SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has launched new foldable smartphones globally as the South Korean tech giant hopes the latest Galaxy Z series can mainstream the foldable category and boost its handset sales. Sales of Samsung’s third-generation foldable devices — the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s third-largest smartwatch vendor in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, after its shipments posted robust 43 percent on-year growth. The South Korean tech giant logged a market share of 7.6 percent in the April-June period, up from 6.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its lead in the global NAND flash market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, on the back of strong chip demand and price hikes. The South Korean tech giant posted a market share of 34 percent in terms of revenue [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said it aims to expand its memory products powered by its artificial intelligence (AI) engine as the South Korean tech giant is pushing to increase its technology leadership in the semiconductor market. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip supplier, showcased its latest processing-in-memory (PIM) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top two TV makers — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. — represented half of the global TV market in the first half of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as they maintained their leadership in the premium segment. Samsung accounted for 31 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Preorders for Samsung Electronics Co.’s new foldable smartphones have topped 800,000 units in South Korea, industry sources Tuesday, as the tech giant eyes to mainstream the foldable category with lower prices. An estimated 600,000 units of the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3 were preordered through local [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its dominance in the global DRAM market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, thanks to bullish demand and chip price hikes. The South Korean tech giant registered a 43.6 percent share of the global DRAM flash market in terms of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. regained the No.1 spot in chip sales in the second quarter of the year, surpassing its archrival Intel Corp. for the first time in almost three years, on the back of robust sales of memory semiconductors, a report showed Friday. The South Korean tech giant logged [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have doubled their stake in Samsung Electronics Co. in eight months amid foreigners’ selling spree, data showed Thursday. Local individual investors had net-bought 394 million shares in the global tech behemoth as of Wednesday this year, or 6.6 percent of its outstanding shares, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The global semiconductor market is expected to expand 25.1 percent this year on the back of robust growth from the memory sector, a report from an industry tracker showed Wednesday, amid concerns of a slowdown in demand. World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), a nonprofit organization of chipmakers, said the [...]