Samsung, Broadcom Ink $200B Deal
Samsung Electronics’ $200 billion memorandum of understanding with Broadcom marks a decisive step in the foundry wars, anchoring long-term production of next-generation AI accelerators and high-bandwidth memory at Samsung’s fabs. The agreement, spanning…
Samsung Unveils New Foldables
Samsung unveiled three new foldable smartphones at its July 2026 Galaxy Unpacked event in London, marking a deliberate escalation in a category the company has dominated since 2019. The Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra, and Z Flip8 arrive with higher…
Samsung Reclaims Top Spot
Samsung has reclaimed the position of the world’s top smartphone maker in the second quarter of 2026, driven largely by strong shipments of its Galaxy S26 series. At the same time, the company is confronting a display anomaly affecting some S26 Ultra…
Smartphone Shipments Plummet
The global smartphone industry is confronting its sharpest contraction in more than a decade, driven by a severe shortage of DRAM and NAND memory that has inflated component costs and forced widespread price increases. Shipments fell 11 percent…
Samsung Unveils New Foldables
Samsung’s July 22 Galaxy Unpacked in London arrives at a pivotal moment for the company, as it prepares to unveil new foldable smartphones while its memory-chip business contends with a sharp correction in AI-related equities. The event is expected to…
Samsung Unveils Foldable Device
Introduction to Samsung’s Latest Innovations The world of smartphones is on the cusp of a significant transformation, with Samsung gearing up to launch its latest foldable device, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide, in a move that could potentially disrupt…
Samsung Profit Soars
Samsung Electronics delivered a projected operating profit of 89.4 trillion won for the second quarter, an 1,810 percent increase from the year-earlier period, yet its shares closed nearly 7 percent lower on the day of the announcement. The disconnect…
Samsung Boosts Displays & AI Chips
Samsung is advancing on multiple hardware fronts at once, from pushing smartwatch displays toward unprecedented brightness levels to securing major foundry contracts for custom AI silicon. These moves coincide with South Korea’s coordinated national push…
Anthropic Eyes Samsung Chip
Anthropic’s pursuit of a custom AI chip through early discussions with Samsung marks a pivotal escalation in the race among leading AI labs to secure specialized silicon. The talks center on Samsung’s advanced 2-nanometer manufacturing process and…
Samsung Axes Classic
Samsung’s decision to consolidate its premium smartwatch offerings around a single Ultra model, rather than refreshing both the standard and Classic lines, arrives at a moment when the company’s memory-chip operations face simultaneous legal and policy…