Samsung Electronics announced on Nov. 30 that the company is supplying a variety of 5G radios to support NTT DOCOMO’s Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) expansion. Samsung will now provide a range of Open RAN-compliant 5G radios covering all of the Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum bands held by
Samsung Electronics’ Foundry Business Unit will produce some of Qualcomm’s flagship application processor (AP) Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for its own phones, foreign media outlets reported on Nov. 28.PhoneArena, a U.S. website specializing in IT news, reported that while TSMC will be producing the regular v
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at cm.lee@kbfg.com. -- Ed. Raise target price to KRW39,000 We maintain BUY on BH and raise our TP by 18% to KRW39,000. We revise up 2022/2023 NP (attributable to controlling interests) by 18.9%/7.7% to reflect expected sales growth from th
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at kyuha.lee@nhqv.com. -- Ed. At IFA 2022, Qualcomm and Meta Platforms announced a multi-year agreement to work together on next-generation spatial computing technology. The ability to sense and process real-time spatial and u
The Device Solution (DS) Division of Samsung Electronics has started to develop an application processor (AP) dedicated to Galaxy smartphones. The Korean tech giant is emulating Apple, which has built its own ecosystem with A-series APs for iPhones.Samsung plans to develop a dedicated AP for Galaxy
Samsung Electronics announced on May 10 its development of the industry's first 512-gigabyte (GB) Compute Express Link (CXL) DRAM, taking an important step toward the commercialization of CXL which will enable extremely high memory capacity with low latency in IT systems.Since introducing the in
In the smartphone market, Samsung Electronics quickly caught up with Apple with a fast-follower strategy. As a result, in terms of sales volume, Samsung has maintained the No. 1 spot since 2011. However, unlike Apple, which expanded into other smart devices, such as the iPad, the MacBook and the App
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S22 Ultra has been found to be the fastest 5G smartphone in North America.According to Ookla, which operates Internet speed test site "Speedtest," the Galaxy S22 Ultra showed an average 5G download speed of 116.33Mbps, the fastest among major smartphones sold in the Unite
Nvidia, the global No. 1 graphic processing unit (GPU) company, has reportedly decided to outsource the production of its next-generation GPUs to Taiwan’s TSMC.Nvidia plans to build its H100 GPUs using TSMC's 4-nanometer manufacturing process. The new GPUs will be released from the third quarter
Communication service providers are concentrating on quantum cryptography communication as the importance of the communication is increasing in terms of data and information security. According to the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation, the domestic quantum cr
SK Telecom will launch the Galaxy Quantum smartphone, the world's first mobile phone equipped with a quantum random number generation (QRNG) chipset, in April.The company is expected to unveil the Galaxy Quantum 3, its own 5G smartphone, as early as next month. SK Telecom has developed the new p
Shenzhen implemented a lockdown on March 13 and this is predicted to affect the production and delivery of the iPhone SE3, which was unveiled on March 9, as Foxconn’s biggest plant in China is located in the city.Foxconn is yet to announce when to resume its production. The lockdown is scheduled to
Although Samsung Electronics maintained its No. 1 position in the Latin American smartphone market in 2021, it lost some of its market share to Chinese companies.Samsung Electronics ranked first in the Latin American smartphone market with a 38 percent market share in 2021, said Counterpoint Researc
OLED panels accounted for 42 percent of the global smartphone display panel market in 2021, up 10 percentage points compared to the previous year, according to a report released by market research firm Counterpoint Research on Feb. 6. The growth pace of OLED smartphone panels is expected to slow dow
Samsung Electronics is considering investing in AR glasses developers to take the lead in the fast-growing metaverse industry.According to industry sources, potential investees are capable of increasing the angle of view with their optical modules and have advanced waveguide-related techniques and t
Apple is predicted to release a USIM-less eSIM smartphone next year. Unlike a USIM, an eSIM is incorporated in a smartphone from the beginning. Both are used for subscriber identification.Apple released the iPhone XS in September 2018 and it is Apple’s first dual-SIM smartphone. Apple is planning to
The ongoing global semiconductor shortage is affecting the IT and electronics industries as well as automotive. Some companies are failing to produce their major products, and the debut of some products is being postponed.For example, Apple is considering reducing its iPhone 13 production volume for
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on June 14 that it has been selected as a leading Open RAN vendor for Vodafone, a major telecommunications company, to bring virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) to the United Kingdom (UK), as well as its latest 4G and 5G solutions, including its Massive MIMO and
The authors are analysts of Shinhan Investment Corp. They can be reached at chank@shinhan.com and johnsoh@shinhan.com, respectively. -- Ed. 1Q21 operating profit beats consensus at KRW27.9bnLEENO Industrial posted 1Q21 operating profit of KRW27.9bn (+39.8% YoY) on sales of KRW68.2bn (+31.5% YoY), to
Samsung Electronics will unwrap the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 in the Samsung Galaxy Unpack 2021' event on April 28. This unpack event is considered unusual in that it is a global unpack to be held in four months since the release of a new laptop model. Furthermore, LG Electronics i