How a little Texas town snagged a $17 bln Samsung chip plant deal

Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell is the first to admit few people had heard of his small town of Taylor in Central Texas before South Korean conglomerate Samsung announced it was building its new $17 billion chip factory there.
Samsung to pick Taylor, Texas, for its $17 bln chip plant – WSJ

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Tuesday it had not made a final decision on the location of a new $17 billion chip plant in the United States, after the Wall Street Journal reported it would be Taylor, Texas.
MediaTek eyes premium Android phone market with new 5G chip

Chip designer MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) on Thursday released a new 5G smartphone chip that it hopes will be used in premium-priced Android smartphones, a market Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) currently dominates.
TSMC says has begun construction at its Arizona chip factory site

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW) (TSMC) has started construction at a site in Arizona where it plans to spend $12 billion to build a computer chip factory, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Slate of Google updates boost its smartwatch, work collaboration efforts

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday unveiled updates across many services, including Maps, Photos and operating systems, as the company showcases its role in a world that has become more digitally connected during the pandemic.
Profits from Samsung phones have reached an all-time high since the pandemic commenced
Samsung Electronics has reported its highest first-quarter revenue since2018, owing to rising smartphone sales of its flagship Galaxy S21 line. (as per BBC News) Net profits at the Korean conglomerate increased 46.3 percent year on year to 7.1 trillion. Sales of televisions and home appliances increased significantly, owing to the continued popularity of stay-at-home consumers. […]
Samsung Electronics says Q1 profit likely rose 44%, matching expectations

SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday said first-quarter profit likely rose 44%, with analysts attributing the surge to brisk sales of smartphones and TVs, albeit tempered by a likely fall in chip earnings after a storm halted U.S. output. The South Korean technology giant forecast January-March operating profit of 9.3 trillion won ($8.32 […]