Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker

Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker

Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying advanced memory chips to an unidentified global automaker for use in its self-driving and infotainment systems....

Samsung flexes foundry muscle amid supply chain woes

Samsung flexes foundry muscle amid supply chain woes

Samsung Electronics Co. may emerge a winner in the prolonged pandemic era, making full use of fabless chipmakers' efforts to diversify the manufactu...

Samsung, Hyundai race for $4 bn Indonesia petchem project

Samsung, Hyundai race for $4 bn Indonesia petchem project

South Korean builders Samsung Engineering and Hyundai Engineering Co. are in a tight race to win a $4 billion petrochemical project in Indonesia.Sam...

Korea approves export of Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine

Korea approves export of Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine

South Korea approved exports of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine produced by Samsung Biologics Co. in a move that will help the country’s...

Robotics shares climb on back of Samsung interest

Robotics shares climb on back of Samsung interest

Shares of Korean robot makers jumped this week following a tech giant’s decision to extend resources on its robotics department. Invest...

Samsung to produce STMicro's MCUs for use in iPhones

Samsung to produce STMicro's MCUs for use in iPhones

Samsung Electronics Co. has won a foundry order from Switzerland-based STMicroelectronics to produce microcontroller units (MCUs) for use in Apple I...

Winter is over? Samsung's Q3 chip sales beat Intel's

Winter is over? Samsung's Q3 chip sales beat Intel's

In August, a Morgan Stanley report on the semiconductor industry, “Winter is coming,” fueled debate on whether chip prices were peaking ...

Samsung launches merged set division as DX; robotics new growth driver

Samsung launches merged set division as DX; robotics new growth driver

Samsung Electronics Co. has officially launched its new set division, which combines its mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single un...

Samsung’s mobile business renamed MX to highlight user experience

Samsung’s mobile business renamed MX to highlight user experience

Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday changed the name of its mobile communications business to MX, short for mobile experience, in line with its pursui...

Samsung’s mid-tier executive reshuffle: More female and foreign faces

Samsung’s mid-tier executive reshuffle: More female and foreign faces

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday carried out its year-end reshuffle of mid-tier executives, marked by the highest number of promotions for female...

Year-end inflow to Korean main bourse sign of foreigner comeback?

Year-end inflow to Korean main bourse sign of foreigner comeback?

Foreign investors are poised to extend their buying spree in South Korea’s main stock market to a sixth straight session, spurring hopes for t...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 picked as Korea’s top mobile technology 2021

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 picked as Korea’s top mobile technology 2021

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest flip phone, the Galaxy Z Flip3, has been chosen by South Korea’s science ministry as the country’s...

Samsung reshuffles three major CEOs, combines mobile and consumer electronics units

Samsung reshuffles three major CEOs, combines mobile and consumer electronics units

Samsung Electronics Co., in a surprise move, has merged its mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single unit, and replaced chief execut...

Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK leaders on overseas business trips

Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK leaders on overseas business trips

Leaders of South Korea’s three big conglomerates – Samsung, Hyundai and SK – are meeting with their major partners and business le...

Will Samsung stocks repeat December glory?

Will Samsung stocks repeat December glory?

Over the past decade, Samsung Electronics Co. ’s stocks have usually enjoyed a year-end rally every December on increasing dividends and hopes...

Samsung’s new auto chip mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system

Samsung’s new auto chip mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system

Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying one of its latest advanced chips to Volkswagen AG for the German carmaker’s in-vehicle infotainment syste...

Samsung to adopt flatter hierarchy to lure young talent

Samsung to adopt flatter hierarchy to lure young talent

Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday announced a set of drastic steps to reduce bureaucracy and hierarchical management at the world's top memory chip ...

Samsung orders US chips, with a side of geopolitics

Samsung orders US chips, with a side of geopolitics

Every country wants a cutting-edge semiconductor plant. Samsung Electronics’ plan to build one in the U.S. is taking advantage of th...

Samsung’s $17 billion new chip plant in Taylor aims to rein in TSMC

Samsung’s $17 billion new chip plant in Taylor aims to rein in TSMC

Samsung Electronics Co. has officially announced its plan to build a $17 billion chipmaking plant in Taylor, Texas, as the tech giant aims to overta...

Samsung, Hynix notch best day this year; metaverse to drive chip demand

Samsung, Hynix notch best day this year; metaverse to drive chip demand

Shares of South Korea’s two largest chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., have staged a strong rebound on an industry prospec...

Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund

Samsung, Korea Post create $336 mn overseas alternative investment fund

South Korea's largest insurance company Samsung Life Insurance Co. and state-run postal savings and insurance agency Korea Post’s insurance ...

Samsung likely to announce US foundry investment plan this week

Samsung likely to announce US foundry investment plan this week

Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to announce an investment plan for its second US-based semiconductor foundry plant this week. As the South Kor...

LG Elec brings GeForce Now games to smart TVs

LG Elec brings GeForce Now games to smart TVs

LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance giant, will now enable gamers to enjoy Nvidia Corp.’s game streaming service GeForce Now on the...

Korea stocks see $2 bn inflow, stoking hopes for a foreigner comeback

Korea stocks see $2 bn inflow, stoking hopes for a foreigner comeback

Foreign investors have absorbed $2 billion in South Korean stock markets so far in November, spurring hopes of a foreign comeback, although doubts r...

Samsung Biologics wins another Eli Lilly COVID treatment order

Samsung Biologics wins another Eli Lilly COVID treatment order

Samsung Biologics Co., a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has stepped up its partnerships with global big pharmas ...

Legendary chip architect Jim Keller may team up with Samsung Electronics

Legendary chip architect Jim Keller may team up with Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday hosted its third annual foundry forum, a gathering of its partners around the world, where legendary chip archit...

Amazon poised for Fire tablet launch in Korea next year

Amazon poised for Fire tablet launch in Korea next year

Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping mall, is set to release its own Fire tablets in South Korea from as early as next year, penetratin...

Samsung heir Lee on US trip for foundry investment, COVID vaccines

Samsung heir Lee on US trip for foundry investment, COVID vaccines

Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman and de facto leader of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung, has embarked on a business trip to North America to f...

Samsung unveils 2.5D chip packaging tech for high-end products

Samsung unveils 2.5D chip packaging tech for high-end products

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new chip packaging technology, called H-Cube, which stacks high-performance chips in mu...

Daewoo Shipbuilding, Samsung Heavy win LNG carriers order from Qatar

Daewoo Shipbuilding, Samsung Heavy win LNG carriers order from Qatar

South Korea’s major shipbuilders Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries Co. won orders for six liquefie...

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