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Samsung entered the electronics industry
in the 1960s. In 1970, Samsung-Sanyo
produced its first black and white televi-
sion. It also entered the shipbuilding, pet-
rochemical and aircraft engine industries,
according to Lifewire.
Expansion
By 1974, Samsung Heavy Industries was
one of the largest shipbuilders in the Samsung’s world headquarters and its R&D Center are in Suwan,
world. In the late 1970s, the giant estab- about a dozen miles from Seoul. (Samsung)
lished Samsung Electronics America and For the past several years, Samsung and
the Suwan (Korea) R&D Center. Intel have been swapping the number one
position in overall revenue for chip mak-
In 1980, Samsung began selling telecom ers.
hardware with the acquisition of Hanguk
Jeonja Tongsin. In 1992, Samsung be- Sansung take top position
came the world’s leader in semiconductor Until 2021, according to IC Insights, Intel
memory. topped the charts. That changed last year
with Samsung Electronics at $82.0 billion
Although the statistics vary widely, de- revenue or 13.3 market share with Intel
pending on which consultant you follow, second at $76.7 billion or 12.5% share.
Samsung is likely the largest seller of
smartphones in the world, often trading Both Intel and Samsung have announced
places for the top position with Apple. dazzling fab expansion plans, Intel with a
“megafab” in Ohio and a new fab in Eu-
Memory consumption rope, and Samsung with an expansion in
That makes Samsung’s overall production Austin, Texas, site of its two current fabs.
and consumption of memory, both DRAM
and NAND a guessing game. Unless the Change in direction
company were facing a shortage, it would After the death of founder Lee in 1987, the
certainly use its own memory in all the Samsung group was separated into five
smartphones it produces. business groups, which included depart-
ment stores, food, chemicals and media.
Ditto for memory in its other appliances, Those busineses are now independent.
such as televisions and its high-end refrig-
erators and washers/dryers. Relations between Samsung and other
members of the electronics industry have
In 2021, according to Statista, global not always been friendly. In August 2012,
smartphone sales were 1.43 billion units, a jury in the U.S. ruled that Samsung
with Apple and Samsung carving out the must pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages
top two places. for infringing six of the latter’s smartphone
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