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Samsung reveals its advanced semiconductor production roadmap Samsung reveals its advanced semiconductor production roadmap Samsung is one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies. While its in-house Exynos smartphone processors have been infamous for poor thermal management and battery efficiency, the firm has a good reputation in most other semiconductor areas. It is the world’s outright largest manufacturer of memory chips. The company also operates a foundry business, manufacturing semiconductor chips for other firms....

As of this writing, the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ are receiving the October 2022 Android security patch in Switzerland. Samsung will soon expand the rollout to the rest of Europe and gradually cover units in other regions. The updated firmware version for the phones is G97*FXXUGHVJ1. The build number suggests the new software package contains more than just the latest vulnerability fixes. Unfortunately, Samsung has yet to reflect this release on its official update tracker....

As of this writing, the June SMR (Security Maintenance release) is rolling out to the Galaxy Tab S7+ 5G in Europe. The update comes with firmware version T976BXXU2CVE5 and is already available to users in more than 20 countries, including Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and the UK. Over the next few days, we expect the rollout to cover the vanilla Galaxy Tab S7 too, and expand to more markets globally....

According to the Korean media, Samsung is aiming to ship 270 million smartphones in 2023. That’s marginally more than the company’s 2022 target of 260 million units. But, the latter figure was set after multiple revisions. The Korean behemoth originally planned to sell more than 300 million smartphones this year. It revised the target to 270 million units in May after slowing sales amid global economic uncertainty following the Russia-Ukraine war and the rising US-China political tensions....

The Roborock S7 Plus is basically the S7, but with the new auto-empty dock. It’s not the newer MaxV model, unfortunately. But it does offer great mapping ability, powerful suction and some impressive mopping too. It was our favorite robot vacuum in 2021, when it was released. Next up, we have the Jabra Elite 4 Active. These are on sale for $89.99, saving you $30 off of the regular price. That is also good enough for an all-time low....