Samsung Electronics’ Foundry chief threw cold water on recent optimism about the division’s financial recovery, saying a return to profit is unlikely before 2028.

Han Jin-man, president of Samsung’s foundry business, told employees (via KoreaHerald) at an internal briefing Thursday that turning the division profitable “does not look easy even next year [2027].”

“Turning the foundry business to a profit does not look easy even next year,” said Samsung Foundry chief, and added that “There is a high possibility of achieving profitability in 2028.”

His remarks landed just five days after industry sources told Chosun that the foundry unit could break even as early as the third quarter of 2026.

Han pointed to several structural problems beyond the usual cost complaints: a business mix still too dependent on mobile customers, weak technological competitiveness, orders won at margins too thin to matter, and a legacy process business he now wants to exit as the market turns into a “red ocean.”

A newly established employee bonus system, funded at 10.5% of semiconductor division profits, adds another recurring cost layer that analysts may not have fully accounted for.

The Taylor chip manufacturing factory, central to the turnaround thesis, won’t enter mass production until next year, Han indicated, later than some had assumed.

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At the 2026 National Congress of Cardiology in Rosario, a team of Argentine physicians presented their findings. They tested the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 against 12-lead ECG equipment across 507 electrocardiographic tracings in 225 patients. The watch performed with diagnostic equivalence to clinical-grade tools.

Dr. Claudio Gabriel Morós led the study alongside Dr. Choe Hyon Ju, Dr. Liliana Nicolosi, and their team. The audience was 100 physicians, and the conditions were not minor, which included:

• Atrial fibrillation
• Premature ventricular contractions
• Post-surgical patients, including Tetralogy of Fallot cases
• People with pacemakers
• Pediatric patients

They built something called the ECG Calculator Watch, a digital tool using vector math to calculate the heart’s electrical axis from consecutive wrist and ankle measurements. The margin of error came out to 5.9 degrees.

Argentina matters here. Circulatory diseases account for 27.7% of all deaths in the country.

Samsung has been stacking institutional partnerships, too. Massachusetts General Hospital, Chung-Ang University, and Stanford Medicine each target a specific clinical gap, but this Argentine study is different.

It wasn’t a press release dressed as research, but presented to cardiologists, by cardiologists, with real patient numbers. If you are a Galaxy Watch 8 owner, you are holding a clinically proven heart care gadget on your wrist.

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 comes with advanced health tools.

Vascular Load tracking that measures arterial stress during sleep, an AGEs Index that estimates biological aging through tissue chemistry, passive AFib monitoring, and an Energy Score that cross-references overnight vessel stress with recovery data.

Samsung spent four days at World FoodTech ConfEx 2026 in Goyang doing what it does best: making every other appliance brand look a decade behind. Samsung also showcased its AI fridge that knows what’s inside and suggests recipes.

The star was the 2026 Bespoke AI Family Hub, which features a 32-inch touchscreen and an internal camera with upgraded AI Vision that reads fresh ingredients, processed food labels, and even wine packaging.

It logs everything itself, syncs with SmartThings Food, and starts suggesting what to cook before you’ve closed the door. SmartThings Food isn’t new, but 240,000 recipes across 101 countries is a number that earns some respect.

Executive VP Hyesoon Yang took the keynote stage and drew a sharp line between old smart kitchens, which just followed orders, and what Samsung’s calling the “proactive kitchen.”

Ask a generic AI for a high-protein Korean dinner and it’ll invent a chicken rice bowl that ignores your actual fridge. Samsung’s system checks what you’ve got, cross-references your nutrition goals, and fires a verified recipe to your oven with the right settings already loaded.

FoodNote tracks weekly usage patterns and builds a dietary profile. Missing something? One tap orders it. Samsung Health integration closes the loop on nutrition. It’s a refrigerator that knows you better than you know your own kitchen.

June 12, 2026 | Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 would be almost similar to its predecessor, while the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra are entirely different from usual, the leak indicates.

Leaker IceUniverse shared an image on X, which showcases the cover screen tempered glasses for the three upcoming Samsung foldables. Interestingly, the Fold 8 Ultra looks massive next to the Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8 (Wide) models.

In a separate post on X, the source showed us the front of the devices through dummy units.

https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/2065404102331580897

The Korean tech giant may hold the Summer Unpacked event in late July. Supply chain reports suggest that the event might take place on July 22 in London. The in-person venue is getting shifted from the US to the European region.

Image source – Ice Universe (X)

June 5, 2026 | Third-party accessory brand Thinborne has recently revealed images of the cases for Samsung’s upcoming foldables. The case leak previews Galaxy Z Flip 8, Z Fold 8 (Wide), and Z Fold 8 Ultra through their accessories.

Galaxy Z Flip 8 has no visible change in terms of design. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 (Wide) brings a different screen ratio than previous Fold models. It introduces a wider design approach in both folded and unfolded conditions.

What stands out is the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, which will succeed the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The upcoming Fold models’ case has a slightly different camera bump than its predecessor, as noted by the case maker Thinborne as well.

Samsung is certain to launch the Galaxy Z Fold 8 with an Ultra identity. The regular Fold 8 model would feature wide screens, rumored as Fold 8 Wide. Meanwhile, the Flip 8 is rumored to be the last Samsung flip phone.

Recently, it was revealed that Samsung could bring the Carbon Standing Case to the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. Notably, the accessory in question is currently available exclusively on the Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone.

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Wall Street’s biggest prime brokers are quietly turning the screws on hedge funds piling into Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks, Bloomberg has learned.

Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, and UBS have all hiked swap financing rates sharply. Morgan Stanley has gone further: it’s simply refusing new swap orders on both Korean stocks.

Brokers including Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have raised the financing cost for hedge funds to take bullish wagers on SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics shares via swaps, said the people.

SK Hynix has tripled this year, while Samsung is up over 175%. Together they now account for 53% of the entire Kospi index, more than double their combined weight five years ago.

The banks aren’t being generous with explanations, but the logic isn’t hard to read. Few counterparties want to bet against stocks moving like this, so banks often end up holding the exposure themselves.

Some banks are still accepting new trades, assessed case by case. Meanwhile, the tolerance is shrinking, and the funds that earned massive amounts from Samsung and SK Hynix this year are now paying significantly more.