Wideni­ng its techni­cal lead on compet­itors as it tracks toward a record operat­ing profit in 2017Samsung said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s smallest DRAM chip, widening its technical lead on competitors as it tracks toward a record operating profit in 2017 driven by the semiconductor business. Apple says illegal student labor discovered at iPhone X plantThe “second-generation” 10-nanometre class, 8-gigabit DRAM chips with improved energy efficiency and data processing performance would be geared toward premium data-crunching electronics such as cloud computing centers, mobile devices, and high-speed graphic cards, Samsung said in a statement. The global leader in computer chips, televisions and smartphones said it would shift most of its existing DRAM production capacity to 10-nano chips in 2018. This “aggressive” production expansion would “accommodate strong market demand,” said Gyoyoung Jin, president of Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune December 20, 2017 07:10 UTC