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Elon Musk may soon do Samsung a huge favor through Tesla

Samsung is struggling to catch up to cross-town rival SK Hynix in the race to supply lucrative high-bandwidth memory HBM3E chips to customers amid the AI boom. It has remained unable to secure a huge contract from NVIDIA which has so far sourced these chips for its AI accelerators from SK Hynix. The Korean giant […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 weeks ago

Samsung on alert as major chip rival seeks to poach top talent

SK Hynix got the jump on Samsung in the high-bandwidth memory segment and even as Samsung tries to fight back with its HBM3E products, SK Hynix is going full steam ahead with its plans to further dominate this industry. To that end, the company is going on a hiring spree for 48 new HBM-related positions […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 months ago

Samsung’s new memory chip will ensure continued dominance in this crucial sector

Samsung makes a lot of money selling memory chips. It has remained the leading supplier of NAND and other memory products, but the competition has been catching up. Cross-town rival SK Hynix is within 8% of Samsung's enterprise SSD market share, by some estimates, and it already got the jump on Samsung in the HBM […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 months ago

Samsung replaces its semiconductor chip boss amid hightened competition in AI era

Amid heightened competition in the semiconductor chip business, Samsung has appointed Jun Young-hyun as the new head of the Samsung Device Solutions (DS) business arm. He replaces Kyung Kye-hyun, who became the head of the company's chip division two years ago. This replacement is highly unusual as Samsung usually reshuffles the heads of its business […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

TSMC and SK Hynix team up to defeat Samsung in next-gen memory chips

Two of Samsung's top rivals have joined forces to make it difficult for the company to establish its dominance in the next-generation memory chip market. TSMC, which leads the foundry market that Samsung is working so hard to capture, and SK Hynix, a cross-town rival that has taken the lead in high-bandwidth memory solutions, have […]

By Daniel Scuteri
8 months ago

Galaxy S25 processor and RAM could be faster than iPhone 16 Pro

For the first time in years, Samsung's flagship smartphone could be faster than the competing iPhone. If some reports are to be believed, the Galaxy S25, expected to be released early next year, could have a faster processor and RAM than the iPhone 16 Pro. Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and LPDDR6 DRAM could make Galaxy […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 months 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
9 months ago

Samsung to continue production cuts to narrow chip losses

According to the latest report, Samsung is all set to continue with its production cuts to narrow down chip losses in Q3 2023. The world's largest chip maker started slashing its chip production earlier this year in the same move as its peers, SK Hynix Inc. and Micron Technology, to overcome the supply shortage. Analyst […]

By Sagar Naresh
1 year ago

The US CHIPS Act could benefit Samsung’s semiconductor situation

Last month, we reported how Samsung is looking for a way around the restrictions imposed by the US on China. Besides Samsung, SK Hynix, another major semiconductor player from South Korea, is also weighing its options between the US and China amidst the dispute. The latest report by Taiwanese market research firm TrendForce suggests that […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Weak semiconductor chip demand to affect Samsung’s Q1 earnings

According to forecasts compiled by Yonhap Infomax, major South Korean chip manufacturing firms won't be earning much in Q1 2023. Samsung, along with SK Hynix and others, are projected to have grim earnings in Q1 2023, all because of sluggish global chip demands. Samsung Foundry is projected to have an operating profit of KRW 720 […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Samsung and SK Hynix looking for a way around the US-China chip dispute

The increased restrictions by the US on China and the policies enforced by the US government on China have put two of the top South Korean memory chipmakers—Samsung and SK Hynix—in a tough spot. The leaders of both memory chip firms are expected to visit the US next month. According to a report by BusinessKorea, Samsung Electronics Chairman […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years 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 years ago

The US semiconductor export ban on China likely to affect Samsung

The Joe Biden administration in the US is increasing its restrictions on the Chinese semiconductor sector. This move apparently has triggered the worst fears in the minds of South Korean memory chipmakers—Samsung and SK Hynix—that the US government would cripple their China-based manufacturing businesses in its effort to halt China's rise. As per new reports […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

SoftBank CEO wants a strategic alliance between Samsung and ARM

We recently reported that although Samsung and SK Hynix were among the front runners in the acquisition of the UK-based chip designer ARM, Samsung may back out of this race because of antitrust issues and the increased acquisition price. The latest report now suggests that SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is seeking a strategic alliance between SoftBank-owned […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years 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
2 years ago

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