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Samsung Will Invest In ASML To Fuel Research On Next-Gen Lithography Tech
Netherlands-based ASML has confirmed that Samsung Electronics will invest and be a part of its Customer Co-Investment Program for Innovation to enable R&D of the next-generation lithography technologies. As part of the program, Samsung will contribute EUR 276 million over the next five years and will also pick up a 3 percent stake in [...]
Samsung, Nokia and Others Form An Alliance To Improve Mobile Indoor Positioning
Samsung, Nokia, Sony Mobile and 19 other companies have collaborated to innovate and improve accuracy of indoor positioning on mobile devices. The alliance is known as In-Location will develop solutions that will improve the accuracy of positioning indoors on standards based on Bluetooth 4.0 low-energy and Wi-Fi, both of which are ubiquitous in today’s [...]
Samsung to buy CSR’s Mobile Connectivity and Location Tech for $310m
Samsung today confirmed to buy UK-based CSR mobile connectivity and location technology along with transfer of certain relevant patents and over 300 employees. Samsung will acquire these assets for a cash consideration of $310 million and will invest $34 million in CSR’s equity stake, representing about 4.9 percent share. Samsung will gain rights to [...]
Samsung at SID 2012
Society of Information Display (SID) 2012 is underway in United States and Samsung is showcasing some innovative display technologies at the expo. Samsung Mobile Display is showcasing about 20 display technologies which includes: - A 55-inch 3D OLED TV panel supporting full HD resolution and dual view support. - World’s thinnest 4.8-inch touch sensor-integrated [...]
Samsung tries to solve the limitations of Silicon with Graphene
Samsung’s Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) has managed to achieve a breakthrough by developing a new transistor structure using graphene that promises to enable semiconductor devices to increase the performance which the current silicon transistors aren’t able to achieve. Graphene possesses electron mobility more than 200 times that of silicon but unlike silicon, graphene [...]
Samsung sees high demand for Flexible Displays
Samsung is yet to start mass production of its flexible displays but the Korean company is already seeing a positive response from its customers. According to Samsung Electronics’ Vice Chairman, Kwon Oh-hyun, they’re getting “huge” orders for the next-generation bendable and unbreakable displays. While Samsung hasn’t revealed the clients they’re receiving orders from, Korea [...]
Samsung Flexible Displays to ship within a year
Samsung has yet again confirmed a tentative timeframe of its flexible displays. These unbreakable and bendable displays will be available “within a year” according to a Samsung Mobile Display executive. Samsung expects to integrate these displays in mobile handsets followed by tablets and other mobile devices. The first-generation flexible displays are expected to support [...]
Samsung demonstrating VoLTE at MWC
Samsung hasn’t divulged any details on the next-generation voice and video calls over LTE but has confirmed to showcase it at the ongoing Mobile World Congress. Samsung says their technology ensures smooth transition between voice and video calls carried over LTE.
Samsung and Visa to showcase Olympics Payment app at MWC
Samsung and Visa today announced the official mobile payment app for Olympics that will take place in London later this year. The app takes advantage of Visa’s payWave technology, allowing users to carry out contactless transactions with just their phone. In addition to payment, the app will also allow users to check their account [...]
Samsung starts mass producing Embedded Multi-Chip Memory for entry-level smartphones
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 [...]