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Samsung leaders avoid risk even as company falls behind its rivals

Decisive leadership is what enabled Samsung to establish its dominance in lucrative industries such as memory chips, displays, and mobile devices. However, it appears that top leaders at the company now prefer to avoid risk, even as mounting business challenges make it fall behind rivals. Samsung faces a challenging business environment in all of its […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 days ago

Samsung may reveal its $44 billion US chip investment next week

Samsung has invested a lot of money in its US chipmaking facilities. In addition to its existing facility, the company announced a $17 billion project in 2021 for a semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas that's likely to begin mass production of chips later this year. The US government is focused on pumping up the local […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 days ago

Samsung’s top acquisitions man returns as big deals expected

Samsung has not participated in the mergers and acquisitions market for more than 7 years, despite having more than $60 billion in cash that it could use to buy new companies. Its absence from this space was also partly due to the legal troubles of heir Lee Jae-yong, who only recently returned to the top […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 days ago

US trade commission orders Samsung to stop unfair business practices with retailers

The US FTC (Fair Trade Commission) has ordered Samsung to stop unfair business practices in the country. The antitrust regulator said that Samsung can't demand retailers to offer it retail prices for their products. The company reportedly did so for six years before it faced a probe from the agency. It was reported that Samsung […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Samsung’s stock expected to soar this year as memory chips recover

The supply glut in the memory chip market has severely impacted Samsung's profitability for the past couple of years, however, it appears that things might finally be turning around for the company. The earnings guidance that Samsung released last week seems to suggest so. No surprise, then, that market analysts are now expecting Samsung's stock […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 week ago

Samsung bags a crucial order from NVIDIA for AI chips

Samsung's looking to increase its revenues and profits from the semiconductor division after a couple of years of downturn caused by the supply glut in the memory market. It's vital that the company win significant orders that help it achieve this objective. Samsung has been focusing on its AI chip solutions to get orders from […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 week ago

Samsung is building another chip plant in the US

Samsung Electronics is reportedly doubling its investment in the US to build and package advanced semiconductor chips. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Samsung has decided to increase its investment to a whopping $44 billion. That's $22 billion on top of what the company has already invested. Samsung will build a chip […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung puts more workers on mobile OLEDs as China threatens its lead

Samsung Display has long been the leading supplier of mobile OLED panels across the globe. It had managed to build a healthy lead based on its technological advancement, production capabilities, and pricing powers. However, all that has been under threat for a few years from Chinese display manufacturers, most notably BOE. BOE has been gradually […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung’s profit rises by 931% in Q1 2024 as chip sales recover

Samsung has been struggling over the past couple of years, especially due to its most important product: memory chips. However, things now seem to be improving financially, as the company has reported a huge rise in its profit. Earlier today, Samsung revealed its earnings guidance for Q1 2024. Samsung's profit rises 931% on the back […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung puts hundreds more on HBM team for total market dominance

Samsung has been talking a lot about gaining a dominant position in the global high-bandwidth memory market. It's not just all talk, though, the company is also putting its money where its mouth is by continuing to push the envelope on this technology. There seems to be a renewed sense of urgency at Samsung that […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung market cap crosses $370 billion after three years

It's no secret that Samsung Electronics has been having a hard time turning the kind of profits that it has been used to. That's largely been due to the global downturn in the semiconductor industry which hit Samsung's profitability hard. However, amid signs of a recovery in the memory market and the rising demand for […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung jacks up SSD prices amid shortage caused by AI hype

Major tech companies across the globe are jumping on the AI bandwagon, constructing big data centers to keep up with the intensive data processing needs. Consequently, there are signs of a shortage of enterprise NAND SSDs appearing in the supply chain. Having been hurt by a supply glut in the memory market over the past […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung Electronics shareholder returns beat Microsoft and Meta

There's been much talk about the shareholder returns generated by Samsung Electronics. Investors aren't too happy with the rate at which returns are being generated for them. They want the company to boost dividends and undertake other measures to increase the share price. Despite a significant downturn in the memory sector, which has long been […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung goes greener with shift from diesel to natural gas generators in India

Samsung India has announced that it has replaced ten diesel-based generators with eight natural gas-based generators for back power at the company’s mobile manufacturing plant in Noida. The PNG generators will provide the mobile manufacturing facility as well as Samsung Display’s manufacturing plant, which is located on the same premises, with 20MW of power during […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung refuses to supply displays for iPhone SE 4

Apple is developing the iPhone SE (4th generation). According to multiple reports, the brand will equip the upcoming phone with the same display that it used for the iPhone 13. Last month, we learned that three companies, BOE, Samsung Display, and Tianma are in a bid to supply display panels for the iPhone SE 4. […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

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