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Samsung to spend nearly $15 billion on chip plant
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South Korean electronics giant plans to build a semiconductor factory south of Seoul, with an opening set for 2017.
Samsung's headquarters in Suwon, South Korea, is known as Digital City. Shara Tibken/CNET
Samsung Electronics has announced it plans to spend 15.6 trillion won (about $14.7 billion) to construct a new chip plant in South Korea.
The South Korean electronics giant said construction will begin next year in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, with the plant set to open in 2017, according to multiple news reports.
"Our investment into the new fabrication plant will significantly influence the shaping of Samsung's future semiconductor business," Kwon Oh Hyun, vice chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, said in a statement.
Samsung is set to announce guidance this week for its most recent quarter. In July, the company reported a 25 percent drop in operating profits for its second quarter -- the third straight quarter of profit declines. At the time, Samsung also warned that the second half of the year would "remain a challenge" as competition in the mobile market leads to lower device prices and hurts its results.
Shara Tibken contributed to this report.
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Capitalizing on Bendgate, Samsung releases a video that tells customers to shove their Note 4 in their back pockets without fear.
Samsung wants to prove its Note 4 is strong by placing a substantial bottom upon it. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET
You've probably been doing extra squat thrusts in the gym, just to put your phone to the test.
Does a more muscular bottom mean that your phone will bend more quickly under pressure when it's in your back pocket?
Samsung would like you to know that, however maximus is your gluteus, its new Note 4 will never become unglued.
In a new video, released to capitalize on -- no, celebrate -- the so-called Bendgate that allegedly afflicted the iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung sniffs that some smartphones may bend in back pockets. (Now which phone could it mean?)
But the Galaxy Note 4 is, the video says, strong.
What follows is a test that doesn't seem too dissimilar to the one performed last week by Consumer Reports. In that version, the Note came out very well, as it does in this one.
Here, though, Samsung performs a further test. It places a substantial (but fake) bottom on the phone and prays that it will withstand the stress.
The bottom, which is supposed to carry the force of someone weighing 100 kilograms (220 pounds), goes up and down upon it like a jockey nearing the finish. The Note is entirely unmoved.
Why is this? According to Samsung, its metal frame and magnesium bracket work together to create glorious reinforcement.
I am firm in the belief that a phone has no place near a flabby rear (or any other kind.) The bottom is far too important a point of pulchritude to be besmirched by a jutting oblong.
However, if you don't care about looks, Samsung insists that its phone is a must for you.
Chris Matyszczyk Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. See full bio Samsung said to invest $560M in TV production
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Samsung is expanding its manufacturing operations in Vietnam, with a massive complex that will reportedly focus on televisions.
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Samsung Electronics is expanding its production operations in Vietnam, the company confirmed Wednesday.
The South Korea electronics company will spend $560 million to build a massive consumer appliances production facility in Vietnam, according to Reuters. The 700,000-square-meter complex will focus its efforts on television production, said Reuters, though it will build other products for the conglomerate.
"We look forward to expanding our manufacturing capacity in Vietnam, as consumer demand for our products continues to grow across the world," Samsung told CNET in an emailed statement.
Samsung is the top TV maker in the world, shipping millions of units worldwide each year. In July, Samsung announced it would end production of plasma televisions and instead focus on curved televisions and 4K televisions, also called Ultra HD televisions. Samsung's stable of curved TVs currently stands at 17 models -- including 4K, full HD and LED variants -- ranging from 48 to 105 inches in size.
The company has also made a push to improve the features and content available for its portfolio of smart TVs. In June, Samsung showed off a prototype television running its Tizen operating system, which allows people to connect to the Web, access photos and videos, listen to music, watch live TV and theoretically download apps. Samsung executives have said Tizen-powered televisions likely would hit the market in 2014.
It's not clear how long it will take for Samsung to build its new complex and see it reach full capacity.
Don Reisinger Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Besides his work with CNET, Don's work has been featured in a variety of other publications including PC World and a host of Ziff-Davis publications. See full bio