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Samsung America receives two 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Awards
Samsung America announced that it has received two 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Awards from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. Notably, Samsung became the only company to be honored with two 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Awards.
According to the official press release, Samsung continued the 10th rank in the “Manufacturer” category, which selects companies that develop energy-efficient products.
The first “Energy Star Award,” the highest grade in the “Energy Management” category, is awarded to companies with excellent performance in power management at workplaces.
Since Samsung Electronics won the “Sustainable Excellence Award” in the manufacturer category for the first time in the domestic industry in 2013 (except for 2017), it has continued to record awards every year.
The US government evaluates energy-saving activities and utilization of Energy Star certification for over 20,000 companies and organizations, and awards “Energy Star Awards” to eight sectors, including manufacturing, energy management, and retail .
The highest award, the “Sustainable Excellence Award,” is given to companies and organizations that have excelled in environmental protection and energy saving among those selected twice or more as the “Partner of the Year,” the main award in each category.
Top prize in “Manufacturer Category”
The Korean tech giant got honored with the Grand Prize in the manufacturer category for the 10th time in recognition of its achievements such as the energy efficiency improvement of many products and climate change education campaign for youth.
Samsung expanded energy-efficient products such as washing machines, dishwashers, and air purifiers, and obtained Energy Star certification for 474 products in the United States in 2022, a 24 % increase from the previous year.
Besides, the “SmartThings Energy” service, which enables real-time monitoring and saving of energy consumption of devices connected to SmartThings, has received Energy Star certification in the field of smart home energy management.
Top prize in “Energy Management” division
Samsung received the first prize in the energy management category in recognition of its performance in improving the energy efficiency of buildings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through company-wide power management programs.
The company uses 100% renewable energy at its business sites in the US, and reduced energy consumption in buildings by 4.7% compared to the previous year by improving air conditioning and lighting facilities in major office spaces.
It has expanded the number of Energy Star certifications for buildings from 6 in 2021 to 12 in 2022, holding the second most building certifications in the United States. As a future vision, Samsung plans to improve average power consumption by 30% compared to models with the same performance in 2019 by 2030.
On May 31, Samsung Display announced that it is accelerating its push into the premium laptop market by supplying its highest resolution 16-inch UHD+ (3840×2400) OLED screens to MSI for the Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport – its new gaming laptop.
MSI Laptop x Samsung Display
Collaborated with Mercedes-Benz’s performance-oriented AMG brand, the new MSI laptop boasts strong performance and portability. First unveiled at Computex Taipei 2023, the Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport is aimed at both the OLED laptop market and the gaming market.
Since entering the IT market in 2019, Samsung Display has collaborated with 11 global laptop brands, launching more than 100 models of OLED laptops. Omdia analysis suggests, Samsung Display’s market share in the IT OLED market, including laptops and tablets, was 76.7% based on last year’s figures.
The South Korean display manufacturer recently announced an investment of $3.1 billion (4.1 trillion won) in building an 8.6th-generation IT OLED line, officially reaffirming its expansion plan for the future IT market.
We are supplying MSI with the industry’s highest resolution laptop OLEDs so that gaming users can experience the best HDR content on OLED,” said Brad Jung, VP and head of the Mobile Display Marketing Team at Samsung’s Display business.
Counterpoint’s component research service has recently revealed that producing Galaxy S23 Ultra (256GB) variant costs Samsung around $469. The latest BoM (bill of materials) analysis reveals that the major components driving cost are the SoC, display, and camera subsystem.
Due to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, Qualcomm’s share has increased to an all-time high after attaining design wins for the fingerprint sensor IC, key power management ICs, audio codec, RF power amplifiers, Wi-Fi + Bluetooth, GPS, and Sub-6GHz transceiver.
In addition, Samsung becomes the second-largest beneficiary, which supplied 256GB NAND flash and the 6.8-inch AMOLED display for the S23 Ultra. The company supplied a 6.8-inch AMOLED display, featuring 1750 nits of peak brightness, 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, and more.
In the camera sub-system, the design wins are shared between Samsung and Sony. Samsung supplied the 200-megapixel primary camera and the 12-megapixel selfie camera, while Sony offers the 12-megapixel Ultrawide, 10-megapixel Telephoto, and Periscope Telephoto sensors.
Other component suppliers
Silicon Mitus and Maxim are the providers of power management ICs that support the regulation of power for display and other key components.
For sensing components, STM has registered design wins related to the laser autofocus module, accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, and touch panel controller.
The battery is packaged by Samsung and the cell is provided by ATL. The quick charging IC, which charges up to 45W, is sourced from NXP while the 15W wireless charging IC is from Convenient Power.
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Google Pixel Watch is a great option for those who neither prefer Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 5 nor Apple’s Watch Series 8. This year, Google is planning to introduce the Pixel Watch 2, a sequel to its first-gen smartwatch, which could ditch the Samsung-made Exynos processor.
According to 9to5Google sources, the Google Pixel Watch 2 will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 series processor rather than Exynos wearable SoC from Samsung. Qualcomm released the Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 chip in July 2022, which powers the TicWatch Pro 5.
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On the other hand, the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1, which lacks Qualcomm’s co-processor is also powering some wearables manufactured by Chinese OEMs. It’s fabricated on 4nm process technology and brings four A53 cores at 1.7GHz with dual Adreno 702 GPUs (1GHz).
However, the original Google Pixel Watch’s Exynos 9110 chip is fabricated on 10nm process tech and features two Cortex-A53s cores. It was earlier rumored that the Pixel Watch 2 will have the W920 chip used in Galaxy Watch 5, but it’s not happening though.