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Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G means business
Published in Reviews
Wednesday, 02 December 2020 14:01

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G means business


Review: A perfect business smartphone with excellent S Pen stylus

While Samsung’s Galaxy S20 lineup targets a younger population of users, the Galaxy Note20 lineup is meant for business users. While it might not have the best camera or a curved fancy design, the Galaxy Note20 lineup come with a set of features that caters to a more serious crowd, and Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G is definitely one of the best in that market segment.

Samsung might kill off Note next year
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 11:44

Samsung might kill off Note next year


No one wants high end smartphones any more

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Samsung may discontinue its premium Galaxy Note phone next year.

Samsung releases new Exynos 1080 SoC
Published in News
Friday, 13 November 2020 12:11

Samsung releases new Exynos 1080 SoC


A bit better than the last one

Samsung LSI today announced the new Exynos 1080 SoC (system on chip), a successor to last year's Exynos 980.

Xilinx and Samsung announce Adaptable Computational Storage Drives
Published in Cloud


Industry's First

What the smart NIC did for the networking industry might be what SmartSSD powered by Xilinx FPGA might do for the storage industry. The company just announced its fully customizable and scalable SmartSSD computational storage platform. The general idea behind it moves to compute closer to storage for accelerated data processing speed and efficiency.

Lee Kun-hee dead
Published in News
Tuesday, 27 October 2020 11:27

Lee Kun-hee dead


Samsung former leader pardoned no more

Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung into a global giant of smartphones, televisions and computer chips but was twice convicted — and twice pardoned -- for white-collar crimes committed along the way, died on Sunday in Seoul.  He was 78.

Samsung and Stanford develop new OLED tech
Published in News
Tuesday, 27 October 2020 11:23

Samsung and Stanford develop new OLED tech


10,000 pixels per inch

Samsung and Stanford University have developed OLED technology that supports resolutions up to 10,000 pixels per inch – well above what you see in virtually any existing display, let alone what you'd find in a modern VR headset like the Oculus Quest 2.

Apple’s customer satisfaction levels fall
Published in News
Friday, 25 September 2020 10:10

Apple’s customer satisfaction levels fall


Samung's Empire stable

Apple’s customer satisfaction figures in Apple in PC and tablets in the US have fallen slightly bringing it neck and neck with Samsung.

Samsung officially releases 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Published in PC Hardware


Peaking at 7,000/5,000 MB/s

Samsung has released its latest 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, which, it says, delivers next-level SSD performance, peaking at 7,000 MB/s and 5,000 MB/s sequential read and write, and comes in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities.

Samsung losing market share in mobile chips
Published in News
Wednesday, 16 September 2020 11:51

Samsung losing market share in mobile chips


Despite trying to expand

Samsung has been trying to expand its mobile processor business over the past year but a new report shows it is continuing to lose market share.

Samsung closing gap on TSMC
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 04 September 2020 11:20

Samsung closing gap on TSMC


Even Qualcomm wants to be friends

The gap between Samsung and TSMC is closing and if it is going to meet its goal of being the world's largest foundary firm by 2030 it is going to have to do even more.