage of better cost-efficiency and a more stable labour supply, analysts say.
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.
Shenzhen-based OnePlus on Monday brought back six smartphone models to the world’s fourth-largest economy.
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.
Sam Altman is concerned that as AI becomes more pervasive, there will not be enough chips for widespread deployment, sources say.
Samsung has shifted its focus to the high-end segment of mainland China’s smartphone market, particularly with its foldable handsets.
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, projected revenue growth of at least 8 per cent to US$18.8 billion in the March quarter.
The Galaxy S24 series, unveiled on Wednesday and months ahead of the launch of Apple’s next iPhone, comes with a spate of AI features.
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.
