Samsung is delaying facilitising its Taylor, Texas fab (pictured below) because it lacks customers for it, reports the Nikkei. The success of TSMC’s 2nm process has been so comprehensive that the company has won many of the big customers for it – Apple, MediaTek, Qualcomm, AMD and Broadcom. Earlier this week it was reported that Intel is considering giving up ...
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Samsung continues to lead the consumer electronics market with innovations in Galaxy smartphones, memory chips, and display technologies. With advancements in OLED displays, 5G technology, and AI-integrated devices, Samsung remains a major player in the global electronics sector. The South Korea company’s Semiconductor Division is renowned for producing high-performance memory and processor chips, powering everything from smart devices to cloud infrastructure. As demand for smart home devices and IoT applications grows, Samsung’s ongoing focus on sustainability and technological breakthroughs ensures its continued dominance in consumer electronics, semiconductors, and mobile technology markets worldwide.
Q1 foundry revenue down 5.4%
Q1 foundry revenue was 5.4% down q-o-q at $36.4 billion, says TrendForce. Q2 is expected to be better. TSMC had 67.6% market share. Samsung Foundry fell 11.3% QoQ, posting Q1 revenue of $2.89 billion with its market share dipping slightly to 7.7%. SMIC saw a 1.8% revenue increase to $2.25 billion. UMC had a revenue drop of 5.8% to $1.76 ...
Flash takes a bath
The top 5 NAND suppliers saw q-o-q falls of 15% for ASP, 7% for units and 24% for revenues, says TrendForce. TrendForce expects Q2 revenues to rise 10% from Q1’s combined total of $12.02 billion. Q-o-q revenue falls were 25% for Samsung, 35.5% for Hynix, 11% for Micron and 27.9% for Kioxia. SanDisk (post-split from WDC) recorded slight declines in ...
Most Read – Compound semis, Samsung’s 2nm, Microchip layoffs
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Hello Hubo2. Welcome Hubo3?
We can file this one under Robotics to watch. Samsung is collaborating with Rainbow Robotics - makers of Hubo2 - for the development of advanced robot technology. We're talking "intelligent advanced humanoids".
AI Mirror on the wall, is Samsung’s fairest of them all?
CES is great for showcasing future-now technologies, and how about Samsung's AI-powered microLED Beauty Mirror?
Android XR to bring Gemini AI to headsets and glasses
Google has announced Android XR, a new version of the Android platform designed to bring Gemini AI to Android-based headsets and glasses. XR stands for extended reality and the search giant has worked with Samsung and Qualcomm to create the new Android platform. The promise, says Google, is “to extend your reality to explore, connect and create in new ways”. ...
Morris Chang on Intel, Gelsinger and Samsung
Intel “seems be looking for both a new strategy as well as a new CEO which is very hard,” said Morris Chang at the launch of his new book in Taipei, reports the Nikkei. Chang said he found Pat Gelsinger’s attitude to TSMC “hostile”, adding he had been friends with Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore and been close to many ...
Most Read – Samsung foundry, Wolfspeed jv, LED matrix driver
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NexChip and Samsung lead DDIC market
NexChip and Samsung Foundry lead in the driver IC (DDIC) market for 3Q24, reports Ondia. NexChip secured the largest market share in the large-area display and LCD driver IC segments, while Samsung Foundry leads the AMOLED DDIC. Chinese foundries had a 55% market share in the large-area DDIC sector in Q2 and a 49% share in Q3. NexChip had a ...