Handset makers are banking on the rollout of artificial intelligence features to fuel the continued recovery in the global phone market
Any larger scale or protracted industrial action would be a headache for Samsung as it scrambles to catch up with rivals in chips used for artificial intelligence
Samsung, which launched its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series at the beginning of the year, shipped more than 60 million phones in Q1
Seoul is desperate to retain its world-leading role in semiconductors as AI takes chip development on to the next level
The key driver of the profit growth would be Samsung’s chip division, which is expected to report its first quarterly profit in five quarters
The US has reportedly been pressing Seoul, since the second-half of 2023, to implement export curbs targeting chip supplies to China
Brands like Tecno, Infinix and iTel, which have never been sold in mainland China, accounted for 48% of the smartphone market in Africa in 2023
The Joe Biden Administration is expected to begin handing out subsidies to top semiconductor companies in the coming weeks, according to a WSJ report
The US firm sold one in five of all handsets last year, though overall sales dropped as consumers cut their spending
Tokyo has been offering significant subsidies to domestic and foreign chipmakers to rebuild its semiconductor industry
The world's largest contract chipmaker, TSMC, was given a one-year waiver for its factory in Nanjing, China, but is now looking for an indefinite extension
The world's biggest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs is likely to see a third-quarter earnings plunge, according to forecasters