Hardware·
Samsung won more than $200 billion of Broadcom chip work through 2030
Samsung signed an MOU with Broadcom worth more than $200 billion through 2030 across memory, 2nm foundry and advanced packaging. Nvidia locked up SK Hynix the same day.
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First covered Apr 20, 2026, latest Jul 25, 2026
Hardware·
Google blamed the Pixel 11 price hike on RAM. A gigabyte now costs $12, up from $2.80.
HBM stacks for AI accelerators outbid the DRAM in phones and laptops. Qualcomm, Roku and Google have all repriced, and IDC sees PC prices up 18.3% this year.
Android·
Samsung just teased the Galaxy Z Fold 8's wider shape, but the leaked cameras aren't 'Ultra'
Samsung's first official Z Fold 8 teasers confirm a shorter, wider design under a 'New Shape, New Joy' campaign. A separate camera leak suggests a modest sensor bump.
Hardware·
IBM's 'sub-1nm' chip is a lab milestone, not a product you'll buy soon
IBM showed a 0.7nm 'nanostack' transistor with ~100 billion transistors on a fingernail. It's real research, but the name is marketing and shipping silicon is years out.
Hardware·
DRAM and storage chips quadrupled in a year. Now Apple says price hikes are unavoidable.
Tim Cook told the WSJ that Apple price rises are unavoidable as an AI-driven memory crunch quadruples DRAM and NAND costs across every consumer device.
Android·
Galaxy Unpacked: what Samsung actually shipped versus what the leaks promised
The Galaxy S26 line, Buds 4, One UI 8.5, and Quick Share talking to AirDrop. Here's what Samsung confirmed at Unpacked and what's still vapor.
Android·
Galaxy S26 FE leaks early, and its odd camera bump has Samsung fans grumbling
A WPC listing and hands-on image of the Galaxy S26 FE show a flagship-style camera bump pushed close to the edge. Samsung hasn't confirmed any of it.
Hardware·
Oura shrank the Ring 5 by 40% and raised the price $50 to $399
Oura's Ring 5 is 40% smaller than the Ring 4, adds live workout tracking and an AI Advisor, and costs $50 more. Here's what's new and whether it's worth it.
Android·
Galaxy Z Fold 8 leak: a wider body and a cover screen that finally looks like a phone
A leaked dummy of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide shows a shorter, wider body and a near-square inner panel. Samsung hasn't confirmed any of it.
Hardware·
Google and Samsung set Fall 2026 for Android XR glasses. Gentle Monster and Warby Parker are doing the frames.
The Android Show confirmed Fall 2026 for Google and Samsung's first AR glasses, plus three new features for the Galaxy XR headset that launched in October.
Gaming·
Nintendo hiked the Switch 2 by $50. AI data center demand for memory chips drove it.
Nintendo confirmed a $50 Switch 2 price increase effective September 1 in the US, citing market conditions. The DRAM shortage caused by AI buildouts is the trigger.
Android·
Samsung is building Galaxy Book laptops with Android, not Windows. Three tiers are in the works.
SamMobile reports Samsung is preparing low-end, mid-range, and flagship Galaxy Books on Android 17 One UI 9, timed to Google's Aluminium OS push at I/O 2026.
Hardware·
Samsung Q1 profit hit 57.2 trillion won. Memory chips for Nvidia drove 93% of it.
Samsung Electronics posted record Q1 2026 results on April 30: 133.9 trillion won revenue and 57.2 trillion won operating profit. Semiconductors did 93% of the work.
Apple·
Apple's 20th-anniversary iPhone gets a custom 'micro-curved' OLED. Here's what Samsung is actually building.
MacRumors reports the 2027 iPhone will use a Samsung COE pol-less OLED with a crater-shaped diffusion layer. The panel curves on all four edges.
Policy·
Samsung workers are heading for a strike over SK Hynix's bonus checks
Samsung's union voted to walk out May 21 over a bonus gap that sees SK Hynix engineers pocket roughly 4x more. 200+ have already defected.
Policy·
The EU's 'replaceable phone batteries by 2027' headline is misleading. Here's the rule.
Article 11 of EU Batteries Regulation 2023/1542 kicks in February 18, 2027. Most flagship phones will dodge user-replaceable batteries through the Ecodesign exemption instead.
Hardware·
Why your next RAM kit costs double: the AI memory crunch, explained
DDR5 contract prices jumped 100% since 2025, HBM is eating 23% of DRAM wafers, and the fabs that could fix it don't come online until 2028. Here's the shape of the crunch.