
Schmidt wants US to back Taiwan and South Korean chipmakers
Keep using Asians but outsourced to the US
The US should do more to attract overseas chipmakers to build plants on its territory as a matter of national security, former Google chief Eric Schmidt wrote.

Samsung caught cheating on TV reviews
Adjusting to meet reviewer test patterns
Samsung has been training its smart tellies to recognise test patterns used by reviewers and come up with some better configurations.

Chipmakers to spend record cash on new fab equipment
$109 billion in 2022 and 2023
According to a fresh report, big chip manufacturers are increasing spending on new fab equipment, reaching a record $109 billion in 2022, a 20 percent increase compared to the previous year.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 might have a smaller crease
Redesigned hinge brings improvements
With the fourth generation foldables from Samsung scheduled to come in two months, it does not come as a surprise that we are hearing more rumors about them, especially when it comes to a redesigned hinge, which might bring a smaller crease on both models.

Foldable smartphones had a good quarter
Galaxy Z Flip3 holds the crown
Foldable smartphones did well in Q1, according to DSCC, reaching 2.22 million shipments, up by 571 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

Samsung gives up on LCD
Outpriced by the Chinese
Samsung Display has decided to close its liquid-crystal display (LCD) business in June, because the Chinese and Taiwanese can make them cheaper.

Samsung builds a chipmaking “dream team”
Time to take on Qualcomm
Samsung is rumoured to be assembling a special task force dubbed "Dream Platform One team" tasked with designing a custom in-house Samsung mobile Application Processor (AP).

Samsung considers 20 per cent chip price hikes
Sign of the Times
Samsung wants to jack the prices of its semiconductor products up by 20 per cent.

Chipmakers talking about price hikes
Up by 20 per cent
Chipmakers are talking about jacking the price of chips up by more than 20 per cent.

Samsung Galaxy S21 series gets May 2022 Android security patch
Was the first with Galaxy S22 series
Samsung was the first to release the May 2022 Android security patch for its Galaxy S22 series and now it is time for the Galaxy S21 series, which has started to receive the new update.