Samsung’s Answer To TSMC’s CoWoS Is “SAINT” – Samsung Advanced Interconnection Technology For Next-Gen Chips

Samsung’s smartphone chipset expenditure is slowly creeping upwards to a point where the Korean behemoth is now being forced to compromise on the features that ship with its overall Galaxy range. Due to an extreme reliance on external companies such as Qualcomm and its Snapdragon chipsets, Samsung’s costs have risen to almost $7 billion alone this year, which is more than a 200 percent increase compared to the $2.3 billion it paid back in 2019.

In gearing up for the early release of its flagship devices, Samsung's upcoming Samsung Galaxy S24 line has recently secured FCC certification, marking a significant stride by the Korean tech giant. The much-anticipated Unpacked event scheduled for January 17 is poised to reveal not only the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus but also the premium-tier flagship Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, set to officially debut in January 2024. While CAD renders have already showcased the Ultra's design, the FCC certification has now disclosed crucial details about its accompanying Samsung S Pen.

Samsung has reportedly lost out on a grand opportunity to partner with Qualcomm to mass produce its next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, to TSMC. The Taiwanese semiconductor giant will utilize its 3nm ‘N3E’ technology next year, with other companies such as MediaTek also expected to take advantage of this manufacturing process.

One area that Samsung continues to compromise on is the available RAM for its flagship Galaxy smartphones. The company’s peak moment was with the Galaxy S20 Ultra when the Korean giant introduced a 16GB RAM option. Unfortunately, its successors have all been limited to 12GB RAM for one reason or another, and for the upcoming Galaxy S24 family, which is scheduled to launch early next year, one tipster claims that history will repeat itself.

It was previously reported that Apple is working on its custom 5G chips to reduce dependency on Qualcomm. The company is in pursuit of relying on its in-house components, following the same approach as Apple Silicon. However, Apple appears to be far from achieving its goals as it has decided to discontinue developing in-house 5G modems, according to a new report. The reports are not confirmed at this stage, but multiple sources have reported similar scenarios.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that they’ve entered into a “strategic global business partnership” with Korean publishing giant NCSoft. For those unfamiliar with NCSoft, they’re mainly active in the mobile and MMORPG space, publishing franchises like Guild Wars, Lineage, and Throne and Liberty. Sony doesn’t specifically say what this partnership is for, but it seems like NCSoft’s mobile expertise is what Team PlayStation is most interested in. Here’s what Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan had to say about the new partnership…

Smartphones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Dimensity 9300 chipsets can now run on-device LLMs (Large Language Models), giving them the same capabilities equivalent to significantly bigger machines. Unfortunately, running AI-related programs on handsets is a resource-intensive task, one that not only requires computing horsepower but also ample amounts of memory and storage, with an earlier report stating that 20GB RAM on future smartphones might become a standard to support this functionality. As for storage, Samsung has a solution for that, and it is rumored to be a new version of the UFS 4.0 standard that is optimized for AI.

Binance boss Changpeng Zhao has become the most powerful cryptocurrency figure to fall in a two-year period chaotic even by the standards of the notoriously volatile industry.

Samsung Foundry has seemingly secured orders from major companies including AMD & Tesla, as per a report from Korean outlet, Fnnews.

For all the Samsung enthusiasts who were looking forward to the Samsung Galaxy S24 series launch, there is some good news. It is speculation, but it provides some basis to the revelation. A recent report has indicated the release date of its next Flagship S series smartphone. As the report suggests, the release date of the Galaxy S24 series will be January 30, 2024. Know all about this premium smartphone release.

Challengers Games, the Korean studio behind the upcoming free-to-play multiplayer shooter Second Wave, has announced Illang, a free-to-play multiplayer social deduction game. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC via Steam, iOS, and Android in 2024.

Turn-based RPG The Starbites: Taste of Desert will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in 2024, Korean developer IKINAGAMES announced.