Slimmer design, bigger battery, and more improvements

At the IFA 2025 show in Berlin, Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy S25 FE smartphone, bringing several improvements, including a slightly faster Exynos 2400 SoC, a slimmer design, a better front camera, and a larger battery.

Priced at $999.99 for standard and $1,019.99 for heatsink version

Samsung has announced the pre-order availability for its 8TB 9100 PRO and 9100 PRO with Heatsink SSDs, featuring sequential trransfer speeds of up to 14,800/13,400MB/s and 2,200/2,600k IOPS, for read and write.

Korean outfit first to slot ASML’s kit into its fabs

SK Hynix has stolen a march on both Samsung and TSMC by becoming the first chipmaker to integrate ASML’s new High-NA EUV machinery into its fabs.

18a dream node keeps swallowing cash as rivals surge ahead

Troubled Chipzilla is still burning cash at an alarming rate, sinking more than $16 billion into research and development last year, yet it has little to brag about.

We tell other countries what to do

The United States has yanked TSMC's authorisation to freely ship essential kit to its mainland plants, a move that could wreck the foundry’s China operations.

Galaxy S25 FE and new Galaxy Tab tablets

Samsung has announced its next Galaxy Event, which will be held virtually on both Samsung and YouTube on September 4.

More than 30 per cent of users eye Samsung and Google foldables

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to look away from the latest SellCell survey, which suggests nearly a third of its faithful are thinking of jumping ship.

Waiver yanked, fabs stalled, shares tanked

Washington has slammed the door shut on a loophole that let South Korea’s biggest chipmakers sneak US gear into their Chinese fabs without the usual bureaucratic hoops.

Korean giant eyes redemption with second-gen GAA node

Samsung’s messy 3nm debut may soon be old news as attention shifts to its 2nm GAA roadmap.

Uses Samsung's enhanced 7nm node with 2.5D stacking

IBM has wheeled out its Power11 server CPU at Hot Chips 2025, giving it higher clocks, AI acceleration, and a taste of Samsung’s iCube 2.5D packaging.