Samsung sees chip-based surge despite COVID-19 disruption
The global leader in semiconductors is benefiting from higher demand for chips from laptop makers and data centres amid the coronavirus-driven shift to working from home.
The global leader in semiconductors is benefiting from higher demand for chips from laptop makers and data centres amid the coronavirus-driven shift to working from home.
Samsung Display has decided to end all of its production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in South Korea and China by the end of this year.
With more employees working from home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, demand is surging for laptops and network peripherals as well as components along the supply chain.
Smartphone sales in Australia rose over the fourth quarter by 6.4 per cent year-on-year, while global sales fell by 0.4 per cent.
Samsung Electronics stands to be a major beneficiary of the China production problems announced by rival Apple, reaping the rewards of a decade-long bet on low-cost smartphone manufacturing in Vietnam.
Global smartphone shipment growth in the final quarter of 2019 marks a new cyclical era for the mobile market, according to research firm Canalys.
Samsung has named President Roh Tae-moon as its new mobile chief as part of a management shake-up.
Samsung Group, whose leader faces trials over a bribery scandal, has appointed external experts to a new oversight panel to stamp out criminal conduct.
Samsung flagged a smaller-than-expected fall in quarterly operating profit, indicating that memory chip prices bottomed out quicker than analysts had anticipated.
The rate of Australian smartphone sales decline has increased over the third quarter, with weakened demand due to consumers being concerned about value for money.
Research firm Canalys has found global smartphone shipments grew 1 per cent in Q3 of 2019, reversing two years of declines.
Kogan has conceded that it wasn’t doing well enough to resolve certain customer complaints earlier in the year but has since made improvements.
Analysts have credited Samsung with receiving a boost from US sanctions on Huawei that effectively bar US firms from supplying the Chinese competitor.
The tablet market is continuing to see a shift towards 2-in-1 devices, according to research from analyst firm Telsyte.
The lack of 5G in the latest round of iPhones is expected to cause further declines in the smartphone market in 2019.