Samsung will manufacture a 5nm AI chip capable of stock transactions

Samsung and two domestic startups have joined forces to develop and manufacture a neural network processing unit (NPU) capable of conducting AI-powered transactions of stocks. The design of the AI chip was outsourced by Qraft Technologies to fabless startup Rebellions. The latter company was founded in 2020 by engineers from SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, but it’s fabless, meaning it designs chips but doesn’t have the necessary facilities to manufacture...

Samsung’s pleased with its bet on foldables and will double down next year

Samsung’s strategy to put foldable phones on the map appears to have succeeded, and the company is now looking forward to growing the segment even further in 2022. Earlier today, the company said that foldable smartphone sales should grow significantly next year, though the company didn’t share any graphs or exact figures that would closely reflect its expectations. According to an SCMP report citing Samsung VP Kim Sung-Koo during today’s earnings...

Samsung Galaxy devices eligible for the Android 12L update

Samsung has singlehandedly been advancing the cause of Android tablets. The best Samsung tablets are also some of the best Android tablets on the market. It’s also the only company that’s selling Android-powered foldable smartphones at scale. Samsung devices stand to benefit from any improvements in software that Google can deliver. Google is doing just that with Android 12L. It’s not an entirely new version of Android. Android 12L basically delivers...

Android 12L is here to improve foldable smartphones and tablets

Just days after releasing the stable version of Android 12, Google has revealed a new version of its mobile operating system. Android 12L aims to improve the UI design and productivity features on large-screen devices like foldable smartphones, tablets, and even Chrome OS-based laptops. Android 12L will automatically scale the UI to fit larger screens better. For example, the notifications shade will...

KakaoTalk for Wear OS finally arrives and that’s great for Galaxy Watch 4

The Galaxy Watch 4 is the first Android-powered smartwatch that Samsung has made in many years. It has previously used its own Tizen OS for Galaxy smartwatches. Samsung embraced Wear OS for the Galaxy Watch 4 series. This was one of the only ways Samsung could fix the app gap on Tizen. Developers are far more willing to make watch-compatible apps for Android. KakaoTalk, South Korea’s most popular messaging app, has only just confirmed that. KakaoTalk...

Samsung lays out its game plan for crushing the smartphone market

Samsung has had a pretty good year. The company confirmed today that it has posted record quarterly revenue and profits in Q3 2021. Its revenue and profits are up 10% and 26% respectively compared to the same period last year. The profit is actually the second-highest ever in the history of Samsung. A lot of that was driven by Samsung’s semiconductor division. The performance of its mobile business has been strong as well. Samsung has now laid out...

Samsung posts record quarterly revenue in Q3 2021, thanks to chips, foldables, and OLED displays

Earlier this month, Samsung had announced that it is expecting the highest-ever quarterly revenue during Q3 2021. Today, the company revealed its final financial numbers for the quarter. It reported the highest-ever quarterly revenue and the highest operating profit over the past three years, thanks to robust sales of semiconductor chips and foldable phones. Samsung’s Q3 2021 (ending September) revenue was KRW 73.9 trillion (around $63 billion),...