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Samsung Galaxy Book 2 launched in Brazil at $835 starting price

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Book 2 notebook in Brazil. The Galaxy Book 2 now joins the already existing Galaxy Book 2 360 and Galaxy Book 2 Pro models, which were launched in the country in August this year. The company has launched the Galaxy Book 2 in two color variants: silver and graphite. […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 months ago

Samsung loses its top position in the global semiconductor market

There’s some bad news for Samsung as its top position in the global semiconductor market has been taken over by Intel. This is the result of the contraction the semiconductor market suffered in Q3 2022, as per Business Korea. Market research firm Omdia studied the global semiconductor market performance and reported that the market in Q3 […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 months ago

Intel aims to overtake Samsung to become world’s second-biggest chip maker

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 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

Intel’s upcoming Unison app will help you sync your Galaxy and iPhone with a Windows PC

Intel announced a new Unison app alongside its 13th Gen Intel Core processor lineup. The Unison app is pretty interesting as it allows your Galaxy (or any other Android) phone to connect seamlessly with your Windows 11 laptop or PC. You could say that it is also possible with the Microsoft Phone Link app. Well, the […]

By Sagar Naresh
4 months ago

Samsung reveals world’s first slidable display for PCs

Samsung has been making foldable smartphones for quite a few years now, and it is the unrivaled king of the segment. However, the company has far greater things planned for foldable devices in the future, including slidable displays. In May 2022, Samsung Display showcased a 6.7-inch slidable OLED display that extends vertically, unlike a few […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Samsung’s acquisition of ARM highly unlikely because of antitrust issues

The latest report by BusinessKorea suggests that Samsung won’t be interested in the race to acquire ARM for multiple reasons. Apparently, Nvidia failed to acquire ARM, and it was touted that Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Qualcomm, and Intel would be next in line to complete the UK chip designer’s acquisition. While ARM’s scope of business is […]

By Sagar Naresh
4 months ago

Galaxy S24 could be among the first phones to feature Wi-Fi 7

Samsung has always been the first Android OEM to bring the latest version of Wi-Fi to the market. And the latest report suggests that the first Wi-Fi 7-equipped smartphone will be out by the second half of 2024. While Apple devices are still using Wi-Fi 6, and there are no more phone launches on the near […]

By Sagar Naresh
4 months ago

Samsung’s developing its first “Ultra” laptop powered by Intel and Microsoft

Samsung appears to be getting ready to release a new Galaxy Book ultrabook powered by Intel and Microsoft. More specifically, Bluetooth has just approved an unannounced Samsung notebook PC named “Galaxy Book 3 Ultra,” which, to our recollection, should be the company’s first “Ultra” laptop in its recent portfolio. Bluetooth lists several Galaxy Book 3 […]

By Mihai Matei
5 months ago

Samsung faces more competition as Intel enters the contract chip manufacturing space

Samsung Foundry is the world’s second-biggest contract chip manufacturing firm. While the company is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to defeat its primary rival, TSMC, it has found a new competitor in the space: Intel. The company used to design and manufacture its own chips, and last year, Intel opened its foundry service for […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Samsung expands Texas investment for a long-term semiconductor plan

Samsung wants to extend its chip manufacturing site in Taylor, Texas and has applied to increase the footprint of the investment area by about 14%, according to recent documents dug out of the City of Taylor website (via Naver). As shown in the aerial photo below, Samsung has applied to add more land and expand […]

By Mihai Matei
7 months ago

Intel and Samsung bosses meet to discuss possible collaboration

There’s a lot of activity happening in the chip industry and the US government has been throwing its weight around it. It views influence over the global chip supply chain as a key interest. What bigger proof can there be besides the fact that on his recent summit with South Korea, US President Joe Biden […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 months ago

Samsung beats Intel in the semiconductor market for the first time in years

Last year, after lagging behind Intel for a few years, Samsung’s semiconductor business finally recorded higher revenues than its US rival. Samsung’s semiconductor revenues overtook Intel’s for the first time since 2018. The Korean tech giant had a 12.3% semiconductor market share and recorded $73.1 billion in revenue in 2021 (via Gartner). Intel dropped to […]

By Mihai Matei
10 months ago

Samsung just poached a major executive from Intel in the US

After ten years of working with Intel, supercomputer expert Robert Wisniewski has joined Samsung Electronics America to lead the company’s system architecture lab in the United States. The ex-Intel executive now fills the roles of Senior Vice President and Chief Architect of HPC (High-Performance Computing) and Head of Samsung’s SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) […]

By Mihai Matei
10 months ago

Samsung is trying to tap into the U.S. $52 billion federal program

Samsung and its semiconductor rival TSMC have found themselves working together for a common goal in the United States. The U.S. administration has prepared a $52 billion federal program designed to bolster domestic chipset production. Now, both Samsung and TSMC are trying to convince the U.S. government that they should be eligible for these funds. […]

By Mihai Matei
10 months ago

Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 goes official with Intel’s 12th generation CPUs, S Pen

During its MWC 2022 event, Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Book laptop lineup. It includes the Galaxy Book 2, Galaxy Book 2 Pro, Galaxy Book 2 360, Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360, and the Galaxy Chromebook 2 360. Except for the Chromebook model, all other new laptops use Intel’s 12th generation CPUs. The Galaxy Book […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
11 months ago