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Schmidt wants US to back Taiwan and South Korean chipmakers
Published in News


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
Published in News
Friday, 17 June 2022 10:54

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
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$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
Published in Mobiles


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
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 02 June 2022 13:03

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
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 01 June 2022 11:04

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”
Published in PC Hardware


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
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Sign of the Times

Samsung wants to jack the prices of its semiconductor products up by 20 per cent.

Chipmakers talking about price hikes
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 13 May 2022 12:53

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
Published in Mobiles


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.