Samsung’s 2nd-Gen 8GB HMB2 DRAM offers the industry’s highest data transmission speeds

As we all know, Samsung is the worldwide leader when it comes to advanced memory technology. They aim to uphold that distinction with the commencement of production of the second generation of the 8GB High Bandwidth Memory-2 DRAM. The 1st generation HMB2 from Samsung, Flarebolt, was a momentous achievement and an industry-changer, and early data shows that this will be no different. The revamped solution will be known as Aquabolt. New HBM2 from Samsung...

Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) initial impressions

The idea behind Samsung’s Galaxy A series is simple: Take some key features from the flagship handsets, tone them down and package them into a more affordable device that’s a step above your average mid-range Android-powered smartphone. It all started with the first generation Galaxy A series that was released in 2015 and this idea has been refined every year since then. Announced a couple of weeks...

Samsung suffers a loss in China patent lawsuit against Huawei

You’ve all heard of Samsung’s legal battles with Apple. The company has also been fighting with Chinese behemoth Huawei in court for over a year now. Huawei accused Samsung of patent infringement back in 2016, it claimed that Samsung had used its 4G communications technology, user interface software, and operating systems in its smartphones without a license. A verdict handed down in one of those lawsuits ordered Samsung to pay $11.6 million to Huawei...

Samsung’s $44 billion capital expenditure dwarfed all public companies last year

According to a piece in the WSJ, Samsung spent a total of $44 billion last year to emerge as the biggest spender of all public limited companies last year. It is extremely improbable that any privately held company spent more than that sum, which makes Samsung probably the biggest spender of all companies last year. The WSJ post states that Samsung’s spending is about 50% more than the next biggest spender, PetroChina (~$29 billion). It is also more...

Delayed iPhone X launch helped Samsung in the UK

Samsung’s profits and iPhone sales are inter-linked in many ways. Apple is one of the largest customers for Samsung displays and semiconductors. Samsung reportedly makes more money from components supply to the iPhone X than to the Galaxy S8. A recent report estimated that Samsung will make around $22 billion by supplying OLED panels for iPhones in 2018. So, it is clear Samsung makes a lot of money when iPhones sell well. Samsung also makes money...

Galaxy J7 Max January 2018 security patch released in India

The January 2018 security patch was detailed by Samsung last week and the company has kicked things off by rolling out the latest security maintenance release to its mid-range handsets first. Samsung has now released it for the Galaxy J7 Max in India. The Galaxy J7 Max is a mid-range handset that was launched in India about seven months ago. It came with Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box and it’s still on that iteration of Google’s mobile operating...

New Galaxy S8 and S8+ Oreo beta update that’s rolling out could be the last

Samsung had revealed earlier that the Android 8.0 Oreo beta program for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ would end on January 15, and what could be the last beta build has begun rolling out today for both devices. We’re seeing the update on our Indian variant of the S8, but it should also be hitting other markets where the beta’s second phase was launched, in addition to countries from the first phase. Galaxy...