Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Former Samsung executives have reportedly been arrested in South Korea for stealing around $3 billion worth of DRAM manufacturing technology. Samsung Executives Are Now Involved In An Attempt of DRAM "Technology Transfer," Poses Serious Issues For South Korea Multiple South Korean outlets report (via Tech+ Japan) that Samsung's former executives have been involved in the act of stealing the company's DRAM equipment with the intention of setting up a semiconductor manufacturing unit in China. The two former executives under the age bracket of 60 were intercepted by the South Korean police and were charged under the "Industrial Technology Protection Act […]
Samsung's QLC 9th gen V-NAND will offer increased storage capacity and performance while remaining power-efficient for AI workloads. Samsung implements various technologies for mass producing 9th Gen Quad Level Cell V-NAND for AI applications A few months ago, Samsung started mass producing its first TLC(Triple Level Cell) 9th gen V-NAND, offering a 50% increase in bit density. Today it announced the mass production of the QLC 9th gen V-NAND for delivering high-performance and power-efficient operation for AI applications. The QLC V-NAND is produced through a combination of various technologies, which results in the highest layer count possible at the moment. […]
The introduction of 3nm GAA technology commenced in 2022, when Samsung stated it had initiated mass production of its cutting-edge manufacturing process, and it would bring a wave of performance and efficiency advantages compared to the company’s 5nm node. Fast-forward to 2024 and almost heading into 2025, the Korean giant is said to be struggling to improve yields and is finding every possible solution to climb out of the hole that it has dug itself into. A report claims that despite a multitude of efforts, the 3nm GAA yields are three times less than the minimum limit required for mass […]
Samsung will reduce its sales and marketing staff, and administrative staff substantially to increase efficiency. Thousands of job cuts ahead in Samsung as the company aims to improve efficiency 2024 has seen massive job layoffs in various sectors but the IT sector is one of the most impacted ones. From Intel cutting its workforce by around 10,000 employees to Microsoft's layoffs in the Xbox department, a lot of people have lost their jobs this year. Samsung is next, which is reported to reduce its staff by up to 1/3rd the total workforce in specific departments. As reported by Reuters, the […]
The Taylor plant in in Texas was established to realize Samsung’s vision of mass producing wafers on next-generation technologies that would utilize the GAA, or ‘Gate All Around’ process. Unfortunately, the Korean giant has hit yet another snag when it comes to yields for its 2nm GAA node, with a new report stating that the company has been forced to withdraw personnel from its facility. Repeated delays in mass producing wafers on the cutting-edge 2nm GAA process forced Samsung to withdraw personnel from its plant The Taylor hub was initially planned to mass produce wafers of advanced processes below the […]
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has been reported to be exclusively mass produced on TSMC’s 3nm process, with Samsung losing out on an opportunity of a lifetime because it could not increase chip yields. Sadly, relying on one foundry partner can result in a monumental price bump, and with Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship SoC rumored to cost $240 per unit, the San Diego firm needs to get another player into the fold to stabilize these figures. A new rumor is now doing the rounds, claiming that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is on track to use both TSMC’s N3P and Samsung’s […]
The Exynos 2500 has been a part of the rumor mill for months, but there is one major difference between this chipset and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4; the latter has an actual launch date. This revelation leads one rumor to claim that Samsung might be forced to launch the Galaxy S25 family with just one SoC, and in doing so, consumers may have to pay a 30 percent premium for this exclusivity. Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 already hinted to be more expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, leading Samsung to immediately raise prices of the Galaxy S25 family […]
While Samsung was the pioneer of the foldable market and changed the dynamics of the industry by bringing in an innovation that users long-awaited, it has been struggling lately to sustain its position as the leader in the category as the competition is getting intense especially with other companies aggressively working on bringing novelty on the fold phones. Honor has left the tech community astonished with its Magic V3 and is being considered the king of its category by making a folding thickness record. The company recently threw shade at the South Korean tech giant with a satirical mini engraving. […]
Samsung Foundry has surpassed its competitors, TSMC & Intel, in the semiconductor space as the Korean giant reported quarterly revenue. Samsung Foundry Business Shows A Massive Uptrend In Past Quarters, Narrowing Down The Gap With TSMC Samsung's slight lead in semiconductor quarterly market revenue is as surprising as it may seem, given that for the past few months, we haven't seen much in terms of a breakthrough for the Korean giant's foundry division. Despite that, the firm seems to have managed to bag higher revenue than competitors like TSMC and Intel. This news comes from the renowned industry analyst Dan […]
A prototype of Samsung’s rumored AR headset was tested with an Exynos 2200, but that does not mean the company will launch the device with its own chipset. According to the latest benchmark leak, the Korean giant will incorporate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, among other details, which we will get into immediately. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 features a 6-core CPU cluster but is slower than Apple’s M2, meaning Samsung’s AR headset is already less powerful than its closest competitor The use of Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in the upcoming mixed-reality headset is justified because Samsung has not mass produced […]
