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Samsung Electronics bets on better second half after posting weakest profit in more than two years in first quarter

Hit by falls in chip prices and slowing demand for display panels, Samsung posted operating profit of 6.2 trillion won ($5.4 billion) in the quarter ended March

Western Digital expected revenue to improve in the second half of 2019

Western Digital is targeting $800 million in annualised reductions in non-GAAP cost and expenses.

Samsung meets Q3 2018 forecast expectations thanks to sales of semiconductors

Samsung flagged a 27 percent cut in capital expenditure to 31.8 trillion won in 2018.

Intel beats estimates for quarterly profit thanks to strong demand for PC chips

Intel’s PC sales have trended positively in recent quarters, lifted by stronger demand.

Asian chipmakers to focus on production plans as they forsee weak earnings

Samsung is expected to post a record profit of 12.5 trillion won from chip sales in June.

Qualcomm's Q1 2018 profit exceeds forecasts, suggesting that a slowdown in global smartphone market is not as bad

The results announced in Qualcomm’s smartphone chip business contrasted to those from major mobile phone components makers in Asia.

Apple shares drop 2% after investors worry over soft demand of iPhones

Concerns ahead of Apple’s quarterly report next Tuesday have shaved 9 percent from its stock price in the past five sessions.

After 26 years, Intel gets toppled by Samsung in the global semiconductor market in 2017: Report

This is the first time Intel has been toppled since 1992 as worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled to a 22.2 percent increase from 2016.

Toshiba and Western Digital are close to settling their legal dispute over the sale of an $18 billion semiconductor unit

But Western Digital, Toshiba’s chip joint venture partner and a jilted suitor in the auction of the unit, argues that no deal can proceed without consent.

Toshiba disputes Western Digital CEO claims on memory chip unit investment talks

Because of the impasse over the terms, Western Digital does not believe it will take part in a coming round of investment in Toshiba’s Fab 6 chip factory.