Samsung joins Princeton’s 6G initiative as a founding member

Samsung released the first 5G phone in 2019 and that very same year it started work on the next generation of networks with the foundation of the Advanced Communications Research Center (ACRC) under Samsung Research. Now the Samsung Research America branch has partnered with Princeton University as a founding member of the NextG Initiative Corporate […]

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Samsung’s founding family ranks as the 12th richest in Asia

Samsung, like many major Korean conglomerates that are led by the descendants of the founder, is as chaebol as they come. Chaebol refers to a diversified South Korean conglomerate that’s led by an individual or family. As you’d probably expect, the people in charge of these massive companies tend to be considerably wealthy. So it’s […]

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Samsung becomes a founding member of RISE, a RISC-V software development ecosystem

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has joined RISE (RISC-V Software Ecosystem), an open-source software development project to build and develop an advanced semiconductor ecosystem. The South Korean firm has joined the operating board of directors of RISE.  The project includes other tech giants, including Google, Intel, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. The Linux Foundation launched […]

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Samsung quietly held its 53rd Founding Day and 54th general shareholders meeting

Two days ago, Samsung Electronics held its 53rd Founding Day at Samsung Digital City located in Suwon. The company’s annual Founding Day event was held quietly as South Korea is mourning the Itaewon accident, where 155 people died during Halloween celebrations. The ceremony was attended by various high-level executives, including Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee and President […]

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Apple Not Among Founding Metaverse Standards Forum Members

Apple is not among the founding members of a new “metaverse” standards body that includes Meta, Microsoft, Sony, Epic Games, Nvidia, Adobe, and others (via Reuters). Announced in a press release, “the Metaverse Standards Forum brings together companies and standards organizations to foster alignment on requirements and priorities for metaverse interoperability standards, and accelerate their […]

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