Adnan Farooqui

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Is Korea’s 52-hour workweek costing Samsung billions in profits?

Companies in South Korea are required to comply with a 52-hour employee workweek that's enshrined in national law. While other chip companies based there seem to thrive with the same restrictions, it appears they're proving to be a bit of a problem for Samsung Electronics. A new report highlights have Samsung's system LSI division is […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 day ago

Samsung stock is taking a beating, hits a 4-year low

Investors aren't feeling that hot about Samsung Electronics' stock. The share price has been declining rapidly amid concerns about what tariffs that the incoming Trump administration places could mean for the company's earnings. That, coupled with concerns about some of the business headwinds the conglomerate is facing, is pushing investors to put their money elsewhere. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 day ago

Samsung leaks bad news about its first 83-inch QD-OLED TV due in 2025

Samsung makes some of the best premium TVs in the business. That's why it has consistently been the number one TV vendor globally for two decades now. The company is looking to extend this dominance further with the new TVs it launches early next year. The company has itself leaked some good news and bad […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 days ago

Latest US orders on China bring more pain for Samsung Foundry

The United States has a mission to prevent China from accessing advanced semiconductors. It doesn't hurt that some of the world's top semiconductor firms are based in countries that are longstanding allies of the US – Taiwan and South Korea. That provides the administration with lot of levers to put pressure on its arch rival. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 days ago

Samsung Q60D TV review: Solid display and features at an unbeatable price

The best Samsung TVs are also among some of the most expensive on the market, and with good reason. They have incredible display panels, capable processors, and a whole host of amazing technology that's costly to engineer. What if you want a TV that lets you extract more value from the Samsung ecosystem and take […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 days ago

Apple delays OLED MacBook Air release to not give Samsung more money

It's been rumored for a few years now that Apple is going to launch new MacBook Air models that will feature an OLED display. Since there aren't many display manufacturers that can supply OLED panels at the volume and quality that Apple requires, it's left with no option but to source them from Samsung Display […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 days ago

Samsung US job openings reveal a burning desire to take on TSMC

Samsung's Foundry division lost over a billion dollars last quarter and has shut 50% of its production capacity, but the conglomerate still has a burning desire to compete against TSMC in the lucrative contract chipmaking industry. To that end, it's keeping up with significant investments in the foundry arm, particularly for the new chip plants […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 days ago

Here’s how shockingly bad Samsung’s 3nm yields currently are

Much has been written about Samsung Foundry's struggle to raise its 3nm yields to the point where it would start getting orders from major customers which have failed to materialize so far. The poor yields are likely what forced Samsung MX to go Snapdragon 8 Elite-only for the Galaxy S25 series, because the foundry can't […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 days ago

Is a foundry spin-off the answer to Samsung’s $200 billion dollar problem?

Samsung Foundry was established to challenge TSMC's dominance in the contract chipmaking space but the division has remained unable to take any significant chunk of the market. The reported yield issues on the 3nm process aren't helping as major clients, including Qualcomm whose chips Samsung uses in its phones, have all opted for TSMC's tried […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 days ago

Will Samsung’s latest attempt at a cultural shift be another failure?

Samsung has been facing strong headwinds for a few years now. First, it was the supply glut in the memory market, which significantly reduced profits. That was followed by its inability to beat SK Hynix and become the frontrunner for HBM3E chips, potentially leading to billions in lost revenue. To make matters worse, Samsung Foundry […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 week ago

You’d never guess how important Samsung is to Korea’s economic growth

All developed countries have big companies that contribute a significant chunk to their economic growth. Rarely, though, is the vast majority of that growth concentrated in just one company, but that's exactly the case in South Korea. It's widely known that Samsung is the largest company in South Korea and one of the biggest contributors […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 week ago

Samsung beats Apple again, grabs biggest chunk of India’s smartphone revenue

India is a lucrative market for smartphone manufacturers and Samsung has so far managed to retain its lead in the country. Not only that, it's also been able to consistently grab the lion's share of India's smartphone revenue, and Samsung has done it again in the third quarter of 2024. The latest market data reveals […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 week ago

Samsung Foundry bleeding cash, shuts 50% of production capacity

Samsung Foundry is the conglomerate's contract chipmaking arm. It has poured billions of dollars in this division hoping that there would be significant demand from major chip designers, but that demand hasn't materialized. All of this excess and un-utilized capacity has become a drain on the company's resources, forcing it to consider serious options to […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung reportedly wants to drop the ‘Galaxy’ brand for flagships

The term “Galaxy” has become synonymous with Samsung's Android-powered phones. Every smartphone in the company's lineup, whether it's an entry-level device that costs just over $100 or a foldable that costs $1,800, has the term Galaxy before its actual name. This has been the case since 2009 and every Android phone since has followed the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

TM Roh certainly has the right to be upset with Samsung Foundry

Samsung Foundry has been trying very hard to compete against TSMC, the undisputed contract chip manufacturing leader, particularly on the advanced nodes. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent every year by top chip designers like Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD, and many more to have their chips made at foundries, since they don’t have their own. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

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