Former Samsung executives have reportedly been arrested in South Korea for stealing around $3 billion worth of DRAM manufacturing technology. Samsung Executives Are Now Involved In An Attempt of DRAM "Technology Transfer," Poses Serious Issues For South Korea Multiple South Korean outlets report (via Tech+ Japan) that Samsung's former executives have been involved in the act of stealing the company's DRAM equipment with the intention of setting up a semiconductor manufacturing unit in China. The two former executives under the age bracket of 60 were intercepted by the South Korean police and were charged under the "Industrial Technology Protection Act […]
Samsung's QLC 9th gen V-NAND will offer increased storage capacity and performance while remaining power-efficient for AI workloads. Samsung implements various technologies for mass producing 9th Gen Quad Level Cell V-NAND for AI applications A few months ago, Samsung started mass producing its first TLC(Triple Level Cell) 9th gen V-NAND, offering a 50% increase in bit density. Today it announced the mass production of the QLC 9th gen V-NAND for delivering high-performance and power-efficient operation for AI applications. The QLC V-NAND is produced through a combination of various technologies, which results in the highest layer count possible at the moment. […]
The introduction of 3nm GAA technology commenced in 2022, when Samsung stated it had initiated mass production of its cutting-edge manufacturing process, and it would bring a wave of performance and efficiency advantages compared to the company’s 5nm node. Fast-forward to 2024 and almost heading into 2025, the Korean giant is said to be struggling to improve yields and is finding every possible solution to climb out of the hole that it has dug itself into. A report claims that despite a multitude of efforts, the 3nm GAA yields are three times less than the minimum limit required for mass […]
Samsung will reduce its sales and marketing staff, and administrative staff substantially to increase efficiency. Thousands of job cuts ahead in Samsung as the company aims to improve efficiency 2024 has seen massive job layoffs in various sectors but the IT sector is one of the most impacted ones. From Intel cutting its workforce by around 10,000 employees to Microsoft's layoffs in the Xbox department, a lot of people have lost their jobs this year. Samsung is next, which is reported to reduce its staff by up to 1/3rd the total workforce in specific departments. As reported by Reuters, the […]
The Taylor plant in in Texas was established to realize Samsung’s vision of mass producing wafers on next-generation technologies that would utilize the GAA, or ‘Gate All Around’ process. Unfortunately, the Korean giant has hit yet another snag when it comes to yields for its 2nm GAA node, with a new report stating that the company has been forced to withdraw personnel from its facility. Repeated delays in mass producing wafers on the cutting-edge 2nm GAA process forced Samsung to withdraw personnel from its plant The Taylor hub was initially planned to mass produce wafers of advanced processes below the […]
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has been reported to be exclusively mass produced on TSMC’s 3nm process, with Samsung losing out on an opportunity of a lifetime because it could not increase chip yields. Sadly, relying on one foundry partner can result in a monumental price bump, and with Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship SoC rumored to cost $240 per unit, the San Diego firm needs to get another player into the fold to stabilize these figures. A new rumor is now doing the rounds, claiming that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is on track to use both TSMC’s N3P and Samsung’s […]
The Exynos 2500 has been a part of the rumor mill for months, but there is one major difference between this chipset and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4; the latter has an actual launch date. This revelation leads one rumor to claim that Samsung might be forced to launch the Galaxy S25 family with just one SoC, and in doing so, consumers may have to pay a 30 percent premium for this exclusivity. Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 already hinted to be more expensive than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, leading Samsung to immediately raise prices of the Galaxy S25 family […]
While Samsung was the pioneer of the foldable market and changed the dynamics of the industry by bringing in an innovation that users long-awaited, it has been struggling lately to sustain its position as the leader in the category as the competition is getting intense especially with other companies aggressively working on bringing novelty on the fold phones. Honor has left the tech community astonished with its Magic V3 and is being considered the king of its category by making a folding thickness record. The company recently threw shade at the South Korean tech giant with a satirical mini engraving. […]
Samsung Foundry has surpassed its competitors, TSMC & Intel, in the semiconductor space as the Korean giant reported quarterly revenue. Samsung Foundry Business Shows A Massive Uptrend In Past Quarters, Narrowing Down The Gap With TSMC Samsung's slight lead in semiconductor quarterly market revenue is as surprising as it may seem, given that for the past few months, we haven't seen much in terms of a breakthrough for the Korean giant's foundry division. Despite that, the firm seems to have managed to bag higher revenue than competitors like TSMC and Intel. This news comes from the renowned industry analyst Dan […]
A prototype of Samsung’s rumored AR headset was tested with an Exynos 2200, but that does not mean the company will launch the device with its own chipset. According to the latest benchmark leak, the Korean giant will incorporate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, among other details, which we will get into immediately. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 features a 6-core CPU cluster but is slower than Apple’s M2, meaning Samsung’s AR headset is already less powerful than its closest competitor The use of Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in the upcoming mixed-reality headset is justified because Samsung has not mass produced […]