Исторический момент: Samsung сверг с пьедестала компанию Intel на рынке полупроводников

Ещё в начале мая появились первые признаки тектонических изменений на мировом рынке полупровдников, когда эксперты стали говорить, что компания Intel может уступить лидерство на полупроводниковом рынке, которое она удерживала последние 24 года.
27 июля был опубликован отчёт корпорации Samsung, доход которой вырос на 9,5 миллиардов долларов США и составил $54,7 миллиарда. Операционная прибыль достигла $12,6 миллиардов, что почти вдвое выше чем у Intel.
Отраслевые аналитики говорят, что Samsung помогает высокий спрос на модули оперативной и флэш-памяти, а также твердотельные накопители. Предварительные прогнозы на текущий квартал указывают, что подразделение Samsung Semiconductor продолжит рост вследствие стабильного спроса на эти комплектующие со стороны производителей мобильных устройств и серверов.

Samsung dethrones Intel as semiconductor king

Samsung Electronics has sprinted ahead of rival Intel as the world’s largest chipmaker for the first time posting record profits in the second quarter.
The US chipmaker, which had reigned supreme for the past 24 years, posted US$14.8 billion revenue and US$3.8 billion operating profit during the April-June period, increasing by 9 percent and 190 percent, respectively, but that was still short of preventing Samsung from taking away the US firm’s crown as the top semiconductor firm.
Samsung’s operating profit, at 8.3 trillion won (US$7.40 billion), is nearly double that of Intel, while the Korean tech giant’s revenue came in at 17.58 trillion won.
The profit margin of Samsung’s chip business stood at a whopping 45.7 percent, compared to Intel’s 25.7 percent.
Market analysts said the soaring demand of DRAM and solid-state drives helped Samsung leap to the top. They anticipated that the Korean tech behemoth’s chip business will further grow thanks to the increasing demand for memory chips, which play a core role in servers and mobile devices.
“The prices of DRAM and NAND flash memory chips will likely continue to rise in the third quarter this year, and Samsung is expected to earn 9.5 trillion won operating profit in the third quarter,” said Kwon Seong-ryul, an analyst from Dongbu Securities.

Твердотельный накопитель Samsung EVO 850 получил экологический сертификат EPD

SSD Samsung EVO 850 потребители и СМИ оценили уже давно за высокий уровень производительности, выносливости и экологической надёжности. И вот совсем недавно 250-гигабайтный SSD EVO 850 получил награду EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) - сертификат организации по защите окружающей среды Южной Кореи.
Как показала экспертиза, это изделие отличается самым низким содержанием токсичных веществ по сравнению с аналогичной продукцией конкурентов, что благотворно сказывается на сохранении окружающей среды как при производстве, так и при утилизации каждого SSD-модуля.
В Samsung уже давно действует программа содействия развитию "зелёных технологий" и конгломерат уже не раз был отмечен престижными наградами от различных экологических организаций.
С целью сокращения выбросов парниковых газов в атмосферу дочерние подразделения Samsung Electronics и Samsung Engineering построили объект, где производится разложение парниковых газов на безвредные элементы при производстве полупроводников.
С 2007 года, когда объект был введён в эксплуатацию, инженеры корпорации постоянно совершенствовали его, доведя степень разложения парниковых газов до более чем 90% и сократив к 2016-му году выбросы на 1,25 млн тонн.
В официальном пресс-релизе, опубликованном на сайте южнокорейской корпорации, говорится, что Samsung продолжит активную работу в направлении развития "зелёной экономики" на своих предприятиях.

Samsung’s Achievements in Eco-Friendliness: 850 EVO SSD Recognized for Environmental Reliability

Samsung’s 850 EVO solid state drive (SSD) has long been praised by customers and media for its high level of performance and endurance, and now is also being recognized for its environmental reliability. The SSD 850 EVO 250GB was recently awarded the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) label in Korea1, a certificate which recognizes a product’s performance according to six key environmental metrics such as carbon footprint, ozone depletion, eutrophication, photochemical smog, resource footprint and acidification.
The SSD 850 EVO 250GB received the certification with the lowest carbon footprint per product in the market at 9.327kg CO2, which is less than the amount of carbon absorbed by an average 30-year-old tree in a year (9.36kg CO2).
“Through the EPD certification, we are very pleased to be able to assure our customers that Samsung SSDs not only offer cutting-edge technology, but also are eco-friendly products,” said Un-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President of Brand Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. “At Samsung, we are proactively working to reduce our environmental footprint, and we look forward to more of our leading-edge SSD products being recognized for their eco-friendliness.”

Samsung’s Ongoing Efforts to Reduce Its Environmental Footprint

Samsung has continuously placed significant priority on minimizing its overall environmental footprint by designing and operating highly energy-efficient production facilities, optimizing its entire manufacturing processes and engaging its customers and suppliers along every step. Samsung earned its first low carbon footprint certification for the DDR3 DRAM server module in 2009 and has since expanded its certification portfolio across its key products, including NAND flash and application processors.
In particular, Samsung’s Device Solutions division which manufactures the 850 EVO has set three goals as part of its eco-friendly manufacturing initiatives: 1) minimize the input of greenhouse gases during the semiconductor manufacturing process, 2) replace harmful substances whenever possible and 3) finely decompose greenhouse gases that were inevitably produced.
While these goals present inherent challenges, Samsung Electronics and Samsung Engineering jointly built a facility that decomposes greenhouse gases created during semiconductor processing in 2007. Through continuous enhancements made to the facility, Samsung has effectively been able to decompose more than 90% of greenhouse gases, reducing 1.25 total million tons of greenhouse gases and saving 2,527 TJ of energy in 2016.
Samsung will continue to strengthen its commitment to a sustainable future through a dedicated, comprehensive examination across its processes and businesses.

1 The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a national certification system in Korea for open environmental information. The certification is developed in accordance with the International Standards ISO 14025, 14040s, 14046, 14064s and ISO/TS 14067. The certification is managed by the Ministry of Environment and operated by the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute.