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The era of artificial intelligence is upon us and some of the world's biggest companies are looking for new partnerships to boost their AI capabilities. As a leading supplier of high-performance memory solutions, crucial for AI chips, Samsung finds itself in an enviable position. It's already collaborating with companies like NVIDIA on its upcoming AI […]
Samsung has signed a deal with the Netherlands-based chip firm ASML to build a semiconductor chip research plant in South Korea. The deal is worth $755 million, and it was signed on the first day of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official visit to the Netherlands. The South Korean President was invited by Dutch […]
Samsung is working with German firm Merck to develop OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon) panels that can be used in XR (Mixed Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) headsets, according to a report from ETNews. Merck develops materials that are used in manufacturing LCD and OLED panels, and with the increased interest in OLEDoS screens, the company […]
A few SamMobile team members had the great opportunity to experience last week's Galaxy Unpacked event live at COEX in Seoul. But it was more than that. Aside from seeing Samsung's latest devices live on stage, we visited many wonderful places in Korea, including the Samsung Innovation Museum and the Samsung Digital City, which left […]
Two years after launching its first foldable phone, Samsung discontinued its beloved Galaxy Note series. Galaxy Note fans were bewildered about the company's decision to kill the Galaxy Note series, but it looks like the South Korean firm was on the correct path for its growth in the future. Samsung's foldable phones are now selling […]
Samsung expects demand for consumer electronics to remain sluggish throughout the first half of the year due to rising interest rates and high inflation. However, the company expects the industry to start recovering in the second half of 2023 and views the recent downturn as an opportunity in disguise. “A crisis usually creates a new […]
TSMC is currently the world's biggest contract semiconductor chip manufacturer, while Samsung is the distant second. Intel, which recently spun off its chip-making arm as a separate business, has some lofty goals in its mind. The company reportedly wants to overtake Samsung Foundry (Samsung's chip manufacturing business) to become the world's second-biggest chip manufacturing firm […]
Samsung earned the title of “The World's Best Employer” from Forbes for the third year in a row. The ranking is based on a Forbes-Statista survey that interviewed more than 150,000 employees across 800 companies in the USA, the UK, Germany, and other countries. Survey participants were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their […]
Samsung's Lee Jae-yong will meet with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son in Seoul next month. Mr. Son will visit South Korea's capital city in October, and the media is questioning whether the meeting with Samsung's leader might have anything to do with a possible acquisition of the British chip designer ARM. During an interview at the […]
As you may have heard, Samsung wants its foldable phone sales to cover half of all Galaxy flagship smartphone sales by 2025. But for now, the company's primary concern is to lure customers from rival brands to its Z foldable series. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Samsung mobile chief TM Roh […]
The consumer spending spree witnessed after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns appears to be over now. Financial experts around the world forecast a global recession, and the smartphone market has started to brace for the economic downturn. Even Samsung seems to have scaled back smartphone production. Although Samsung claimed that it expects smartphone sales to stay […]
Samsung's been facing strong opposition from Chinese smartphone brands in recent years, and although Huawei is no longer a threat, Xiaomi remains a thorn in Samsung's side. In fact, Xiaomi is shaping up to be the next nemesis, as the company just revealed its plan to take down Samsung and Apple. Xiaomi wants to overtake […]
Samsung heir and the wealthiest person in South Korea, Lee Jae-Yong, was jailed a few months ago on bribery and capital crime charges. He was initially sentenced to serve 2.5 years in jail. However, there have been talks about him getting released from prison ahead of time, thanks to a possible pardon from the South […]
South Korea's most prominent business investors are reportedly lobbying for the release of Samsung's imprisoned de facto leader Lee Jae-yong. The country's major business lobby groups have reportedly sent a letter to Cheong Wa Dae — a.k.a. the Blue House / official presidential residence — in which they're petitioning for Lee Jae-yong's pardon. Lee Jae-yong was sentenced […]
Samsung has been seeing some rather decent growth in the wearable segment through the majority of 2020, a company executive revealed. In an interview held during this year's East Tech West conference, Samsung Electronics SVP Taejong Jay Yang said that global wearable sales grew by at least 30% this year, adding that some periods were even […]