Samsung’s Electronics division is planning to expand its Slovakian operations. The Slovakian economic ministry has confirmed that the Korean giant that manufactures TV sets has asked for a tax break worth 28 million euros. Although the ministry is going through the request, Samsung is planning to invest 90 million euros to modernize the Slovak […]
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Samsung buys Nexus division from ITC
Samsung just announced to have acquired the Nexus division of ITC Nexus Holding Company. The Nexus division manufactures and sells Cardiac STATus, DECISION Point and VYENT line of rapid test kits that helps in diagnosis and monitoring of various cardiovascular diseases. Although the details of the deal are kept confidential, Nexus will become a […]
Australian court fixes March date for Samsung’s hearing against iPhone 4S
Australian Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett announced that the hearing to decide on the iPhone 4S ban will be held sometime in March. The date will be fixed later this week. The case will be fixed for a hearing for three weeks, commencing in March, 2012, with the date to be fixed on Friday. […]
Samsung and KT sign an MOU to improvise mobile phone supply chain in South Korea
Samsung today announced that they’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding with KT that will allow both companies to estimate demand and supply of phones. With the introduction of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment both companies can keep a timely check on the inventories, future trends and manufacturing plans that will enable to decrease costs […]
Samsung licenses PowerVR SGX MP GPU, will also use Mali-T658 from ARM
Looks like Samsung wants to have the best of both worlds. If you recall, Samsung’s in-house developed Hummingbird used a PowerVR GPU and the recent Exynos 4210 uses ARM’s Mali-400. Now Imagination Technologies, makers of PowerVR has announced that the Korean giant has signed a deal with the company to license PowerVR SGX MP’s […]