Hardware
Samsung develops tech related to 5G, projects 5G service by 2020
4G is yet to go mainstream in many parts of the world but Samsung has developed a core technology related to the next-generation 5G network, reports Yonhap News. 5G is said to be many times faster than 4G that tops at around 75-100Mbps. Samsung expects consumers will be able to access the high-speed network by [...]
Samsung develops 20-nm 4Gb LPDDR3 DRAM for Mobile Devices
Samsung has announced that they’ve started production of the high-speed low power DDR3 (LPDDR3) RAM for mobile devices. Samsung says the new 4Gb (gigabit) LPDDR3 mobile DRAM is based on 20-nm process and achieves performance levels comparable to RAM found on computers. The 4Gb RAM can transmit data up to 2,133 megabits per second (Mbps) [...]
Samsung may go with SK Hynix for mobile DRAM
Samsung who until now used in-house produced DRAM for its mobile devices has hinted to purchase chips from SK Hynix. JK Shin said to Reuters that they’re considering to purchase mobile DRAM from SK Hynix and could also use it in the flagship Galaxy S series. Speculation is that Samsung could be purchasing components to [...]
Samsung starts mass producing 128Gb 3-bit MLC NAND Flash memory
Samsung has announced that they’ve initiated mass production of128Gb (gigabit) 3-bit MLC NAND flash memory using 10nm process technology. Samsung says this chip offers the highest density in the industry along with performance of 400Mbps based on toggle DDR 2.0 interface. Samsung will integrate the chip in embedded NAND storage and SSDs and will expand [...]
Exynos 5 Octa will support 20 LTE bands
We know Samsung Galaxy S4 supports LTE but there seemed to be some confusion regarding LTE support on Samsung’s own Exynos 5 Octa chip. The official Exynos Twitter account got back to us yesterday confirming that Exynos 5410 will indeed support LTE on 20 bands. However, they refrained to divulge any more details regarding the [...]
Majority of Galaxy S4s from initial batch will be powered by Snapdragon 600 CPU
Samsung during the Galaxy S4 announcement confirmed that the phone will be released in two variants – one powered by its own Exynos 5410 octa-core processor and another with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600. Now according to Korean site ETNews, up to 70 percent of the Galaxy S4’s 10m production batch will be powered by Qualcomm’s chip [...]
Samsung planning to sell Liquavista to Amazon
Samsung bought the Dutch-based display company Liquavista couple of years back for its Electrowetting display (EWD). Now Bloomberg reports that Samsung is in talks to sell the company because the acquisition didn’t meet its “expectations”. Another reason could be Samsung’s reliance on OLED as the superior display technology. Samsung is reportedly in talks with Amazon [...]
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa to go into Mass Production in Q2 2013
This shouldn’t be a surprise since Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will be fitted with this chip but if you needed any official confirmation, Samsung has announced that its Exynos 5 Octa SoC will go into mass production from Q2, which could be as early as next month. Announced at CES earlier this year, Exynos 5 Octa [...]
Exynos 5 Octa will have PowerVR SGX544 GPU
Samsung unveiled the Exynos 5 Octa at the CES in January but has been playing coy on revealing intrinsic details. Today, Imagination Technologies confirmed that their PowerVR SGX IP will power Samsung octa-core SoC’s GPU. The Exynos 5410 will incorporate PowerVR SGX544MP core and according to AnandTech Samsung is using three cores running at 533MHz. [...]
5-inch Full HD AMOLED Panel mass production to start later this month?
Samsung gave a brief glimpse of a 5-inch full HD AMOLED display last month at the CES and now it seems the display panel will soon go into mass production. According to DDaily’s sources, Samsung Display will mass produce the next-generation display from end of this month with panels reaching Samsung Electronics from early March. [...]