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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 CEO impressed by Tesla Cybertruck during test drive

Kye Hyun Kyung, President & CEO of Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions Division, is on a tour of five cities in the United States to meet clients. During his tour, he got a chance to drive the Tesla Cybertruck and he seems pretty impressed with it. In a post on Instagram, Kyung shared a video of […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Samsung formally introduces Exynos 1480 with 53% faster AMD-based GPU

A few weeks ago, Samsung launched the Galaxy A55, featuring the Exynos 1480 processor. However, the company had not formally announced the name of the chipset. Samsung is changing that now and is formally announcing its newest mid-range Exynos chip. Let us take a look at what's new with the Exynos 1480. Exynos 1480 is […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Samsung expects $100 million revenue from chip packaging business

Samsung Electronics held its 55th annual general shareholders meeting today at the Suwon Convention Center in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The company revealed its strategy for this year and expects revenue of $100 from its chip packaging business. The company's 55th annual general shareholders meeting was attended by general shareholders, institutional investors, and top-level management […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Samsung could get $6 billion grant from the US for chip plants

Samsung Electronics, one of the biggest chip-making firms worldwide, has grand plans to make advanced semiconductor chips in the US. To help with its plans, the US government had announced grants and tax sops. The South Korean firm is now close to getting a huge helping hand from the US government. A $6 billion grant […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Samsung isn’t selling old chip-making equipment fearing US sanctions

Samsung Foundry is among the world's biggest semiconductor chip makers. It frequently upgrades to newer and more advanced chip-making equipment. Usually, the companies making chips sell older equipment once they are phased out from their lineups, but Samsung and SK Hynix have stopped selling their older equipment, fearing backlash from the US. Older chip-making equipment […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Galaxy A55 is the final test that can prove Exynos is back

Samsung's Exynos chip brand went through a rough patch after the Exynos 2200 SoC and the Galaxy S22 series were released. Even though the S22 flagship was later optimized, it suffered from a rocky start. Many blamed the Exynos 2200 solution, especially because the select Galaxy S22 models powered by Qualcomm chips were superior. That's […]

By Mihai Matei
2 months ago

Galaxy S24 and Exynos 2400 may have secured Google Tensor G4 orders for Samsung Foundry

Semiconductor industry watchers say Samsung Foundry might be gaining momentum and securing more clients thanks to the positive reception of the Galaxy S24 and the Exynos 2400 chip. New reports reconfirm that Google might be one of those clients this year. Google is developing a new Tensor chip for the upcoming Pixel 9 series, which […]

By Mihai Matei
2 months ago

Samsung facing the heat from new contract chip manufacturers Intel and Rapidus

For the past few years, Samsung Foundry and TSMC were the only brands capable of making semiconductor chips on 7nm (or better) process nodes. While TSMC has been the best in performance and efficiency, Samsung was a good option for firms that couldn't afford TSMC or get enough volume. Intel and Rapidus plan to make […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung could use Nvidia tech to improve its semiconductor chips

Samsung Foundry has been lagging behind TSMC over the past few years. Its semiconductor chips haven't been able to perform as well as those made by TSMC. Samsung reportedly plans to use Nvidia's Digital Twin technology based on its Omniverse platform to catch up with its Taiwanese rival. Samsung could use Nvidia's Digital Twin technology […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung’s new tech to make 2nm chips more powerful and efficient

According to a new report from Chosun Biz, Samsung Foundry is planning to integrate the Backside Power Delivery Network (BSPDN) technology in 2nm chips. In this technology, power lines are placed at the rear side of the wafer, which makes it easier to manufacture chips on smaller node sizes (especially node sizes smaller than 3nm) […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Intel is chasing foundry customers in Samsung’s backyard

Intel appears to be poking around in Samsung's backyard, as reports say that the US tech giant might be trying to secure contracts for chip manufacturing from fabless South Korean startups. New rumors say that Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger met with senior executives from South Korea last year. The CEO supposedly revealed Intel's foundry plans […]

By Mihai Matei
2 months ago

Samsung wins its first 2nm chip order from Japan’s PFN

Samsung Foundry has reportedly received an order from Japan's Preferred Networks (PFN) to make 2nm AI chips. The South Korean firm failed to attract chip clients for its 3nm semiconductor chip fabrication process, and most big chip firms went with TSMC's 3nm and 4nm processes. However, this seems like a small win for Samsung Foundry. […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung and Arm collaborate on next-gen Cortex-X CPU cores

Samsung Foundry, Samsung Electronics' division that fabricates semiconductor chips, has announced its collaboration with Arm (Arm Holdings PLC) for optimized fabrication of next-generation Cortex-X series CPU cores. This collaboration will improve the performance and power efficiency of CPU cores using Arm's latest Cortex-X series designs and fabricated using Samsung Foundry's GAA process. Arm and Samsung […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung’s laser-focused on beating TSMC in advanced chipmaking

Taiwan-based TSMC is the leading contract chip manufacturer in the world. It takes up a major chunk of the very lucrative chipmaking market. Samsung has been trying hard to catch up to its rival but has been finding it difficult, particularly with TSMC's lead on the 3nm process. Samsung is now laser-focused on beating TSMC […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 months ago

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