
Samsung finds another use for graphene balls
li-ion with great balls of fire
Samsung’s Advanced Institute of Technology has come up with another use for graphene balls – giving a coat for use inside a regular li-ion cell.

Samsung starts 2nd-gen 10nm FinFET mass production
Switching from 10nm LPE to 10nm LPP
Samsung has announced that it has geared up into mass production of its 2nd generation 10nm FinFET manufacturing process technology, moving from 10nm LPE (Low Power Early) to 10nm LPP (Low Power Plus).

Samsung sticks with heat pipes
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Despite rumours, it looks like Samsung Electronics is going to keep using heat pipes in its designs.

Samsung pips Apple in tablet market
Overall consumer sales decrease in Europe
A report from market research company IDC said that sales of Samsung tablets exceeded Apple machines during the third calendar quarter of 2017.

Samsung starts biggest reshuffle
Semiconductor managers are the winners
Samsung Electronics has started its biggest year end reshuffle in four years, with executives of the highly profitable business getting the most promotions.

Samsung announces 16Gb GDDR6 memory
Running at 16Gbps
Inside Samsung's bragging announcement that it managed to sweep a total of 36 CES 2018 innovation awards is the announcement of its "fastest and lowest power DRAM", a 16Gb GDDR6 memory running at 16Gbps.

Razer Phone beats Samsung Galaxy S8+ in benchmarks
Better cooling, higher clock or something else
One thing that caught our eye during Razer's presentation is the fact that it managed to beat Samsung's Galaxy S8+ in plenty of benchmarks - at least according to Razer's own slides.

Samsung's new bosses step from out of the shadows
Huge payouts to shareholders
Samsung Electronics named a new generation of top managers on Tuesday and promised to reward shareholders with $26 billion in payouts to 2020, as it reported record third quarter profits.

Samsung makes mining rig out of old smartphones
"Upcycling" initiative
To show off how recycling old smartphones can be a lucrative exercise, Samsung has rigged up 40 old Galaxy S5 devices and turned them into bitcoin mining machine.

Samsung PM971 SSD M.2 spotted in the wild
512GB of V-NAND on a 22x16mm chip
Samsung PM971 SSD has now been pictured, suggesting that we will soon see the launch of the Samsung 970, next to the earlier leaked Samsung PM981 SSDs, which is expected to hit the market as the Samsung 980 SSD.