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Samsung snatches a $752 million AI chip order away from NVIDIA

Some details about Mach-1, Samsung's first in-house AI accelerator chip, emerged earlier this week. Samsung's aim with this product is to break NVIDIA's grip on the AI accelerator market and establish itself as one of the dominant players in this segment. It seems that at least one company has been convinced by what Samsung is […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 months ago

Poor yields could delay mass production of Samsung’s 3nm parts

Samsung Foundries is likely to face yet another setback after losing Qualcomm's business to TSMC. A report from Businesspost.kr says that mass production of its 3 nm process node could be delayed due to sub-par yields. It is the first in the industry to use a GAAFET (Gate all around FET), instead of the traditional FINFET […]

By Anil Ganti
3 years ago

Exynos 2200 launch reportedly postponed by Samsung

Fans and enthusiasts can't wait to see the Exynos 2200 in action, primarily due to its AMD Radeon-based GPU, which can reportedly crush the competition. However, we may have to wait a tad longer for that to happen. Renowned leaker Ice Universe has stated that Samsung may have pushed back the Exynos 2200 launch date. Samsung has […]

By Anil Ganti
3 years ago

Samsung and MediaTek partnership hinted at Dimensity 9000 launch

Samsung isn't the first company that comes to mind when we think about friends of MediaTek, given that both of them compete in the lucrative smartphone SoC segment. However, renowned leaker Ice Universe spotted that there could be something brewing between the two hardware giants, apart from the Dimensity 9000-powered Samsung smartphone that is said to […]

By Anil Ganti
3 years ago

Competition between Samsung’s camera suppliers just got a whole lot more intense

Samsung's camera sensor business, whilst not as impressive as Sony's, is one of the best there is on the market. Samsung has even ramped up production due to increased demand. A new development in the market (via The Elec) will now let Samsung churn out even more smartphones with high-end camera sensors. Powerlogics, a supplier to […]

By Anil Ganti
3 years ago

Exynos 2200 processor could be used in smartphones and laptops

Samsung had confirmed earlier this year that it would launch a new Exynos processor that will use AMD's Radeon GPU. The company has been in collaboration with AMD for the past two years to develop a powerful mobile GPU that is better than ARM's Mali series. However, it wasn't clear if the processor would be […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 years ago

Samsung is closing the gap with Sony in smartphone camera sensor market

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the smartphone market marched on in 2020, which in turn helped the smartphone camera sensor market. Sony and Samsung are the two big players in the camera sensor market, and the South Korean firm appears to be closing the gap with its Japanese rival. According to the data from market research […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 years ago

Samsung reportedly co-developed 5nm processor for Google Pixel 6

It was rumored last year that Google could dump Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors in favor of its in-house smartphone chips. The internet advertising giant has reportedly partnered with Samsung to make a high-end processor for Pixel smartphones. The first signs of the upcoming processor have now started appearing, and it looks like we might see it inside the […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 years ago

Samsung goes to insane lengths to stop China from stealing its secrets

Corporate espionage is a real threat to successful businesses like Samsung. They have to make sure that their trade secrets remain protected from their competitors who would like nothing more than to bring them down. These secrets are what provide these companies with their competitive edge. If they fall into the wrong hands, the company […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 years ago

Samsung’s Lee Jae-Yong visits chip R&D center to discuss future strategy

Ever since the retrial of Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong's bribery case began last year, uncertainties regarding the company's leadership have been growing. He issued a public apology last month and had to appear in the South Korean court earlier this month, and a possible arrest has been hanging over his head. Lee has been conducting high-profile […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 years ago

Samsung will announce a new customer for its Exynos processors next year

Samsung, already the largest chipmaker in the world by revenue, is looking to further extend its lead in this market by supplying its Exynos processors to more external clients. The company recently ended Intel's 24-year reign as the largest semiconductor-based chipmaker in the world but there's an important distinction to be made here. Samsung has […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 years ago

Samsung bets big on foundry business, reveals roadmap for 4nm process

Samsung is the world leader in semiconductor technology, and it is set to start the world's largest semiconductor plan in July. The company was one of the first in the world to bring 14nm and 10nm processes for fabricating smartphone processing chipsets. Now, the company has announced a detailed foundry process technology roadmap, revealing information about […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
8 years ago

Samsung could invest up to $12.5 billion in its semiconductor business this year

Samsung is, by far, the largest memory chip maker in the world. According to DRAMeXchange, the company racked up $14.151 billion in NAND flash memory sales last year, while its closest competitor Toshiba managed to bring in just $7.898 billion in sales. However, Samsung may fall to second place if Toshiba's memory business merges with […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
8 years ago

Samsung’s 64-bit chipsets will launch later this year

While almost all hardware manufacturers are getting on the 64-bit bandwagon, Samsung has not announced uncharacteristically silent in this segment. That does not mean that the South Korean giant isn’t working on any 64-bit hardware. The vice president of marketing for Samsung's system LSI business, Kyushik Hong, announced in an interview at the Mobile World […]

By Harish J.
11 years ago

Samsung, Sony battle for providing 16MP sensors for Galaxy S5

Samsung might have a lot of resources when it comes to producing mobile components, even putting together Apple's iPhone processors, but when it comes to camera sensors, Sony pretty much has a monopoly over the market of 13-megapixel sensors, with even Samsung's Galaxy S4 and Note 3 using Sony's sensors. For the Galaxy S5, Samsung […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

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