Samsung Electronics

Semiconductor

Intel pledges to retake innovation crown

Intel is still the biggest chip maker but has lost its technology edge to TSMC and Samsung
GlobalFoundries expands Singapore presence amid global semiconductor boom; local counters to gain - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Semiconductor

GlobalFoundries expands Singapore presence amid global semiconductor boom; local counters to gain

GlobalFoundries' expansion here has highlighted the increasingly volatile world that semicon companies are in despite a boom.

Semiconductor

Japan needs billions now to stem chip decline, top advisor warns

Chips shortages that have crimped global production of everything from refrigerators to game consoles to cars this year
$5,899 PCs sign of pandemic blues - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Disruption and Digitalisation

$5,899 PCs sign of pandemic blues

Last year, smartphones shipment dropped 5.9% over 2019; PC sales rose 12.9% and is seen to grow by another 18.2% this year

Global Economy

One of the world's most stubborn central banks gives in

SINGAPORE (July 22): Asia’s most stubborn central bank just reversed course. With the US Federal Reserve all but certain to renew its easing cycle at the end of the month, the Bank of Korea (BOK) preemptively cut its benchmark interest rate to 1.5% from

Grab partners Samsung to drive digital inclusion in Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE (Feb 1): Grab and Samsung Electronics today announced that they have signed a multi-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to drive digital inclusion in Southeast Asia.

Global Economy

Singapore soars up innovation rankings, US falls out of top 10

SINGAPORE (Jan 23): Singapore jumped ahead of European economies Germany, Switzerland and Finland into third place on the strength of its top ranking in the tertiary-efficiency category in the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index.

Tech

Stakes are high as Samsung launches new Note 8

(Aug 24): The stakes are high for Samsung Electronics Co.’s rollout of the Note 8, after the previous model’s exploding battery fiasco last year.

Will Samsung win the chip war against Intel?

SINGAPORE (July 26): Intel’s quarter-century reign as the world’s biggest chipmaker by sales may be about to come to an end.

Global Economy

Vietnam rejoins club of 6%-GDP-growth nations as exports surge

HANOI (June 30): Vietnam’s economy recovered this quarter with a surge in exports allowing it to rejoin a small group of nations posting growth rates of more than 6%.
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