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Samsung SSDs have always been amongst the most popular, reliable and high-performance. Samsung is looking to keep that track record going with PCIe 4.0, as the company today officially announced the Samsung SSD 980 PRO. This is an SSD that was previously leaked via the Samsung website, but the official …

Samsung Unpacked took place last night, bringing the announcements of the Galaxy Watch 3 and Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Live. The new smart watch comes with new health and fitness tracking features, as well as new customisation options, while the Buds Live aim to take on the Apple Air Pods …

We’re at the end of July, which means most major companies are releasing their quarterly financial earnings reports. We’ve already seen what AMD and Intel had to say this week and now today, Samsung has also revealed its results.  As reported by Samsung, the company make £34 billion in consolidated …

It has been a while since AMD and GlobalFoundries split up and now, new tech giants may be looking to get a piece of the Foundry. According to recent rumours, Samsung is looking to invest into GloFlo in an effort to gain a better foothold in the western semiconductor market.  …

TSMC is now officially the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the world. This week, the company’s market cap grew once again, hitting a total value of $313 billion USD.  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, better known as TSMC, has passed its competition and grabbed the number one spot in the world as …

Samsung Unpacked is a few weeks away, but we've already got a good look at the highly anticipated Galaxy Note 20.

While the original Galaxy Fold faced a myriad of issues in its original form, Samsung eventually managed to patch things up and has since been hard at work on a follow-up device. Unfortunately, we won’t be seeing the new and improved Galaxy Fold 2 for quite some time if recent …

Not everyone has the right room layout or space for a full 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound setup in the living room. Instead, many of us turn to soundbars as an alternative. This week, Samsung is adding two new soundbar models to its lineup- the HW-Q950T and HW-Q900T. The HW-Q950T delivers …

The folks at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology have been busy collaborating with scientists from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, resulting in the discovery of a new material for semiconductors. Importantly, this discovery has the potential to “accelerate the advent of next generation semiconductors”.  The material …

Samsung has introduced a new series of soundbars this week that the company claims to be its most stylish range ever. The new S-Series from Samsung includes two new soundbars with the S60T in black and the S61T featuring a slick silver/grey appearance. Both new Samsung soundbars are all in …

We review Samsung's latest QLC SSD 870 QVO

Samsung unveiled its Odyssey G9 monitor back in January of this year at CES 2020. Almost six months on, after much anticipation, the South Korean electronics manufacturer has finally launched the world’s “first dual QHD gaming monitor with 1000R curvature”, the Odyssey G9. Samsung’s Odyssey G9 features an 49-inch screen …

Samsung has a new patent that shows a smartphone equipped with an array of six camera lenses. What makes the patent special is that the cameras are capable of tilting to capture a scene or object with greater detail. Each year brings new innovations that further advances the functionalities available …

Today Intel is officially launching its codenamed ‘Lakefield’ CPUs, leveraging Intel’s Foveros 3D packaging technology and featuring a hybrid CPU architecture. These are the smallest processors to offer Intel Core series performance along with full Windows compatibility for productivity in ultra light and thin form factors.  Getting into some hard …

Back in February, Samsung and Microsoft announced a partnership which would see the console manufacturer’s streaming services come to Samsung devices. At the time, the announcement focused on Samsung’s smartphones, however an update to Samsung’s website suggests that the services could be coming to its line-up of smart televisions. First …

Today Samsung announced its plans to expand its NAND flash production capacity in Pyeongtaek, Korea. Samsung said that the facility is being constructed to address upcoming data centre and mobile demands. Construction of the new facility started in May of this year and, if everything goes according to plan, it …

A new range of Samsung Galaxy book S notebooks has been unveiled featuring Intel Lakefield processors. The new range of Galaxy book S devices are equipped with the latest dynamic Intel processors with Hybrid Technology. Samsung’s new Galaxy Book S is intended to provide a seamless experience across devices and …

News about Apple’s 2020 lineup of iPhones is continuing to ramp up, and we already know all the iPhones expected to launch later this year are likely to come equipped with OLED screens. Now it’s reported that Samsung Display will deliver a majority of the screens for the upcoming iPhones. Apple …

Samsung has announced that it plans to expand its foundry capacity with a new production line in Pyongtaek, Korea. Samsung said that the new line will become the “core manufacturing base” for the company’s production of 5G, high performance computing and AI solutions with 5nm EUV.  Samsung said that construction of …

Though Apple have yet to reveal it, it is well known that the smartphone manufacturer’s upcoming iPhones set to release later this year will come in 4 variants. While we know some of the differences that will exist between the models, an industry insider has now provided insight into the …

Samsung has developed a Galaxy Watch app that reminds its users at regular intervals that it’s time to wash their hands. The company calls the new app “Hand Wash”. The importance of good hand hygiene is difficult to overstate. The World Health Organization recommends everyone to regularly wash their hands, with the NHS saying …

Samsung is claiming an industry first this week by achieving the fastest speed over 5G in a laboratory demonstration combining 800MHz mmWave Spectrum with MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) technology, running on Samsung’s 5G mmWave Access Unit. Samsung engineers demonstrated the new 5G speed using two test mobile devices that achieved …

Intel is back on top of the semiconductor market as the company with the highest revenue for 2019 – after ranking second behind Samsung in both 2017 and 2018. The main factor behind this change is said to be a decreased demand for DRAM, which has hit Intel’s competition hard. …

Intel, Apple, Nvidia, AMD – just to mention a few companies – all have one thing in common, they all strive to reach smaller node sizes in their chips. The are numerous benefits, ranging from less power consumption, better performance, less heat and cheaper production costs. Much of the worlds …

Chromebooks have been available on the market for almost 10 years. It was initially speculated that device would prove a great success with its convenient design and functionality. However, to date Chromebooks only make up about 1% of the market for laptops and tablets. This is something that Samsung is looking to …

Samsung ships a variety of monitors - the company offers heavily curved, gaming and business screens. Now Samsung has announced that it plans to stop the production of LCD-monitors by the end of 2020...

Samsung has announced a new 27-inch monitor designed for office work. Expanding its already extensive portfolio of business displays, Samsung’s new monitor comes with a sleek design and 1440p resolution. The Samsung F27T85 comes with a 27-inch PLS panel, with a 2560x1440p resolution, 75Hz of refresh rate, and 4ms of …

A company known as Neodron recently filed complaints with the US International Trade Commission alleging that many top smartphone and tablet makers are infringing on touchscreen patents. A series of lawsuits have been filed, targeting the likes of Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Asus, LG, Sony and more, in an effort to gain …

Samsung's new all-solid-state battery technology could improve capacity and cycle life.