Samsung is yet to officially announce the Exynos 5450 System-on-Chip (SoC) but it seems some of the meaty information is already out. PhoneArena was invited to a special Exynos event where they got a chance to check out some of the existing as well as upcoming Exynos processors.

While a comparison between Exynos 4210 and 4212 is understandable and Exynos 5250 showing its graphics prowess, the article also mentions Exynos 5450. Although we’re not sure if Samsung demonstrated it, the site mentions it as a SoC based on quad-core Cortex-A15 chips clocked at 2GHz. The GPU of this Exynos SoC is said to be Mali-658.

Samsung has announced its top-end all-in-one PC in South Korea. The Series 9 900A7A boasts an asymmetrical premium design and comes with an ultra-slim 27-inch monitor that measures just 11.7mm. The AIO however, is packed with features.

It is powered by Intel’s Core i7 2600S processor and features full HD resolution support, 1TB HDD, AMD Radeon HD 6730M GPU, USB 3.0, Blu-ray, 3D support, HDMI port, Live TV support, JBL stereo speakers and a full HD webcam.

The Series 9 all-in-one PC will cost 2,690,000 won (US$2368).

Samsung has started mass production of Embedded Multi-Chip package (eMCP) memory to cater to the rising demand of entry and mid-level smartphones. The new eMCPs use Samsung’s 30nm-based LPDDR2 RAMs that deliver a data transmission speed of 1066Mbps and 20nm-class NAND flash memory.

Samsung says the new eMCP solution will help to deliver enhanced performance and a longer battery life, thus giving mobile phone manufacturers a simpler design process.

The new eMCP solution will come with 4GB of NAND flash memory along with choice of 256MB, 512MB, 768MB RAM.

Samsung has a Chrome OS-powered Chromebook and are now showing an all-in-one-type solution like the new Series 3 Chromebox at the CES 2012. We’re light on the detailed specs but is targeted towards businesses due to its no-frills nature.

The 193x193x32.6mm Chromebox runs Chrome OS and is touted to be a “Zero Maintenance” machine since it does not require any anti-virus for virus protection and no data loss as everything is stored on the cloud.

Samsung has got the approval from the Korean government to setup a NAND flash memory plant in China. The decision came after the Ministry of Knowledge Economy held two meetings to evaluate the company’s technology plans, possible technological leaks and the impact on South Korean economy since Samsung contributes a decent chunk of exports.

The location of the plant is yet to be decided but the construction is expected to begin later this year, after an approval from the Chinese government. The plant will also help Samsung to tap in the growing flash memory demands of the Chinese market.

Samsung will produce 100,000 12-inch wafers per month which will be used in mobile devices like smartphones, music players and tablets.

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Samsung has announced that its PM810 SSD has achieved Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) validation that conforms to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 data security. PM810’s validation of FIPS 140-2 ensures the drive’s capability of providing highest level of data protection.

PM810 data security features self-encrypting drive (SED) technology that uses 256-but AES encryption and Crypto Erase that deletes targeted data in few seconds, no matter how big the volume size of the data.

Samsung says these SSDs security level can be useful to businesses who have to protect their sensitive data from any unauthorized access.

Seagate announced that they’ve completed the acquisition of Samsung’s hard drive business (HDD). The acquisition was announced in April and as per the terms of the agreement, Seagate will acquire Samsung’s assets and infrastructure like M8 production line of 2.5-inch HDDs, senior manager and design-engineering employees from the Korea facility and more.

Additionally, Seagate will now provide HDDs for Samsung PC and notebooks and Samsung will supply its semiconductor products for use in Seagate’s enterprise SSDs.

Samsung is the leading monitor manufacturing company, according to a report from IDC. Samsung’s global market share for monitors stood at 15.5 percent (figure till Q3 2011), making them the number one company since Q3 2006.

The report also sheds some light Samsung’s quarterly figures which were up by 10 percent from Q2 to 6.42 million units. Samsung also sold 3.49m LED monitors in the last quarter, affirming the shift from LCD to LED-based monitors.

Samsung has started mass production of PM830 Series SSDs that support the Mini-Serial ATA (mSATA) interface. Designed for use in ultrabook PCs, the new compact SSDs weigh just 8 grams and measure 50.95 x 30 x 3.8mm. It will be available in storage capacities of 256GB, 128GB, 64GB and 32GB, which will be available for caching.

The mSATA SSDs uses Samsung’s 20nm class NAND flash memory with toggle DDR interface and integrates SATA 6Gb/s controllers that help to achieve the sequential read/write speed of up to 500/260 MB per second. PM830 mSATA SSDs also embeds 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) protection.

Samsung has just unveiled a new System-on-chip (SoC) for future mobile devices. It’s the Exynos 5250 that boasts two Cortex-A15 chips clocked at 2GHz. The dual-core Exynos 5250 is created using a 32nm-low power HKMG process and is said to double the performance when compared to a 1.5GHz dual-core SoC based on Cortex-A9.

In addition to improved processing performance, Exynos 5250 features graphics performance improved by four times compared to Cortex-A9-based Application Processors, supports stereoscopic 3D displays and a display resolution of up to WQXGA (2560×1600).

Samsung says the new Exynos chip will be used in high-end tablets and will be mass produced sometime in the second quarter of next year.