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Samsung Electronics is a key subsidiary of Samsung Group, a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It is the largest South Korean chaebol. Other key subsidiaries include Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T.
Frustrated by Washington’s bans on exports of key components and software, the Chinese telecoms giant has built its own operating system; now, let the competition begin.
From Boeing to Waymo and Apple, when US companies make the news now, it’s not because their products are at the cutting edge of technology. Today, China and its neighbours are leading the way.
- The South Korean giant’s market share dropped to under a quarter from more than half a year earlier, while Huawei’s share rose to 35 per cent
- A key driver of Huawei’s spike in foldable smartphone shipments is its new 5G models, according to Counterpoint
The numbers underscore the pace at which demand is outstripping supply as customers rev up their purchases of devices needed to develop AI technologies.
Taiwan’s pre-eminence in semiconductors is at an all-time high, as the island welcomes Huang and the CEOs of AMD, Intel, Qualcomm and Arm Holdings to Computex 2024.
The largest US semiconductor equipment maker is being probed by authorities for sending gear to SMIC via South Korea without Washington’s approval.
South Korea’s entertainment sector may rule the world, but it’s the tech and financial stakeholders that top the list of the country’s wealthiest individuals
SMIC accounted for 6 per cent of global chip foundry sales in the first quarter, behind industry leader TSMC’s 62 per cent share and Samsung’s 13 per cent share.
Seoul aims to help boost South Korea’s global market share in non-memory chips, such as mobile processors, to 10 per cent from the current 2 per cent.
The funding will help set up a pilot line in Europe that will develop and test future generations of advanced semiconductors.
ByteDance’s aggressive pricing for its Doubao large language model family shows the increased opportunity in mainland China, where more firms are scrambling to adopt GenAI tools.
Readers discuss Malaysia’s revival of its semiconductor industry, the exclusion of an elevated cycle track from Hong Kong’s Trunk Road T4 project, and the need to prevent work-to-rule-style bureaucracy .
The South Korean memory chip maker has already sold out its high-bandwidth memory chips for this year, as enterprises aggressively expand artificial intelligence services.
The leadership reshuffle at Huawei’s consumer business group comes as the company regains lost ground in China’s smartphone market and doubles down on electric vehicle systems.
Xiaomi smartphone shipments were up 33 per cent for the quarter to 40.7 million units, giving it 14 per cent of the global market.
The world’s largest memory chip maker posted better-than-expected net income that is more than four times the company’s earnings a year earlier.
Sales at the South Korean firm, the world’s No 2 maker of memory, more than doubled in the March quarter, beating estimates.
Chinese television set maker TCL is looking to reposition itself as a premium brand, hoping that increased sales of higher-end, larger-screen models will help boost its image.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced changes to Google’s workplace teams structure, saying the moves will help the company develop AI products and services faster and more efficiently.
TSMC, the dominant producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 5 per cent rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to strong demand.
Micron Technology, the largest US maker of memory chips, is poised to get US$6.1 billion in government grants to help pay for domestic factories, part of an effort to bring semiconductor production back to American soil.
The award is the latest from the Biden administration, as the United States looks to cement its global lead in creating advanced semiconductors.
Apple’s smartphone shipments fell about 10 per cent in the first quarter, hurt by intensifying global competition from Android handset makers aiming for the top spot, according to new data from research firm IDC.
The Biden administration will announce next week that it is awarding more than US$6 billion to Samsung Electronics to expand its semiconductor output in Taylor, Texas, as it seeks to ramp up chip-making in the US.
Intel on Tuesday disclosed deepening operating losses for its foundry business, a blow to the chip maker as it tries to regain a technology lead it lost in recent years to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Japan approved up to US$3.9 billion in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus, committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing.
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra promised investors that 2024 will mark a rebound for the memory chip industry and 2025 will see record sales levels, driven by opportunities enabled by AI.
Rebellions, a fabless AI chip company co-founded by five South Korean engineers, is viewed as the country’s best hope to rival Nvidia in AI inference.
Samsung has fallen behind in the AI chip race, while SK Hynix was the first vendor to produce highly sought-after HBM3 chips for Nvidia.
Honor’s Magic6 Pro and Xiaomi’s 14 Ultra smartphones tout generative artificial intelligence features at mobile communications industry’s biggest trade show.
From solid-state and silicon-carbon batteries to a nuclear battery that lasts 50 years without recharging, companies including Apple, Samsung and Honor are pushing the tech for smartphone batteries.
Oppo’s plan to bounce back in Europe comes a month after it signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Nokia, covering standard-essential patents in 5G.
