Yu, 54, will be replaced as chief executive at Huawei’s consumer business group by He Gang, who is currently the unit’s chief operating officer, according to a report on Wednesday by Chinese digital news outlet The Paper. Huawei declined to comment. A review of Yu’s profile page on Huawei’s official website on Wednesday showed that … Read more
Samsung Electronics topped analyst earnings estimates after its semiconductor division returned to profitability, as companies like Microsoft and Alphabet led a surge in spending on artificial intelligence (AI) services. The world’s largest memory chip maker reported net income of 6.62 trillion won (US$4.8 billion) in the March quarter, versus the average analyst projection for 5.63 … Read more
“The US Department of Commerce and Samsung Electronics have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding under the Chips and Science Act,” said a statement published by the Commerce Department. A general view of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor plant under construction in Taylor, Texas, on January 2, … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s quarterly revenue grew at its fastest pace in more than a year, shoring up expectations that a global boom in artificial intelligence (AI) development is fuelling demand for high-end chips and servers. The main chip maker to Nvidia and Apple reported a better-than-expected 16 per cent rise in March-quarter sales to … Read more
Intel on Tuesday disclosed deepening operating losses for its foundry business, a blow to the chip maker as it tries to regain a technology lead it lost in recent years to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC). Intel said the manufacturing unit had US$7 billion in operating losses for 2023, a steeper loss than the US$5.2 … Read more
We’ve all heard of Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri, but what’s all the fuss about this Bixby character? Yet another voice assistant that’s built into smartphones and tablets, Bixby is Samsung’s virtual assistant. If you own something with the ‘Galaxy’ sub-label, you can use Samsung’s digitized companion to do all kinds of things. Like its … Read more
Joe Maring / Digital Trends Android 14 is out now, and as usual, the first to get it was Google’s own Pixel phone family. Not to be undone, Samsung pushed out its version of Android 14 — One UI 6 — after a relatively short beta period and has seemingly now completed its Android 14 … Read more
Micron Technology, the largest US maker of memory chips, jumped in late trading after giving a surprisingly strong revenue forecast for the current quarter, buoyed by demand for artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. Revenue for its financial third quarter will be US$6.4 billion to US$6.8 billion, Micron said in a statement on Wednesday. That compares with … Read more
Tushar Mehta / Digital Trends As we get deeper into 2024, it’s only a matter of time before we see Samsung reveal its next round of foldables. This should include the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and clamshell Galaxy Z Flip 6. The rumors for these devices are starting, and we should expect to see the … Read more
Samsung recently released the Samsung Galaxy S24, and one of the best times to get yourself some savings on outgoing models is right after a new product release. That makes the Samsung Galaxy S22 a hot commodity when it comes to landing a deal right now, as it’s the new “old” device and there are … Read more
