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Electronics
2 min read

Samsung wants to double its foldable phone shipments in 2022

It looks like Korean manufacturer Samsung is very serious and confident about the future of its foldable smartphone lineup. According to analyst firm UBI Research the giant manufacturer wants to double its foldable OLED panel production next year. Currently,…

samsung facility
Electronics
1 min read

Intel, Samsung to resume full production next month

Units of electronics manufacturing giants Intel and Samsung are set to fully resume operations by the end of November after months of social distancing-triggered production disruption. Saigon Hi-Tech Park is helping its tenants, many of which are currently…

Samsung Jobs
Electronics
3 min read

Samsung starts removing advertisements from its first-party apps

Samsung has started removing ads from its first-party apps. The company held a ‘town hall meeting’ back in August at which time we quoted Samsung’s mobile chief TM Roh who said, “We decided to delete ads from basic apps such as Weather, Samsung Pay, and…

Samsung Car Keys
Electronics
1 min read

Samsung turns Galaxy smartphones into digital car keys

Samsung is making its Galaxy devices even more useful than they are right now with the addition of a new feature that will turn them into digital car keys. Thanks to the revolutionary UWB technology, Samsung Galaxy users will be able to unlock, lock, and…

samsung facility
Electronics
1 min read

LG, Samsung are hiring again in Vietnam

Two Korean technology giants are seeking to hire thousands of people in Vietnam, including workers, engineers and IT staff. In September, Samsung announced it is looking to hire 1,000 production staff for its Bac Ninh factory. A month earlier it said it…

Samsung SM Megamall
Electronics
1 min read

Samsung to expand northern Vietnam plant

Samsung is set to expand its plant in the northern province of Bac Ninh this year to increase its production capacity of foldable devices. The company would kick off the expansion project within the second half of this year, targeting full operation by the…

Intel 5G
Electronics
3 min read

Intel to build chips for Qualcomm; hopes to rival TSMC

TSMC and Samsung, the two top contract foundries in the world, will soon have a new rival. Reuters reports that yesterday Intel announced that it will start producing chips for other companies such as Qualcomm and Amazon. Intel expects to challenge TSMC and…

samsung facility
Electronics
1 min read

Samsung to sell business that made a specific iPhone component

Apple does depend on Samsung to supply it with certain iPhone components although Apple has made a point of trying to reduce its reliance on its rival over the last few years. But there is a business that Samsung plans on exiting over the next year forcing…

Samsung Exynos Processor AMD RDNA2 GPU
Electronics
1 min read

Details of new upper mid-range Samsung chip emerge

Samsung appears to be testing a midrange Exynos chipset. Dutch website Galaxy Club has reported the existence of a new chip with the model number S5E8825. The Exynos 2100 that fuels the Galaxy S21 is known by the model number S5E9840 and its successor,…