Cho Mu-hyun is based in Seoul, South Korea and covers global tech conglomerates Samsung, LG and technology news in Asia. His English name is Joe and it rhymes with his last name.
Samsung is adding another 38 trillion won, around $33.5 billion, to its prior commitment to inject 133 trillion won into its logic business in a bid to become the world leader in that space.
The new CXL-based DDR5 memory module can scale memory capacity to terabyte levels while significantly reducing memory caching, Samsung said.
Samsung will collaborate with Broadcom to help customers upgrade their server storage to SAS-4.
Samsung's chip plant in Texas had halted production for over a month due to power outages caused by severe winter storms.
The chips will power Asus' upcoming ROG 5 gaming smartphone.
The South Korean memory maker saw its market share in the server market increase despite the pandemic.
LG Electronics posted operating income of 647 billion won and sales of 18.8 trillion won in the fourth quarter of 2020, the company said on Friday in its preliminary earning guidance.
The company also announced a 99-inch version of its MicroLED TV at its First Look event ahead of CES 2021.
The company's new MiniLED LCD TV, called LG QNED TV, uses ultra-small LEDs as its backlight to boost brightness and contrast ratio.
The company's increases in profit and revenue were backed by strong home electronics sales.